[mythtv-users] Duplicate program ID - UK radio times data

[John Veness]

On 20/10/12 19:21, Stephen Robertson wrote:
> I'm seeing an issue where two shows are being given the same programme
> ID. Each week the Saturday night X-Factor show and the Sunday night
> results show seem to be given the same one. This is on ITV1 HD.
>
> I'm not sure at what stage the ids are generated, whether by the data
> source, the grabber or myth?
>
> Firstly is this a general problem or is it just something wrong with my
> setup.
>
> Secondly assuming that it is a general issue what's the best way to deal
> with this? Turn off duplicate matching and manually disable all the
> duplicate showings?
>
> Thanks
> Stephen

I had a problem with the latest episode of QI XL not recording. Looking 
back in Previously Recorded it didn't record because Myth thought it had 
been recorded previously, even though it's a brand new episode. It looks 
like it incorrectly has the same episode ID as the episode from last 
week, even though the episode title and description is different.

Is there any way to tell Myth to not use the episode IDs for duplicate 
matching, and instead to use whatever option is selected in the 
recording rule, e.g. "Subtitle then Description"? It's rather confusing 
having that option in the recording rule then finding that Myth doesn't 
actually use that to run duplicate matching.

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T