[mythtv-users] metadatalookup -- not searching tvdb after post processing RECORDED

[Karl Dietz]

On 31.10.2012 17:26, John wrote:
> On 31/10/12 13:55, Karl Dietz wrote:
>> On 31.10.2012 14:03, John wrote:
>>> On 31/10/12 11:21, John wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The recording rule has an inetref, it is set to series 1 episode 1. I
>>>> have removed the category saying its "Film-comedy", and the subtitle
>>>> is now populated. Struggling through the code, as long as the
>>>> recording has title subtitle and not categorised as Film or movie, it
>>>> should be seen as a "show" and tvdb run .
>>>
>>> category_type = "movie" in recordedprogram , I assume due to the eit.
>>> reverting it to "series" allows mythmetadata to do its thing.
>>>
>>
>> If it is a problem we should simply not slap category_type movie on EIT
>> events in the first place.
>>
>> Notice that plain old EIT does not carry a distinction between movie
>> and series! The EN 300 468 content_descriptor (PDF available for free
>> at ETSI) only describes the topic, not the form of the programme.
>>
>> Its called "Movie/Drama" which makes sense if interpreted as
>> "movie or other dramaturgicaly scripted programme".

> Thanks for reply. To be clear the original decision to categorize_type
> as Movie, seems consistent, as it was based on the original eit data.
> The eit had no subtitle, and the category shows up as Film - Comedy.

EIT data does not have subtitles (or episode titles) either. It carries
a event name, short description and long description. :-)

> What caused me a problem is that I am adding the subtitle later. By then
> the recording is defined as a movie. I'm fiddling around with mysql, but
> the more general case this could not be changed by "change recording
> metadata" through the gui.

can this subtitle adding be codified as EITFixup that sets type to
series and adds the subtitle directly?

> Mythweb doesnt seem to have the restriction/logic, and clicking on
> "Metadata Homepage" takes you direct to the correct episode on tvdb.

Regards,
Karl