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List:       mythtv-users
Subject:    Re: [mythtv-users] scheduling
From:       Mark Perkins <perkins1724 () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2014-04-28 2:12:10
Message-ID: BLU404-EAS250AE47AAE2E23BAD961FD4B7470 () phx ! gbl
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> On 28 Apr 2014, at 10:28 am, "James Linder" <jam@tigger.ws> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 28 Apr 2014, at 6:26 am, mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org wrote:
> 
> > > I?ve got a schedule for eg mythbusters to record any time any channel. I?ve got \
> > > duplicate check set to none. On channel A it records.
> > > A later version, which is NOT the same, on channel B says ?Earlier Recording?
> > 
> > Well, it is sort of hard to know with limited details, but
> > are you using Schedules Direct for your listing data, and
> > if so, are you using the --dd-grab-all flag (it is not unusual
> > that future episodes are marked incorrectly until a later
> > time; you always want the latest (and hopefully best) data
> > that TMS has, and --dd-grab-all updates all the available
> > info, not just a limited set of days).
> > 
> > What are the program id's of those showings?
> 
> I use only off air EIT. Dunno if it's uniquely Australian Channels but the EIT can \
> change 1 minute before showing, Title and Subtitle may be duplicated for different \
> showings eg the Australian GP where a whole day of recordings have the same data or \
> a re-play of a recording where EIT says first time ‘A great show' but next time \
> says ‘Sebastian Vetel bla bla' 
> I really want Any Time Any Channel. I'll prune. With the evolution of scheduling \
> algorithms can I achieve that? 
> 

As a general rule EIT data is going to make it very hard to get reliable scheduling. \
In Australia there are a couple of options however: there is Shepherd which gets \
great reviews and is free but I haven't really used it to comment first hand. \
Otherwise there is IceTV which I use which has great data quality but requires a paid \
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