I am trying to record the news at a specific time each day. I setup a pass, the DVR records the first episode and then marks all future dates as recorded. I have it set to record All Episodes not just New Episodes. The show does have the same description every day. How can I get around this?
Sounds like the guide is not marking the episodes correctly as being different. What is the guide source?
EPG.best
Okay so I have done lots of testing and this is what I learned. If the EPG XML Data looks like this:
<programme start="20230210230000 +0000" stop="20230211000000 +0000" channel="FoxNewsChannel.us">
<category lang="en">News</category>
<category lang="en">Talk</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<date>20230210</date>
<desc lang="en">The latest news from inside the Beltway.</desc>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP01120615.3190</episode-num>
<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p17575543_b_v13_aa.jpg"></icon>
<title lang="en">Special Report With Bret Baier</title>
<new />
<live />
</programme>
It will not see the showing as unique Even if the dd_progid is unique.
But if you add original-air-date it will work. Like this:
<programme start="20230210230000 +0000" stop="20230211000000 +0000" channel="FoxNewsChannel.us">
<category lang="en">News</category>
<category lang="en">Talk</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<date>20230210</date>
<desc lang="en">The latest news from inside the Beltway.</desc>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP01120615.3190</episode-num>
<episode-num system="original-air-date">2023-02-10</episode-num>
<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p17575543_b_v13_aa.jpg"></icon>
<title lang="en">Special Report With Bret Baier</title>
<new />
<live />
</programme>
The strange thing is that this the website never references this, it only says Episode and Series IDs.
Can you click View Details > File # for a recording and see if that episode number is being plucked out of the xml and into the json?
Is this what you are referring to? If so, it does not appear to be picking up the episode number, only the airing date.
From the Admin interface, choose DVR and then Manage from the dropdown.
Pick a recording, select Options in the bottom right hand corner and View Details.
Click on the File ID number (20047 in this case) to get a JSON output
{
"ID": "20047",
"JobID": "1676008740-ch7.1",
"GroupID": "19081598",
"Path": "TV/The Chase/The Chase S03E15 I Came I Buzzsaw I Conque 2023-02-09-2159.mpg",
"CreatedAt": 1676008740,
"FileSize": 2786446664,
"Duration": 3720.012077,
"Commercials": [
0,
36.79,
927.59,
1122.96,
1504.8,
1735.3500000000001,
2145.31,
2377.51,
2667.58,
2894.79,
3159.87,
3311.62,
3652.1,
3719.42
],
"Completed": true,
"Processed": true,
"Airing": {
"Source": "tms",
"Channel": "7.1",
"OriginalDate": "2023-02-09",
"Time": 1676008800,
"Duration": 3600,
"Title": "The Chase",
"EpisodeTitle": "I Came, I Buzzsaw, I Conquered",
"Summary": "A writer from Los Angeles, a university student and a recovering attorney from Hawaii.",
"FullSummary": "Brad \"The Buzzsaw\" Rutter returns to face off with a writer from Los Angeles, a university student and a recovering attorney from Hawaii.",
"Image": "https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/p19081598_b_h9_al.jpg?w=720&h=540",
"Categories": [
"Episode",
"Series"
],
"Genres": [
"Game show"
],
"Tags": [
"New",
"HD",
"DD 5.1",
"DVS",
"CC"
],
"SeriesID": "19081598",
"ProgramID": "EP036765740045",
"SeasonNumber": 3,
"EpisodeNumber": 15,
"Cast": [
"Sara Haines",
"Brad Rutter"
],
"ReleaseYear": 2023,
"ContentRating": "TV-PG"
},
"ChannelNumber": "7.1",
"DeviceID": "10A34FBB",
"UpdatedAt": 1676012635817,
"Version": 6,
"JobTime": 1676008740,
"JobDuration": 3720,
"SignalStats": {
"SS": {
"Initial": 95,
"Last": 94,
"Min": 93,
"Max": 95,
"Sum": 174099,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"SNQ": {
"Initial": 73,
"Last": 73,
"Min": 66,
"Max": 75,
"Sum": 132898,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"SEQ": {
"Initial": 100,
"Last": 100,
"Min": 100,
"Max": 100,
"Sum": 185400,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"BPS": {
"Initial": 1855936,
"Last": 5561792,
"Min": 1780736,
"Max": 12997568,
"Sum": 11093867968,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"PPS": {
"Initial": 159,
"Last": 476,
"Min": 159,
"Max": 1113,
"Sum": 950159,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"TSERR": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"NETERR": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"DVRBUF": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 0,
"BadCount": 0
},
"DVRDROP": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 0,
"BadCount": 0
},
"Grade": {
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"NetworkGrade": {
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
},
"SignalGrade": {
"GoodCount": 1854,
"BadCount": 0
}
},
"BufferStats": {
"BufferPct": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 0,
"BadCount": 1859
},
"BufferDrop": {
"Initial": 0,
"Last": 0,
"Min": 0,
"Max": 0,
"Sum": 0,
"GoodCount": 1859,
"BadCount": 0
}
},
"CommercialsAligned": true,
"CommercialDetectSource": "local"
}
It appears to be using the date not the episode number:
"root":{
"ID":"28"
"JobID":"1676069970-37"
"RuleID":"37"
"GroupID":"Special Report With Bret Baier"
"Path":"TV/Special Report With Bret Baier/Special Report With Bret Baier 2023-02-10-1659.mpg"
"CreatedAt":1676069970
"FileSize":1850253512
"Duration":3660.167478
"Commercials":[
0:1044.06
1:1294.26
2:1534.8600000000001
3:1834.9
4:2134.38
5:2394.9700000000003
6:2787.2000000000003
7:3057.43
]
"Completed":true
"Processed":true
"Airing":{
"Source":"xmltv:IPTVBoss"
"Channel":"100"
"OriginalDate":"2023-02-10"
"Time":1676070000
"Duration":3600
"Title":"Special Report With Bret Baier"
"Summary":"The latest news from inside the Beltway."
"Image":"https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p17575543_b_v13_aa.jpg"
"Categories":[
0:"Series"
]
"Genres":[
0:"News"
1:"Talk"
2:"Series"
]
"Tags":[
0:"New"
1:"Live"
]
"SeriesID":"Special Report With Bret Baier"
"ProgramID":"Special Report With Bret Baier/2023-02-10"
"ReleaseYear":2023
}
"ChannelNumber":"100"
"DeviceID":"M3U-FoxNews2"
"UpdatedAt":1676073822019
"Version":6
"JobTime":1676069970
"JobDuration":3660
"BufferStats":{
"BufferPct":{
"Initial":0
"Last":0
"Min":0
"Max":0
"Sum":0
"GoodCount":0
"BadCount":1829
}
"BufferDrop":{
"Initial":0
"Last":0
"Min":0
"Max":0
"Sum":0
"GoodCount":1829
"BadCount":0
}
}
"CommercialsAligned":true
"CommercialDetectSource":"local"
}
Do you have a recording from before adding original-air-date to compare?
This is a different show, but I did not add the original-air-date tag to this one.
Here are the details
"root":{
"ID":"29"
"JobID":"1676073570-38"
"RuleID":"38"
"GroupID":"Jesse Watters Primetime"
"Path":"TV/Jesse Watters Primetime/Jesse Watters Primetime 2023-02-10-1759.mpg"
"CreatedAt":1676073570
"FileSize":1850223316
"Duration":3659.922079
"Commercials":[
0:789.19
1:1099.46
2:1511.48
3:1811.79
4:2221.5
5:2511.84
6:2936.53
7:3236.7200000000003
]
"Completed":true
"Processed":true
"Airing":{
"Source":"xmltv:IPTVBoss"
"Channel":"100"
"OriginalDate":"2023-02-11"
"Time":1676073600
"Duration":3600
"Title":"Jesse Watters Primetime"
"Summary":"Jesse Watters speaks with newsmakers from across the country to give Americans a show where straight talk is the only talk."
"Image":"https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p21448823_b_v13_ac.jpg"
"Categories":[
0:"Series"
]
"Genres":[
0:"Talk"
1:"Series"
]
"Tags":[
0:"New"
1:"Live"
]
"SeriesID":"Jesse Watters Primetime"
"ProgramID":"Jesse Watters Primetime/52b860e5bc14478f763f87d3e523b95205cb44b42eeda1ed56238dffbcb6e349"
"ReleaseYear":2023
}
"ChannelNumber":"100"
"DeviceID":"M3U-FoxNews2"
"UpdatedAt":1676077369444
"Version":6
"JobTime":1676073570
"JobDuration":3660
"BufferStats":{
"BufferPct":{
"Initial":0
"Last":0
"Min":0
"Max":0
"Sum":0
"GoodCount":0
"BadCount":1829
}
"BufferDrop":{
"Initial":0
"Last":0
"Min":0
"Max":0
"Sum":0
"GoodCount":1829
"BadCount":0
}
}
"CommercialsAligned":true
"CommercialDetectSource":"local"
}
This is the XML for the recording
<programme start="20230211000000 +0000" stop="20230211010000 +0000" channel="FoxNewsChannel.us">
<category lang="en">Talk</category>
<category lang="en">Series</category>
<date>20230211</date>
<desc lang="en">Jesse Watters speaks with newsmakers from across the country to give Americans a show where straight talk is the only talk.</desc>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP04173800.0275</episode-num>
<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p21448823_b_v13_ac.jpg"></icon>
<title lang="en">Jesse Watters Primetime</title>
<new />
<live />
</programme>
Thanks. The ProgramID is supposed to contain the dd_progid but something is not working correctly. I will take a look.
Thanks.
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Fixed in next prerelease.
Thanks that is awesome news!
Just wanted to let you know I tested this today and it is fixed. Thanks again!
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Still an issue for me on pre-release 2023.03.28.0058. Or am I supposed to manually mark them as not recorded and in the future it won’t happen again?
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