Issue recording a series when using IPTVBoss guide data

[AKSkinz 9]

I have been using IPTVBoss for guide data but have run into an issue where if I set a series to record all episodes, it only will pick up new episodes. Is anyone else having this issue or have a configuration that works with Emby so when scheduling something it will pick up all episodes?

[Luke 37067]

Hi there, can you please provide a specific example? Visuals make this easier to identify. Thanks.

[AKSkinz 9]

Here's it with Emby Guide data. I'm using Hot Bench as an example as they are shown back-to-back this afternoon. At 3pm there are 2 episodes. 

I click on the "New" episode and set it to record and then adjust it to record all episodes.

If you scroll down after backing out and reentering to refresh data, it shows all episodes as being tagged to record. Note the 3:30pm one is listed.

If I do a search for the program, it shows it once in the results.

So, all works good using Emby guide data with an HDHomerun. If I change it to "New Episodes" only then it does unmark the repeats.

With IPTVBoss data using same HDHomerun, here's the guide.

Click into the "New" episode and set it to record and then adjust it to record all episodes.

If you scroll down after backing out and reentering to refresh data, it shows only the shows that are marked as new. Note that it doesn't list the 3:30pm repeat.

If I do a search, it finds 2 programs that looks like 1 is for the new episodes (note the recording icon) and the other is the repeats.

This is what I have setup for data in IPTVBoss. It is basically the default setup, but I removed the "icon" component from the remove column to have it show up in the guide. I have also tried removing the "NEW_TAG" but that didn't seem to change anything.

 

[AKSkinz 9]

Actually if I remove the "NEW_TAG" it no longer sees them as new and marks them to skip

[Luke 37067]

Hi, has removing that tag resolved your issue?

[AKSkinz 9]

No... if I remove the tag it then thinks it's a repeat and doesn't mark any new episodes to record as shown in the screenshot you asked for. The 3pm show should be "new".

[Luke 37067]

OK so what's the problem with the tag then? Just the fact that you have two search results?

[Luke 37067]

If that's the issue then we'd have to look at the actual xml to figure out why they're not being grouped as the same series.

[AKSkinz 9]

I figured someone may know a good configuration since I see a bunch of people mention that they use it. When using Emby guide data it displays a new episode like this:

But when you look in the list when you're scheduling it, it doesn't show what episode is "new":

And if I do a search for the program, it only displays a single one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using IPTVBoss data, it adds another "new" entry next to the green one:

But when you look in the list when you're scheduling it, it now shows what episode is "new":

And if I do a search for the program, it now displays 2, 1 for '"new" and 1 for repeats (note the one with the scheduled icon is the "new"):

I just need to figure out what the correct fields are that Emby needs to be fed to work correctly. It seems to pick up the "new" field from somewhere other than the "NEW_TAG" field that IPTVBoss is feeding it.

[Luke 37067]

Right I think everything you just said you had already explained before. What I would like to get to the bottom of is why you have two entries in search, because I think that's going to answer the question of what's going on.

Two entries in search means that something in the guide data is making them appear as two different shows, so I need to see the xml to get to the bottom of that.

[AKSkinz 9]

Here's an xml file of the 1 channel with Hot Bench that I used in my example. Look at Monday afternoon @ 3pm to see what matches up with my screenshots above.

 

test.xml

[Luke 37067]

Right so here's the problem, two different series titles:

  <programme start="20231116200000 +0000" stop="20231116203000 +0000" channel="CBSWBZ.us">
    <category lang="en">Series</category>
    <desc lang="en">All Fenced Up
A fence repairman made a bid to build several hundred feet of fencing and three gates on a large private property, but says the bid did not include installation of the gates; the owner thought it did and resists paying him a penny more.</desc>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p10911935_b_v13_ac.jpg"></icon>
    <title lang="en">Hot Bench ᴺᵉʷ</title>
    <new />
  </programme>
  <programme start="20231116203000 +0000" stop="20231116210000 +0000" channel="CBSWBZ.us">
    <category lang="en">Series</category>
    <desc lang="en">Cat Man Don't
A landlord allows his cats to urinate all over an allergic tenant's possessions, so the tenant withholds rent.</desc>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p10911935_b_v13_ac.jpg"></icon>
    <title lang="en">Hot Bench</title>
  </programme>

It's OK to add tags, but don't do that by mucking with the show name. In this example, there's no other information provided that the server can use to determine that those belong the same series. That's why you see two entries in search.

You should be using the dedicated xmltv tags for repeat, new, etc.

[AKSkinz 9]

That is added by IPTVBoss. If I remove it, then it's not seen as "new" and skips it as stated here:

On 11/14/2023 at 8:55 AM, AKSkinz said:

Actually if I remove the "NEW_TAG" it no longer sees them as new and marks them to skip

 

[Luke 37067]

There is a new tag in the xml. What you want to do is keep that but get rid of it from the title.