08-24-2018, 05:40 AM
Hello admins,
I have been collaborating recently with a very exciting project called telly. I'm not sure if you have heard of it, but you can read more about it here: https://github.com/tellytv/telly.
There are a large number of telly users who use iptv-epg, and we have recently run into some problems. We were hoping we could work together with you to solve them.
The bottom line is that there are some tags that would be very helpful if they were included in the xml output by iptv-epg. Specifically, episode-num and dd_progid in the format <episode-num system="dd_progid">EPXXXXXXXX.XXXX</episode-num>.
Here is an example of a very well formed <programme> that, in a perfect world, we would be able to get from iptv-epg.
Right now, we are not getting the dd_progid from iptv-epg, but instead we are getting something like <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">.24.</episode-num>.
The problem is, without this tag, Plex is unable to determine whether the program is a movie or TV show, and as a result, most programs are being unintentionally tagged as movies in Plex.
There may be other missing tags as well, but this is in the hopes of opening up a dialog so we can improve both services together.
Thank you for your consideration!
I have been collaborating recently with a very exciting project called telly. I'm not sure if you have heard of it, but you can read more about it here: https://github.com/tellytv/telly.
There are a large number of telly users who use iptv-epg, and we have recently run into some problems. We were hoping we could work together with you to solve them.
The bottom line is that there are some tags that would be very helpful if they were included in the xml output by iptv-epg. Specifically, episode-num and dd_progid in the format <episode-num system="dd_progid">EPXXXXXXXX.XXXX</episode-num>.
Here is an example of a very well formed <programme> that, in a perfect world, we would be able to get from iptv-epg.
Code:
<programme start="20180823100000 +0000" stop="20180823150000 +0000" channel="I217.60316.schedulesdirect.org">
<title lang="en">Tennis</title>
<title>Tennis</title>
<sub-title lang="en">U.S. Open Qualifying, Day 2</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">Coverage from the world of tennis.</desc>
<desc>Coverage from the world of tennis.</desc>
<category lang="en">Tennis</category>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP02695463.0344</episode-num>
</programme>Right now, we are not getting the dd_progid from iptv-epg, but instead we are getting something like <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">.24.</episode-num>.
The problem is, without this tag, Plex is unable to determine whether the program is a movie or TV show, and as a result, most programs are being unintentionally tagged as movies in Plex.
There may be other missing tags as well, but this is in the hopes of opening up a dialog so we can improve both services together.
Thank you for your consideration!