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recording a series - Rob Latour - 2024-10-14
I have Jellyfin is setup
to watch live tv using my HDHomerun 4k device, and
to load the xml tv guide info using the shuaiscott/zap2xml via docker as referenced in the Jellyfin help.
With this done, I can see my tv shows listed fine in the guide, but I want to be able to record all the CBC National news broadcasts which air every week night at the same time.
However, when I click record option for on tonight's upcoming broadcast Jellyfin only offers me the option to record tonight's broadcast.
Is there as way to set it up to record the same show every weeknight?
RE: recording a series - TheDreadPirate - 2024-10-15
You can, but there has to be sufficient metadata in place to trigger the "record series" button.
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-i-can-no-longer-record-series
You need an episode number, minimum, I found that the sub-title (part of the title, not talking about subtitles in a video) also needs to be present.
RE: recording a series - Rob Latour - 2024-10-15
Thanks, I read thru that post but am not clear what Jellyfin is expecting, this is what the xml has:
<programme start="20241015020000 +0000" stop="20241015030000 +0000" channel="I4.1.58494.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">The National</title>
<desc lang="en">CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism; Adrienne Arsenault and Ian Hanomansing anchor.</desc>
<date>20241015</date>
<category lang="en">News</category>
<length units="minutes">60</length>
<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p191966_b_v13_ar.jpg" />
<url>https://tvlistings.zap2it.com//overview.html?programSeriesId=SH00283627&tmsId=EP002836273205</url>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00283627.3205</episode-num>
<new />
<subtitles type="teletext" />
</programme>
RE: recording a series - TheDreadPirate - 2024-10-15
In my testing there also needs to be a <sub-title> field. Not the same as <subtitles>. The script I use to make my XML I had to add a check that if the provider didn't include a <sub-title>, usually the episode name, that I would copy the <episode-num> field to <sub-title>.
RE: recording a series - Rob Latour - 2024-10-15
Thanks that is helpful. However, worse case scenario is I just need to click to record individually on a week of shows at a time.
Here's an example of another show in the same xml feed that is just fine in terms of recording it in a series.
Code:
<programme start="20241015170000 +0000" stop="20241015173000 +0000" channel="I11.1.73192.zap2it.com">
<title lang="en">Hogan's Heroes</title>
<sub-title lang="en">Request Permission to Escape</sub-title>
<desc lang="en">A prisoner pleads with Hogan to let him escape from Stalag 13 and return to the States.</desc>
<length units="minutes">30</length>
<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p1124984_e_v9_ab.jpg" />
<url>https://tvlistings.zap2it.com//overview.html?programSeriesId=SH00002106&tmsId=EP000021060032</url>
<episode-num system="common">S01E32</episode-num>
<episode-num system="dd_progid">EP00002106.0032</episode-num>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">0.31.</episode-num>
<previously-shown />
<subtitles type="teletext" />
<rating>
<value>PG</value>
</rating>
</programme>All in all, not a big issue.