I can no longer record series

[grumpycat]

I went back and wiped all old data by going to the dashboard and deleting all files in the jellyfin folders.  Then I did a sudo apt purge jellyfin* and reinstalled jellyfin to start over. I went through the wizard again. Then I set up my dvr again and went through the process of adding series.

For some reason certain series do not have a record series option.  (Examples,  The View,  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) I am using xmltv and zaptoit to pull down my guide.

What causes a show to be treated as a series? 

I am using the perl script in this project to process zaptoit website and output an xmltv.xml file every 6 hours using cron. 

https://github.com/jef/zap2xml.  I can provide the xmltv.xml file if necessary.

Here is a sample entry for "The View".

Code:

<programme start="20240607110000 -0400" stop="20240607120000 -0400" channel="I11.1.21103.zap2it.com">
                <title lang="en">The View</title>
                <desc lang="en">Celebrity and political guests join the panel of hosts for up-to-the-minute hot topics and invaluable conversations.</desc>
                <category lang="en">Talk</category>
                <length units="minutes">60</length>
                <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/assets/p184466_b_v13_ab.jpg" />
                <url>https://tvlistings.zap2it.com//overview.html?programSeriesId=SH00225395&amp;tmsId=SH002253950000</url>
                <episode-num system="dd_progid">SH00225395.0000</episode-num>
                <new />
                <subtitles type="teletext" />
                <rating>
                        <value>TV-14</value>
                </rating>
        </programme>

           

Why does the record series button sometimes appear and sometimes it does not?  

Is this a bug or a feature?

I would categorize it as a bug because I always want the record series button to appear.   Especially if it is definitely a series like "The View" or "ABC World News Tonight"