2026-02-04, 08:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 2026-02-04, 08:21 AM by FistRockbone. Edited 1 time in total.)
If you set a series link recording for a show and the repeat airing is on the same channel, the recording schedules page fails to distinguish between the premier episode and repeat airing despite the metadata tags being correct and displays both episodes.
This appears to be purely a visual bug as the server side settings are fine. The recording schedules page correctly shows the set recordings and correctly distinguishes between the premier episode and the repeat showing and will only record the new episode.
As proof, here's the metadata settings from my own EPG file for the show "The 1% Club" - Premier Episode first.
<programme channel="ITV1.uk" start="20260207203000 +0000" stop="20260207213000 +0000">
<title lang="en">The 1% Club</title>
<desc lang="en">Lee Mack hosts the game show where 100 contestants hope to answer a question only 1% of the country can get right to win up to 100,000 pounds. To get there, they must first face questions that 90%, 50% and 10% of people answered correctly.</desc>
<icon src="https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/405/1014285.jpg"/>
<premiere/>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">3.10.0</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">S4E11</episode-num>
</programme>
and here's the metadata for the repeat showing the next day
<programme channel="ITV1.uk" start="20260208180000 +0000" stop="20260208190000 +0000">
<title lang="en">The 1% Club</title>
<desc lang="en">Lee Mack hosts the game show where 100 contestants hope to answer a question only 1% of the country can get right to win up to 100,000 pounds. To get there, they must first face questions that 90%, 50% and 10% of people answered correctly.</desc>
<icon src="https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/405/1014285.jpg"/>
<previously-shown/>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">3.10.0</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">S4E11</episode-num>
</programme>
As you can see, the "Premiere" and "Previously Shown" tags are correctly set but the Fire TV app fails to distinguish between them. I know this probably won't get any traction but I'm just posting here to fulfill one of the requirements for reporting it as a bug on Github.
This appears to be purely a visual bug as the server side settings are fine. The recording schedules page correctly shows the set recordings and correctly distinguishes between the premier episode and the repeat showing and will only record the new episode.
As proof, here's the metadata settings from my own EPG file for the show "The 1% Club" - Premier Episode first.
<programme channel="ITV1.uk" start="20260207203000 +0000" stop="20260207213000 +0000">
<title lang="en">The 1% Club</title>
<desc lang="en">Lee Mack hosts the game show where 100 contestants hope to answer a question only 1% of the country can get right to win up to 100,000 pounds. To get there, they must first face questions that 90%, 50% and 10% of people answered correctly.</desc>
<icon src="https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/405/1014285.jpg"/>
<premiere/>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">3.10.0</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">S4E11</episode-num>
</programme>
and here's the metadata for the repeat showing the next day
<programme channel="ITV1.uk" start="20260208180000 +0000" stop="20260208190000 +0000">
<title lang="en">The 1% Club</title>
<desc lang="en">Lee Mack hosts the game show where 100 contestants hope to answer a question only 1% of the country can get right to win up to 100,000 pounds. To get there, they must first face questions that 90%, 50% and 10% of people answered correctly.</desc>
<icon src="https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/405/1014285.jpg"/>
<previously-shown/>
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">3.10.0</episode-num>
<episode-num system="onscreen">S4E11</episode-num>
</programme>
As you can see, the "Premiere" and "Previously Shown" tags are correctly set but the Fire TV app fails to distinguish between them. I know this probably won't get any traction but I'm just posting here to fulfill one of the requirements for reporting it as a bug on Github.