Recoding shows, missing settings

[itvend]

Server Version#: 1.21.4.4054
Player Version#:
Tuner Make/Model: RTL2838UHIDIR
Guide/Lineup name:
Using XMLTV?: Yes
Channel number/Name:

My question is what controlls if those setting are visible or not ?

sample of guide xml data

  <programme channel="etv1.err.ee" start="20210221070500 +0000" stop="20210221080000 +0000">
    <title lang="et">Prillitoos</title>
    <desc lang="et"></desc>
    <category lang="en">series</category>
  </programme>

In my guide there are lots of shows that are episodic but Plex thinks they all are Movies so i cant set up automatic recording

[pshanew]

Episodic content needs to have the <episode-num> element with an appropriate “system” attribute. An example using the SxxExx system would be:
<episode-num system="SxxExx">S03E08</episode-num>

There are other systems, including original-air-date:
<episode-num system="original-air-date">2021-02-19 19:00</episode-num>

Or, using the xmltv_ns scheme:
<episode-num system="xmltv_ns">2.7.</episode-num>

The xmltv_ns system uses a season.episode.part scheme, where each is zero-indexed. So, the above example is for a single part episode of season 3, episode 8.

Multiple different <episode-num> elements can be present for a single airing (provided they are different systems). The above examples were for the same airing of a program.

Here’s some additional information about the XMLTV spec, if you’re interested:
http://xml.coverpages.org/XMLTV-DTD-20021210.html

[itvend]

Good info now i know what to look for in xml. Anyway Plex should add ignore
<episode-num>

search key because its limiting. and just record everytime and use date and time as “episode number” and thats fine or something like that