Server Version#: 1.19.4.2935 Player Version#: N/A Tuner Make/Model: N/A Guide/Lineup name: N/A Using XMLTV?: Yes, Schedules Direct Channel number/Name: Golf Channel Hi, I had this problem in the past, but it seems to have resurfaced. I record a show, and even though the Enhanced Guide is disa…

FYI, digging in to it - really seems to be a recent PMS update that has broken this :frowning_face:. What happens now, XMLTV information seems to be lost, rather, The TVDB is searched, even though no (proper / good) match is found => show name is incorrect As no match is found, the episode name is…

Could you get server logs covering the time when it goes wrong. Also a copy of your xmltv file and info on what was recorded and matched incorrectly [image] Reporting issues with Plex Media Server | Plex Support How to Report an Issue If you believe you have found an issue in Plex Media S…

[image] sa2000: Could you get server logs covering the time when it goes wrong. Also a copy of your xmltv file and info on what was recorded and matched incorrectly Sure, will do! I had changed the Library (Agent) for now, to avoid this (and that does work). Will change it back, let the next …

OK - it happened again today (and I even updated the server to the latest version this morning!). The logs are attached, and also the XMLTV file. FYI, it also renamed the existing shows in that “series”. And for the show today - the Summary is missing, as is the Title (the Sort Title is there thoug…

[image] rmorris: OK - it happened again today (and I even updated the server to the latest version this morning!). The logs are attached, and also the XMLTV file. FYI, it also renamed the existing shows in that “series”. And for the show today - the Summary is missing, as is the Title (the Sort…

[image] sa2000: I have reproduced the issue of the “PGA Tour Golf” getting changed to “A Cook’s Tour of Spain” after recording Awesome, glad you were able to reproduce it - thanks! [image] sa2000: change the agent to “Personal Media Shows” Yep, that was what I was doing as a workaroun…

[image] rmorris: Dumb question perhaps, but why not extend this - meaning also stop matching tvdb for recordings in xmtlv setups? Just thinking to be consistent, treat them the same (xmltv or not Because it was thought that there are a lot of xmltv epg files with not much metadata

Ahhh, OK - understood. Perhaps something to add as an option later - would be nice to keep all TV shows in the same place, but for now I may need to separate them it seems. Thanks!

[image] rmorris: … perhaps fix that the date is always set to 1900-01-01? It should be set to the recording date (or original air date if available, but not 1900 This was looked into recently and we look for two fields - <date> or <original-air-date> - if neither set we end up with 0 which …

[image] sa2000: Perhaps air date would be a better default. I will raise this internally Thanks! FYI, I checked my xmltv file, and for an item like the one that failed - I don’t see these fields. But why not trigger (for recordings) off the start (date)?

TV Show, Episode Naming Broken (Again)

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I will propose we use that as the default for TV episodes in the absence of the <date> / <original-air-date> fields

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TV Show, Episode Naming Broken (Again)

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