Channel id setup

[Swamp-up]

I am switching over to your setup because I have recently started having troubles with the historic perl script. I will be posting over there soon.

What I see with your setup and the older perl setup is a slight change in the channel id's. (This is using OTA)
Yours is as such:

WUTVDT2 ROAR 29.2

The historical perl is:

1
2 29.2 WUTVDT2
3 29.2
4 WUTVDT2

Using xteve to provide my epg to plex and tivimate.
What I notice is that xteve must have it hard coded to grab line 3, then line 2, then channel id.
So when I am setting up my channel mappings with the old per script, I see:
29.2 (29.2 WUTVDT2) (I29.2.42947.zap2it.com)
When I use your script I see:
ROAR (WUTVDT2) (42947)

My question here is, would it be ok to bring your setup back in line with the old way? When trying to map the way your script has them listed, I don't see the channel number which makes it quite difficult to map as not all channels call signs in the guide match what the hdhr is producing. I am also not sure if this change would break other setups.

Hope this makes sense.

[Swamp-up]

I just noticed that you had changed the order back to the perl script 2 commits ago. I am using the most recent commit in docker that I can tell.

[jesmannstl]

I am switching over to your setup because I have recently started having troubles with the historic perl script. I will be posting over there soon.

What I see with your setup and the older perl setup is a slight change in the channel id's. (This is using OTA) Yours is as such:

WUTVDT2 ROAR 29.2
The historical perl is:

1 2 29.2 WUTVDT2 3 29.2 4 WUTVDT2

Using xteve to provide my epg to plex and tivimate. What I notice is that xteve must have it hard coded to grab line 3, then line 2, then channel id. So when I am setting up my channel mappings with the old per script, I see: 29.2 (29.2 WUTVDT2) (I29.2.42947.zap2it.com) When I use your script I see: ROAR (WUTVDT2) (42947)

My question here is, would it be ok to bring your setup back in line with the old way? When trying to map the way your script has them listed, I don't see the channel number which makes it quite difficult to map as not all channels call signs in the guide match what the hdhr is producing. I am also not sure if this change would break other setups.

Hope this makes sense.

Alright so I just looked at the output the current output is:

  <channel id="21300">
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>FOX ENTERTAINMENT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

I had an old perl output that was like this:

  <channel id="I2.1.21300.gracenote.com">
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1 KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

I think there was an option name first that output like this

  <channel id="I2.1.21300.gracenote.com">
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>KTVIDT 2.1</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

I think I should be able to just add an extra display name to make the output as

  <channel id="21300">
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1 KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>FOX ENTERTAINMENT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

[jesmannstl]

First update was to make it like my last example

  <channel id="21300">
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1 KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>FOX ENTERTAINMENT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

Then from another request use --nextpvr if CLI or NEXTPVR=TRUE on docker will output like this:

  <channel id="21300">
    <display-name>2.1 KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>KTVIDT</display-name>
    <display-name>FOX ENTERTAINMENT</display-name>
    <display-name>2.1</display-name>
    <icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/21300/s28719_ll_h15_ac.png" />
  </channel>

[Swamp-up]

So that worked. Seems to have brought it back to where xteve now recognizes the structure and puts the channel number at the forefront. This way (especially ota) it lines up and sorts the channel numbers instead of sorting by broadcast name or call sign.

`

<display-name>WIVBDT</display-name>

<display-name>4.1 WIVBDT</display-name>

<display-name>CBS TELEVISION NETWORK</display-name>

<display-name>4.1</display-name>

<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/24051/s28711_ll_h15_ab.png" />

`

[Swamp-up]

What I also just noticed is that the old perl script created:
`

<channel id="I2.1.31507.zap2it.com">

	<display-name>2.1 WGRZDT</display-name>

	<display-name>2.1</display-name>

	<display-name>WGRZDT</display-name>

	<icon src="https://zap2it.tmsimg.com/h3/NowShowing/31507/s28717_ll_h15_ad.png" />

</channel>

`
The channel id was set as channel number then channel id. This in turn sorted the xml file with the channel number first. Your new setup sorts by the channel id "31507". Which are not necessarily in line with channel numbers.

Not a big deal. Just a note as xteve is now sorting by the channel number.

Thanks again!

[jesmannstl]

Yeah the channel number is now just the standard Gracenote ID which is better for a lot of applications since it can automatch guide data. Especially if someone uses more than one epg where the same channel would be different channel numbers I'm thinking off the top of my head CNN is around 200 on Directv, 202 on Dish and 38 on my local cable so would appear 3 different ways now all are the same channel id and using tvmerge eliminates the duplicates