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Issue 15: Tag unconverted .mpg file to display correct information on TiVo GoBack
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Status:  Fixed
Owner:  yoav.yer...@gmail.com
Closed:  Dec 2008


 
Reported by smacdiarmid, Nov 1, 2008
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Nov 6, 2008
Project Member #1 yoav.yer...@gmail.com
I'm finding very little information on how to 'tag' files so that tivogoback has
useful metadata on that file.  Any advice is appreciated.

  As for just downloading in mpeg2, you should be able to select an NTSC mpeg-2
download now.  I believe that is fully uploadable back to the tivo (though without
tags).  Looking for info now..


Status: Accepted
Owner: yoav.yerushalmi
Labels: -Type-Defect -Priority-Medium Type-Enhancement Priority-Low
Nov 6, 2008
#2 smacdiarmid
When you place a compatible .mpg video file in the your TivoGoBack folder it creates a file with the exact 
same file name as your video but with the extension ".properties". (Example: test.mpg results in a related file 
called test.properties).  This file appears to simply be a text file that can be edited with any text editor.

It looks something like this when you open it:

#Sat Nov 01 12:55:12 PDT 2008
description=
title=Friends - Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister

It would be great if you could have an optional feature that would create this file from all of the information in 
the downloaded show.
Nov 6, 2008
#3 jerem...@mac.com
If you're going to do that why not just keep around the original .tivo file? It already has all of that info embedded 
in it.
Nov 6, 2008
#4 smacdiarmid
That would be a partial solution.  But I would like to have the ability to customize the information.  
Unfortunately, the .tivo files store all the correct information but when you are saving TV episodes and using 
TivoGoBack only the show name appears e.g. "Friends" and it doesn't group them by show.  Therefore if you have 
20 episodes of Friends, you have to click on each one to see the description and episode title.

So I would prefer that they automatically get tagged as Friends - The One Where Stuff Happens.  That way it is all visible from the TiVo GoBack screen.  I know this is a very specific concern, and maybe I am the only one who 
cares, but to me it seems like a great feature.
Nov 14, 2008
#5 jerem...@mac.com
Well, your problem is not with the metadata in that case but with TiVoGoBack. See,
the way TiVo asks for data is spelled out in an web services-type API document. TiVo
GoBack basically puts up a special web server and the TiVo queries that. In this case
the TiVo asks for the top level content and GoBack gives it the full set of shows.
What should happen is the GoBack software should give it the folder view first.
If you want this behavior you should investigate some of the GoBack replacements like
Galleon.
Dec 12, 2008
Project Member #6 yoav.yer...@gmail.com
Ok, well, right now the beta has support for adding metadata via AtomicParsley into
the mp4,
  it will also put the .xml (from the .tivo) alongside, and a .txt file with some of
the properties alongside (just some.. if you want the complete set look at the xml file).

  Notably missing is the 'showID' from the txt file, although you can still pull it
out of the xml file (using a tool, or manually).

  So yeah, not perfect yet, but at least should have enough to work with?
Dec 12, 2008
#7 smacdiarmid
When you get a chance would you mind adding the following fields to the pyTivoX text file:

originalAirDate
episodeNumber
Dec 12, 2008
Project Member #8 yoav.yer...@gmail.com
so, you're not going to like the answer but:
  episodeNumber I just added (next beta).  However, the tivo completely drops that
info once it downloads the episode from pytivo.

  airDate is a pain in the butt.. Hopefully I'm doing it right... (I'm just using the
time the tivo provides for when it recorded the show..)

  Building the next beta now..  (gah I should take a break from this stupid code...)

Status: Fixed
Dec 12, 2008
#9 smacdiarmid
There is a field called originalairDate that shows the date the show was first aired.  It shows up in the XML file.  
Ideally, that is the date that would be used.

But...take a break.  If you get around to it, great.  If not, no problem.  Thanks for being so responsive.

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