[ShadowMask]

While developing my own Kodi skin, I have noticed the following bug with the NextPVR client, I am using NextPVR v 5 backend:

To explain further, using the default estuary skin, If I view timer in kodi:

ListItem.EpisodeName is displayed directly under ListItem.ChannelName - ListItem.Label per timer and usually looks like S01E01 e.g:

TV SHow 1
TV SHow 1 | S01E01

If a timer has no ListItem.EpisodeName displayed with it then the resulting recording will show the correct label:

Channel 1
TV SHow 1

If the timer has no ListItem.EpisodeName displayed with it then the recording is labelled wrong:

Channel 1
S01E01 - S01E01

It appears the ListItem.Label contains S01E01 - S01E01 rather than TV SHow 1 - S01E01
or to be more specific ListItem.Label is being returned to kodi as: ListItem.EpisodeName - ListItem.EpisodeName rather than ListItem.Label - ListItem.EpisodeName?

[emveepee]

It doesn't sound like a bug, you are likely using the "fake" made that up to now the majority of users seem to prefer. This default is to have the S/E plus subtitle information replace the show name so shows are in episode order, a sort option Kodi backend doesn't want to provide.  In pvr.nextpvr setup, change the display setting to "Kodi skin styled recordings" and you should see what you want.

Martin

[ShadowMask]

Thanks for the explanation emveepee,
I'm surprised that users want a format where they potentially can't see what the title of the show is, I ended up with seven recordings just saying things like S01E02-S01E02, S03E07-S03E07, S02E04-S03E04 etc, and didn't know which one was which! I'm sure if I was using group recordings by folders then they would have made more sense but I prefer not to use that.

For now my custom skin just displays the listitem.foldername when it detects this label format, so everything looks right anyway, I just thought I should report it but if it is by design and not a bug then that's fine.

Thanks for the quick response.

[emveepee]

In V5 I prefer the Kodi style in V5 with filename sort order since thankfully the filenames can include S/E data but when you use feature rich guide data like many NextPVR users then it makes more sense then with your data.  I made this video with four skins showing the issues https://youtu.be/vgQsRVOnl_4 with the show name (which is available on the top of the recording list so it shouldn't be hidden unless you use the flatten option.  V5 made it a bit better because episodes can be separated by season, but for shows recorded out of sequence the list can be really difficult to navigate.

I actually can't explain why you have the repeated data, but I guess it relates to your guide source.

Ultimately the problem is the Kodi design disconnect with users preferring a season and episode sort but it is not likely to happen.

Martin