2013-11-04, 02:21
(2013-11-04, 01:38)mikexmayhem Wrote:(2013-11-03, 17:43)Guile Wrote: Not that all that many people are probably interested but....my problem is/was the mp4 files were NOT converted properly. In case anybody else encounters a similar problem, quick convert with mkvmerge and all is fine.
i sort of have a similar problem like this. i do all channel managment from the channel configurator in PTV. all of my channels are set up by network as to mimic real tv. on my cbs channel i have episode of two different shows that actually play on cbs on real tv. anyways it seems to play the same episodes over and over. only out of a larger pool than just a couple episodes. yet, MUCH less than the actual number of episodes i have. almost like it has a problem playing completely random. or within the coding there actually IS a coded pattern to which the channels play. there are some episodes that have played 20 times and some that haven played at all. how does one counter this?
They arent getting played because they arent being picked up properly.
If you are using directories to play your channels then the files themselves are not encoded properly like the post you quoted and that will be your solution.
If you are using network channel types then there is no runtime tag in your xbmc library for the episodes that arent getting picked up.
Most likely you used something to generate nfo files and there was no runtime tag put in the ones that dont show up.
If you simply scraped them into the library then youll need to rescrape from a source that has runtime listed or make your own nfo files for each episode making sure to include a runtime tag, then refresh all episodes of the show from the nfo files.