EPG123 channel metadata

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EPG123 channel metadata

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Post by Space » Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:39 am

I have DVRMSToolbox set up to not run comskip on WTV files that have the following metadata:

WM/MediaNetworkAffiliation equals PAY

With the Rovi data, this value was set to PAY when the channel it was recorded from was a premium network (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc.)

I'm wondering if anything like this is included in the channel info from Schedules Direct and if it can be populated with EPG123?

Note that for non-premium cable networks, this value was set to "Satellite", and for broadcast affiliates, it was set to the network affiliate ("ABC", "NBC", "CBS", "FOX").

It's not a big deal, as I've just set it to not scan for commercials on any Genre that contains Movies (since I usually only record movies from premium networks) but this is not perfect, since I also record non-movies from premium networks.

I was just wondering if there is any way to differentiate a recording that was from a premium network as opposed to a commercial-supported network without having to compare the network to a list of all the premium network call signs.

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