Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

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bellissimo
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Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

Post by bellissimo » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:49 pm

Hi,

As per the title really, the programme data for a Digiguide extract does not seem to include the 'length' element. Is this an error with my setup or is it just not calculated?

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alanbirtles
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Re: Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

Post by alanbirtles » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:04 pm

its not available, there is no length field in the digiguide data. do you need it for a particular reason?

bellissimo
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Re: Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

Post by bellissimo » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:49 pm

It's not essential, was just wondering if it was easily available because DG2XML produces it.

Obviously it can be gleaned from the start/end time so if I do need it I guess I could post-process the data.

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Re: Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

Post by alanbirtles » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:09 pm

in actual fact it cant really be taken from the start and end time as it is supposed to represent the actual length of the programme (excluding adverts), e.g. a 1 hour programme on channel 4 would probably have a length of 45 minutes

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Re: Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

Post by bellissimo » Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:20 pm

Ah right, thanks for the info.

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