Problem where the old version of database was being queried, causing an issue where not enough columns were created. This has been fixed and future-proofed.
Updated metadata filtering to use locally stored data
Updated database scans to download metadata to local database on update
Added rerun mode, random show sequential episode mode, range of ratings filtering and episode air date filtering
In an effort to update this code to fit standards of Python3, changes have been made to code allowing it to run.
NOTE: At this point the basics have been tested. i.e. -g -xml -u -m -r in that order. More extensive testing should occur before we throw this to master.
Users pointed out that there was an issue where the strict_time entries were still creating 24 hr sets of commercials. This issue has been fixed; if there is an issue of overlap with strict time, no commercials will be played as expected.
New feature! Now, if your directory is named "channels_<NAME>" your script will override and always play to the client <NAME>. This is going to be helpful for when we add mutli-box support.
Modifications were made to allow for commercials to be generated for the last show before midnight. This had been an issue in the past, and should be fixed with this update.
Further modifications were also made to the -m flag script, hopefully removing the issues surrounding multiple items being declared running.
Now, there is the ability to run random episodes in a TV series, without ruining your place in the series designation.
To do so, simply edit your xml file so the lines title=<<name of show as usual>>, and the line's type=random.
Bug reports were coming in where like-named shows were not all being played.
This fix attempts to solve the problem, by checking show title AND duration. This ensures that you find exactly the right thing to play.
The fix has also been translated to the website creation as well, so the correct artwork will be portrayed for each movie/show.
As pointed out in the original fork of this project through an issue, the modulus in the script has been removed, so commercials longer than an minute will not be passed over. Hopefully, this will not lead to other issues in the commercial injection process.
Before making changes to the update-channels-from-git.sh file, I wanted to have everything stored in such a way that it made logical sense where it went.
Anything that goes to the root folder is in "main-dir", channel specific files are in "channel-dir", and the files for both sections are in "both-dir". These directories will eventually be referenced in the new version of "update-channels-from-git.sh".
