Hi guys,
Unfortunately this has become quite a complicated problem.
As we've said before, we're limited as to how we compile our guide data for the Nine-related channels, so there are times when the episode information isn't available as quickly as we'd like, and we only know the program name. For example, we know it's "Two And A Half Men", and we know if it's a repeat or not, but we don't know which episode it is.
For the case when it's a new program, starting today we will begin creating new episodes using the date as the title, as has been suggested here in the forums. When the episode name is known, we'll change the title to update the guide.
For the case when it's a repeat, it's more complicated because our choices are to either leave the episode information off completely, or to assign them all to one common episode called "N/A". MCE seems to ignore our repeat flags when we leave off the episode information, and then treats all showings as though they were new -- similar to how it treats a news program, which is also non-episodic. This means it will record every repeat showing of the program, even if you have the Series Recording set to only record new shows. Setting all of these repeat showings to the common episode "N/A" fixes that problem, but introduces a new problem, both on MCE and other PVRs. Since the N/A episodes are all using the same title and ID numbers, if you have the Series Recording set to record new and repeat shows, it only records the N/A episode once, and then never again.
Since using the N/A episodes is causing problems in other PVRs, we're now removing them from our guide, and will go back to the way it was previously, where the program was listed without episode information. This will unfortunately break MCE's guide, so we'll have to fix it a different way. We'll modify just the MCE guide, so that it uses the common N/A episode names for repeat showings, but we'll do it in a way that won't affect other PVRs.
Unfortunately this change for MCE's guide will take a bit of work, so please bear with us until we can get that part of the guide system changed. Hopefully it won't take long, and we'll post another message here when it's done.
Thanks,
Russell