Missing 'length' field in Digiguide data

[bellissimo]

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?

Cheers

[alanbirtles]

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

[bellissimo]

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.

[alanbirtles]

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

[bellissimo]

Ah right, thanks for the info.