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About FixedProgramRecord

A FixedProgramRecord describes a broadcast program -- when it's on, what channel, its title, etc. It's valid across all HeadEnds and Devices carring the channel.

In some cases (as part of the data from RnsGetCG2), a FixedProgramRecord has variable length; in others (as part of a Program record), it's fixed at its maximum size of 256 bytes.

For GuideSnapshot files, this sub-structure appears within the Program structure.

4.1, 4.3, 4.5 and 5.0

Description Block Notes

In a variable length context, unused bytes at the of the description block will be omitted (with enough padding left to keep the record length a multiple of 4 bytes); in this case, only record length bytes should be read for the entire record. In a fixed length context, record length is still set as it would be for variable-length, but the full description block is present.

The description block contains, in order:

• an optional 4-byte PartsRecord (only there if ProgramFlag has the HasParts flag set)
• an optional 8-byte MovieRecord (only there if ProgramFlag has the IsMovie flag set)
• title
• episode title
• description
• actors
• guests
• SuzukiString zone list
• producer
• director

Except where noted, the items in the description block are always present, and are NUL-terminated strings; the corresponding length argument gives the item's length, including NUL.

-- LeeThompson - 12 May 2003