# Skip Channel on processing - is this the right syntax?
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785
**Category:** Metadata and Renaming
**Created:** [October 12, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785 "2017-10-12T19:32:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@billvv](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/billvv)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/1 "2017-10-12T19:32:55Z")
I’m trying to skip processing PBS channels, since they don’t have commercials. I’m using this… _;~KCTS_ … where KCTS is the channel name from Comcast. Using this string, it does not find anything to process no matter what channel the recordings are recorded from. I figure,…
- = anything
~ = not
but I don’t know what the semicolon does.
Is there support for this syntax somewhere?
Is this the correct syntax? If it’s incorrect, why does it default to ‘don’t process anything’ rather than ‘skip this requirement’.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/2 "2017-10-12T23:26:55Z")
The format looks okay but did you confirm that the channel name matches the metadata in the file?
You can go through the conversion log to see what’s being extracted.
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### Author:  [@billvv](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/billvv)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/3 "2017-10-13T00:19:26Z")
Didn’t confirm. I need to figure out how to do that.
I went through the logs and don’t see the channel name being extracted for any of these SageTV recording files (\*.ts).
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/4 "2017-10-13T12:01:51Z")
You can attach the conversion log.
SageTv has it own metadata file that should be provided to MCEBuddy along with the TS file.
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### Author:  [@billvv](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/billvv)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/5 "2017-10-13T16:31:10Z")
I’ve attached the conversion log and properties file for a sample PBS program. I don’t see the channel name in the properties file.
[PoldarkonMasterpiece-24080030-0.ts-Convert to Sage CS-2017-10-12T15-05-46.1024387-07-00.log](https://mcebuddy-discussion-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/original/1X/c4433b2259dc18f7804e99520556fc029840a3b2.log) (300 KB)
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/6 "2017-10-14T03:21:31Z")
Here’s your issue, there’s no channel metadata present in your SageTV metadata file.
> INFORMATION\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Extracting Alt SageTV PROPERTIES Tags
> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Extracting SageTV metadata
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → #Generator: CMT Metadata, written on Sunday, October 1, 2017 11:14 PM
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Contestant=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Guest=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Choreographer=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → ExtendedRatings=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Composer=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → AltEpisodeNumber=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Voice=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Judge=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → EpisodeName=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Director=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Anchor=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Guest Voice=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Executive Producer=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Guest Star=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → AiringTime=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Musical Guest=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Producer=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Misc=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Language=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Narrator=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Rated=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Correspondent=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Host=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Team=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → Year=
> WARNING\> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Skipping invalid properties entry → AiringDuration=
> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.FileExtractMetadata → Successfully extracted SageTV Tags metadata
> 2017-10-12T15:05:50 MCEBuddy.MetaData.VideoMetaData → Video Tags extracted from file/name metadata →
> Title: Poldark on Masterpiece
> SubTitle:
> Description: George has everything going for him; Demelza’s brothers take up preaching; Dwight vanishes after Caroline and Dwight elope.
> Network:
> Network Affiliate:
> Parental Rating: TVPG
> Media Credits: Aidan Turner;Eleanor Tomlinson;Caroline Blakiston;Ellise Chappell;Beatie Edney;Jack Farthing;Heida Reed
> Genres: Historical drama,Romance,Adventure
> Season: 3
> Episode: 1
> Banner:
> Banner URL:
> IMDB Id:
> MovieDB Id:
> TVDB Id:
> Is Show Movie: False
> Is Show Sports: False
> OriginalBroadcastDateTime: 2017-06-11T13:00:00
> RecordedDateTime: 1899-12-31T16:00:00
> SeriesPremiereDate: 1899-12-31T16:00:00
> CopyProtected: False
> SageTV FileID:
> SageTV MediaFileID:
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### Author:  [@billvv](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/billvv)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/skip-channel-on-processing-is-this-the-right-syntax/785/7 "2017-10-17T00:54:51Z")
I didn’t either. I will ask in the SageTV forum how/if this info can be accessed. No need to try and strip commercials from channels that don’t have them.