[mythtv] "Allow recording even if duplicate episode" is ignored?

[Derek Anderson]

what you're missing is that some channels just list the titles and 
subtitles, leaving all descriptions blank, for ALL showings of the program.

what you suggest would break recording of many syndicated cable shows.


Gregory McLean wrote:

> Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
>>> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:11 PM
>>> To: Development of mythtv
>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv] "Allow recording even if duplicate episode" is
>>> ignored?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> For a program to be considered a duplicate, it must match 'title',
>>>> 'subtitle' (episode) and 'description' EXACTLY.  If any of them
>>>
>>>
>>> are blank,
>>>
>>>> Myth assumes that there is no way to differentiate between
>>>
>>>
>>> shows and assumes
>>>
>>>> that they're all unique.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ahh, I see.  How unfortunate.
>>>
>>> In my case the title and subtitle are exactly the same, but the
>>> description is empty.  It would be nice if there were a setting to get
>>> it to ignore empty descriptions.  That way I could get it to treat the
>>> programs the same if title + subtitle match exactly (and both
>>> descriptions are empty).
>>>
>>> How hard do you think it would be to add this?
> 
> 
> 
> One would _assume_ that the programs are duplicates if they match? To me 
> the above sounds like a duplicate. Both descriptions are empty and the 
> titles and subtitle are the same unless I'm missing some subtle thing 
> somewhere.
> 
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