[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #2678: Duplicate checking of "unidentified episode"s is broken

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/14/2006 12:15 PM, Tom Lichti wrote:
> John P Poet wrote:
>   
>> On 11/13/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On 11/12/2006 10:28 PM, MythTV wrote:
>>>       
>>>>  This is probably a dupe of 2677.
>>>>
>>>>  Setting up a search rule which happens to match "Unidentified Episode"s,
>>>>  records duplicates.  It acts like it does not bother to compare the title
>>>>  and descriptions when then programid ends with "0000".
>>> By design.  If a programid exists, duplicate matching type is ignored.
>>>
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/67377#67377
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/180855#180855
>>>>  For example, I have a search rule to record shows begining with "Fast
>>>>  Flights:".  Under this rule it has already recorded "Fast Flights: British
>>>>  Isles".  Even so, the scheduler is recording every single instance of
>>>>  "Fast Flights: British Isles".  All of the episodes it is repeately
>>>>  recording have the same description:  "A 500-mile aerial excursion over
>>>>  the UK."  They also all have the same programid: SH8505190000.
>>>>         
>>> I'm sure Bruce could explain how to set up your rule for this show...
>>> :)  Sorry, I don't know how.
>>>       
>> I hope Bruce can chime in here.  It would be nice to have a solution
>> for this problem.  Discovery is showing that particular episode half a
>> dozen times over the next couple of weeks.
>>     
> I have the same problem with 'Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament', 
> they all have the same title, description, and Program ID, yet it is set 
> to record all of them (13 episodes this week alone on various channels). 
> I guess I could force it to just record on one channel, but it still 
> seems like a bug, or at least an anomaly.

Out of curiosity, do they also have the same subtitle (i.e. "episode 
title")?  If so, dup checking via description and/or subtitle would 
simply mean you could only record a single episode ever then everything 
would be previously recorded.

If title, subtitle, and description are all identical, your only choice 
would probably be the "once per week" kind of recording rules (assuming 
each week is a new episode) or whatever.

If the subtitles are different, by my understanding of DataDirect's data 
description, they should be using different programid's.

Mike