[mythtv] Recordings Sports Feature Wish/Development

[David Engel]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 02:10:09PM -0800, Taco Mel wrote:
> Would it be correct to state that the "override rule"
> you described is created within the "memory" of the
> running scheduler process, so to speak, and that it is
> not written to or defined within the SQL database? 

No, it would not be correct.  The override rule is written to the
database just like any other override rule.  The scheduler only
updates its internal state when it detects the new rule with a
different ending time.

> What is needed for a sports feature is to be able to
> create the override rule from outside of the MythTV
> GUI.  Two ways I can think of would be a database
> query, or on the command line with something like
> "mythbackend --resched --chanid XXX --newendtime
> YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS".

The functionality is already there.  All you have to do is put the
pieces together.

> What about a corresponding function to modify the
> start time of a particular recording (which has not
> started yet, obviously, since if it started already
> such modification would be pointless).  I am thinking

That's just another override rule.

> I want to avoid hacking at the code, creating new
> database tables, etc., just for my own purposes.  I
> want to discover the "official" way.  So I can sum
> this up in one question - what is the SQL query, or
> command line, to adjust the start time and end time of
> a particular recording without modifying the rule itself?

The SQL begins with "INSERT INTO record (type, chanid, starttime,
...)".  For your cases, the most important thing is to set type to
kOverrideRecord.

David
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