[mythtv] Improving manual recordings

[David Engel]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 02:50:02PM -0400, Scott Theisen wrote:
> On 9/26/22 21:55, David Engel wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 06:20:13PM -0500, Steve Erlenborn wrote:
> > > On 9/24/22 3:55PM, Scott Theisen wrote:
> > > I worry about a possible name collision in the Record Rules. For one
> > > show, I have an Automatic Record rule set up for my OTA tuner, and a
> > > Manual Record Rule set up for my Cable tuner.
> > > 
> > >     Big Sky
> > >     Big Sky (Manual Record)
> > > 
> > > If you eliminate "(Manual Record)", those separate record rules will be
> > > harder to
> > > distinguish. It would still be functional but it would be less clear to the
> > > user.
> > I don't think this should be a problem.  Manual rules create
> > artificial programs with manualid = <rule-recordid>.  Manual rules
> > only match programs with their own manualid and non-manual rules only
> > match programs where manualid = 0.
> > 
> > David
> 
> His point, I think, is that if we went with my first suggestion both
> recording rules would be labeled only as "Big Sky" without anything to
> differentiate them in mythfrontend -> Manage Recordings -> Recording Rules.
> 
> This is not an issue for my use case, which is why I didn't think of that. 
> Trimming " (Manual Record)" after the fact is acceptable to me and supports
> this mixed use case of manual and automatic rules with otherwise the same
> title, by allowing the *user* to still easily identify which kind of rule it
> is without requiring further changes.

We already have this issue.  In hindsight, we should have another
column in the record table called ruletitle that is completely user
editable.  I would approve this change if you'd like to undertake it.

David
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David Engel
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