[mythtv] Improving manual recordings

[Scott Theisen]

On 9/25/22 15:07, David Engel wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 04:55:59PM -0400, Scott Theisen wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We primarily use manual recordings due to the poor US OTA EPG data. There
>> are a few things I would like to change or improve.
>>
>> 1. Restore date/time subtitle if subtitle is empty.
>>       * I will be testing this over the next few days.
>>         https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/a28191023de31e36efaf23a2d837b4b1725ec73b
>>         claims
>>         https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/commit/5f6697ecfaf9bd7175aaf99b3ef07f884d5af65c
>>         is at fault for this change.
> I expect John will jump in here.
>
>> 2. As an option, or entirely, stop appending "(Manual Record)" to the
>>     title of manual recordings.
>>       * This would be easier to stop entirely, but I am open to keeping
>>         it as an option.
>>       * https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/06da3119d5a35af24df048d300f1240d48d9b3fb/mythtv/libs/libmyth/programinfo.cpp#L818
>>         seems to be to blame for this, in my opinion annoying, behavior,
>>         but I haven't yet tested changing it.

It is that line.

>>       * I would keep the description still with "(Manual Record)".
> I prefer to keep "(Manual Record)" in the recording rule.  I don't
> have a problem with dropping it in the recordings it creates.  Maybe
> Prepend it to the subtitle of recordings if you add the date/time
> back.

mythfrontend -> Manage Recordings -> Recording Rules only shows the 
title.  "(Manual Record)" is a translated string, so removing it is 
probably not as straightforward as not adding it.  It sounds like having 
an option to append or not is desired, which leads to the question: How 
do I add a new setting?

>> 3. Add the ability to set the subtitle when creating a manual recording
>>     rule in mythfrontend.
>>       * Would this require theme changes?
> Yes.

The question then becomes, which themes do I need to change?

Thanks,

Scott