[mythtv] Problem with scheduler and guide

[David Engel]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:53:47PM -0400, Peter Bennett wrote:
> This morning my guide data from schedules direct has some strange entries
> for March 28th. There are entries with blank titles, subtitles but with
> seriesid and programid filled in. Where they match recording rules they have
> scheduled a show with blank title to record, in spite of these upcoming
> episodes being likely reruns. As a result I have more recordings scheduled
> for March 28th than for the two weeks preceding.

Which rules, and especially their types, are mathing these programs?
Normal rules (i.e. non search ones) require a matching title.

> I suggest maybe changing the scheduler to leave out recording anything with
> blank title, or anything where the title in the guide does not match the
> title in the recording rule.

Without more information (see above), I'm very reluctant to add
special cases for obvisouly garbage data.  I'd much rather programs
without title not get added in the first place.

David
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