[mythtv-users] What's purpose of oldprogram table?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 12 March 2004 10:11, Chris Delis wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:49:16AM -0500, Tony Maro wrote:
> > I mean, do I really need to know that "A Kid Rock Christmas" played
> > on 12-16-2003 ???  Or that "A&E's Live by Request Starring Lyle
> > Lovett" played that day as well?
>
> I think it aides in the Scheduler logic.  For one, it helps decide
> what's a "repeat" episode so that you don't record the same thing
> twice.  If you never make use of these scheduling features, then I
> would guess that it'd be safe to periodically purge this table (a
> simple script ought to do it).

I think you're confusing 'oldprogram' with 'oldrecorded'.  'oldrecorded' 
is a record of everything you've recorded, so Myth knows when something 
is a duplicate of something you've recorded in the past.

IIRC, 'oldprogram' is a new table that enables the 'What's New' feature 
(TV->Schedule Recordings->Search Listings->New Titles).  This is a 
handy feature for sifting through the tons of reruns on TV to find 
interesting new shows (not movies) to record.

-JAC