[mythtv-users] Issues with Priorities?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:45, Richie Crews wrote:
> I am having issues with .15 (never noticed it on .14) and recording
> priorities...
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> I have Good Eats with a Record priority of 10 and I have Stargate
> SG-1 with a Record priority of 1. Good eats is getting pushed back
> while Stargate SG-1 is getting higher priority.. Unless I am wrong
> don't items with higher Positive numbers come first?


What do you mean 'pushed back'?  If you mean 'recorded at a later time', 
then that's the correct behavior.  The scheduler knows that it can 
record the same program/episode later, so it does.  This way both 
programs get recorded.  The priority, AFAIK, only handles the order in 
which cards are assigned, and determines who wins if more than one 
program are fighting for a time slot.  I don't think there is any way 
to override the 'record previous/earlier showing' behavior; Myth 
assumes that you want it to try as hard as possible to record 
everything you've told it.  If Good Eats was recorded in the time slot 
you wanted, then maybe SG-1 wouldn't have been recorded at all; this 
way you get both.

Now, if both programs had multiple showings that could have been 
recorded, I don't know what should happen... I'd think Good Eats should 
get the first slot, and SG-1 would record a different showing, which is 
the opposite of what you saw.  Of course, the other showings of SG-1 
might have caused conflicts... you get the picture -- the scheduler is 
quite complex; many thanks to David Engel!!

Someone please correct me if I'm talking out of my ass :-)

Also, the type of recording and the channel also affect the priority, so 
even though you gave SG-1 a priority of 1, its actual priority may be 
different.  Check the 'Recording Priorities' page to see the actual 
priorities.

-JAC