[mythtv-users] Manual Scheduling - bug?

[James Angi]

James Angi wrote:
 > I only use MythTV with manual scheduling and have noticed the 
following bug/feature.
 > When you setup a recording "...in this time slot every day" on a 
weekday, weekends are
 > skipped. If you setup an 'everyday' recording on a weekend day it 
truly records every
 > day. Can anyone tell me if I'm just doing something wrong?

Bruce Markey wrote:
 > This is a feature not a bug. For many things it is valid and preferred
I thought it might be. I can see the value in having every weekday and 
every weekend options.

 > Setting the "Date or day of the week:" to Sat or Sun is a convenient 
way to make this distinction. This is
 > quite intuitive as others like yourself had no problem figuring out 
how it works then chose to ask if it was a bug.
I disagree, this is not intuitive at all. I know plenty of people who I 
would encourage to use Myth that find digital
cable boxes daunting, never mind a PVR like Myth. Every day should mean 
Every day.
I missed a weekend of recordings because I wasn't aware of this feature.
Even a line in the manual wouldn't have helped, I only use the manual 
for technical questions.  Myth is usually intuitive
enough that reading the manual for something as simple as scheduling a 
recording isn't necessary.
I would suggest different scheduling options. "Every weekend" and "every 
weekday" are possibly additions.
There might be a better way, but anything that signals to the user that 
the existing "every day" option has two meanings
would vastly improve this features intuitiveness.

Thanks,
James Angi