[mythtv-users] Possible MythWeb bug: When using a power search recording rule, ability to not record certain matches fails

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Sat Oct 8 22:50:34 UTC 2005


On 08/10/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Nick wrote:
>
> >Only noticed today when I set up a rule for the remaining Formula 1
> >races (I have a friend trackside for both upcoming races).
> >
> >I set up the rule on a frontend and it worked a treat, picking out all
> >the matching programs as I'd expect. There are several repeats (a
> >repeat of the race at a more civilised hour for those starting very
> >early, the repeated highlights, and then the whole race repeated later
> >in the week.
> >
> >I almost always use the MythWeb interface to control my recordings, so
> >when I went to manually cancel the extra showing I didn't want
> >recorded, nothing seemed to change, and the showings were still set to
> >record.
> >
> >
> MythWeb does not (yet) support custom record rules.  You have two
> options when using MythWeb for scheduling:  1)  patch it yourself to
> support custom record, or 2) remember your custom record rules, identify
> recordings that were selected because of custom record rules, and be
> sure not to touch them from MythWeb.

Mike,

Thanks a bunch for the explanation. This was the first time I'd tried
to stop multiple recordings dervied from a custom record, so I guess
I've just been lucky up until now!

Cheers,
Nick


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