[mythtv-users] Some confusion on "record weekly" schedules...

[Alex Brekken]

Ahhh, totally forgot about trying a custom schedule. Thanks Bruce, that 
should work great!


On 9/10/05, Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> wrote:
> 
> Alex Brekken wrote:
> ...
> > and Monday's episode shows a "E" next to it, which is correct. (after
> > Friday's episode has been recorded then I assume the Monday episode will
> > show a "P" or "R", depending upon if I deleted the recording or not)
> 
> Yes, correct.
> 
> > To answer some other questions from Bruce, the reason I didn't setup a
> > "Record All" is because SciFi also plays the "old" BattleStar Gallactica
> > shows which I don't want recorded. As such, I figured the record weekly
> 
> Ah, so that's the distinction you should make rather than the timeslot...
> 
> > route would be the way to go since it pinpoints a specific time-slot in
> > which I know the new series is being shown. I have read the Myth docs
> > on this topic, but when it discusses recording priorities it's within
> > the context of conflicts, which is why I raised this question as there
> > really was no conflict happening here.
> 
> Sorry I didn't specify that the relevant info that I had in mind
> and that Brad referred to is the section on "Scheduling decisions"
> and how it may choose a showing for one rule over a showing that
> is a match for another rule.
> 
> So, if you want to record any episodes from the new series and not
> the old, here is what you can do. MythTV has a feature call Custom
> Record to create kPowerSearch rules that allow you to specify any
> criteria to match showings. You want to match just episodes from the
> new series. See: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.8
> 
> Set the rule name to "Battlestar Galactica", cut'n'paste this into the
> text box:
> 
> program.seriesid = "SH710749"
> 
> "Test" to be sure, then click "Record" and choose "Record at any time
> on any channel". This rule will only match shows from the new series
> and not the old series from the '70s.
> 
> If you've been keeping up with the series and only want the new
> episodes within two weeks of when they are first shown, then:
> 
> program.seriesid = "SH710749"
> AND program.previouslyshown = 0
> 
> As I test this now, I get matches for three showings of "Final Cut"
> this week and three showings of "Flight of the Phoenix" next week
> with no episodes of the old series or re-runs from the new series.
> 
> -- bjm
> 
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