[mythtv-users] Why does mythtv decide to postpone a recording?

[Marco Nelissen]

>* On Sat Apr 14, 2007 at 02:29:57PM -0700, Marco Nelissen wrote:
>> the same thing is going to happen with this week's episode of Lost: it's
>> not planning to record it on the 18th, but will instead record it on the
>> 25th. Here's what mythbackend --printsched had to say:
>
>> Title - Subtitle                    Chan ChID Day Start  End   S C I  T N Pri
>> Lost - "Catch-22"                     71 1071  18 22:00-23:00  1 0 0  C L   0
>
>I think the 'C' there and the 'W' and 'C' below are the key things to notice.
>
>> Lost - "Catch-22"                     71 1071  25 21:00-22:00  1 1 1  W 1   1
>> Lost - "D.O.C."                       71 1071  25 22:00-23:00  1 1 1  C 1   0
>
>You have 2 recording rules setup for Lost.  One appears to be a Weekslot and one
>a Channel record.  The Weekslot is a +1 priority and the channel is a +0.  So,
>the Weekslot next week wins over the Channel record this week.
>
>Because you don't have data for the 2nd week out, it shows right now that it will
>record "D.O.C." on the 25th, but by the time the 25th rolls around, you'll have
>guide data for the next week and the scheduler will decide to record "D.O.C." in
>the weekslot position the next week rather than the channel position on the 25th.

Yes, I did indeed have two rules for Lost. A leftover from when I first set up
the box, I imagine. I'll have to keep an eye out for another occurence of this
problem with Grey's Anatomy, since I only have one rule for that.