[mythtv-users] Channel X+1 - Records both showings

Will Tatam will at netmindz.net
Sun Dec 30 22:42:35 UTC 2007


Andrew Williams wrote:
> On 24/12/2007, Will Tatam <will at netmindz.net> wrote:
>> I'm having a few issues with myth recently. About the same time as I
>> retuned my myth box after channel 4 added C4+1 as well as the existing
>> E4+1 I started getting duplicates. In the past MythTV correctly
>> identified that E4+1 was the same programs as E4, but just an hour later
>> and would correctly pick either the E4 showing or the E4+1 showing,
>> whichever was the best for scheduling. What it knows does is record both
>> showings with the only way to prevent this is to change the schedule to
>> be "One showing per day", which removes the duplicates, but does then
>> means that on the cases where i need to record the "first look" episode
>> of the show and the normal showing of the episode on the same day, then
>> I only get one of the two
> 
> Are you getting your listings from the same source? I know that some
> +1 channels are not in the RT feed and this maybe the root of your
> issue. If the description is different and it has no subtitle then
> it'll pick it up as a new entry.
> 

All listings come from EIT and have the same description for both
showings. Even if I set to check based on subtitle, which is also the
same for both showings, the issue still exists


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