[mythtv-users] Confused about manual schedules

[David Segall]

Bruce Nordstrand wrote:
> I am a little confused about manually scheduling something that is not 
> yet in the lineup. I don't even know if this is the right way to do what 
> I want to do.
> 
> To explain. Here in Australia the Australian Rugby Championship will be 
> aired live on 2 channels, ABC TV and ABC 2 from the 11th August. What I 
> am trying to do is put in "something" that will record all rugby union 
> as it appears in the lineups in the future, not only on these 2 
> channels, but any channel.
> 
> This is where my confusion comes from. Am I doing a Manual Schedule or 
> some kind of search? This is pretty much the first time I have tried out 
> this feature set hence my confusion.
Unless you explicitly provide the channel and times (Manual Schedule) 
MythTV always records a program by doing "some kind of search". You 
confusion arises because MythTV tries to disguise this fact from you 
with a list predefined search criteria.

The great virtue of MythTV is that it really doesn't matter what you 
record as long as it includes what you might want to watch. You can just 
record everything with rugby in the title by choosing "Custom Record" 
and a rule based on "match words in the title". Use the Test button to 
make sure it includes the programs you want. If you happen to record a 
rugby league match or even the movie "Adventures at Rugby" it will be 
silently deleted when you need the disk space.

If you have been profligate in specifying rules to MythTV and are in 
danger of losing recordings you might want to watch then you can examine 
the list of Upcoming Recordings and remove those you won't want or you 
can remove recorded material from the auto expire list.