[mythtv-users] Previously recorded shows get re-recorded
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Jun 8 10:53:44 UTC 2007
On 06/08/2007 12:10 AM, Cameron Dale wrote:
> I'm experiencing a strange problem where my previously recorded shows
> are getting scheduled for re-recording. This occurs even though the
> new airings of the show have the same title, subtitle, description,
> and programid, and I have the recording schedule set to detect
> duplicates by subtitle and description.
>
> I've been digging into this problem more in the database, and I have
> confirmed that the listings do exist in the oldrecorded table, and are
> identical to the new listings in the program table. Also, I noticed
> all the ones that have problems have entries in the oldrecorded table
> with recstatus=-3 and duplicate=0. I think recstatus=-3 is normal, as
> it means it was recorded, but I'm not sure about duplicate.
>
> I played around and discovered that if I change the duplicate to 1 for
> the entries that were scheduled to be re-recorded, then they are no
> longer scheduled (which is what I want). However, I'm not sure if I
> should just change all entries in the oldrecorded table that have a
> recstatus=-3 to have also duplicate=1 to fix this problem, or if that
> will cause me other problems.
>
duplicate = 0 says that the record does not apply to duplicate
matching. The duplicate field is set to 0 when you select "Delete and
allow re-record." "But, I didn't delete it," you say. OK, well, it's
also set by autoexpire when the show is automatically deleted for you.
In SVN trunk there's an option:
Re-record watched programs
If set, programs that have been marked as watched and are auto-expired
will be re-recorded if they are shown again.
which is on by default but allows you to turn it off so that Myth will
allow autoexpired shows you've already watched to be autoexpired such
that they won't re-record. It won't be backported to 0.20 because it
relies on the new watched flag (new feature).
So, if using 0.20-fixes, just make sure you delete those shows you don't
want to be re-recorded. When 0.21 is released, configure it appropriately.
> I found this: "The new oldrecorded.duplicate field is used flag
> entries that should be considered for duplicate detection.
> Uninteresting entries are deleted automatically after 60 days." but I
> can't figure out what "uninteresting" means. Does this mean changing
> duplicate to 1 will cause all my oldrecorded entries to be eventually
> deleted (cause that would be very bad)?
>
No.
Mike
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