[mythtv-users] certain shows seem to ignore previous recordings

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

Glenn Harris wrote:
> Lately I have noticed that some shows, mainly Family Guy and The
> Office seem to re-record some episodes.  I've specifically noticed it
> recording "Dunder-Mifflin Infinity" a few times, and noticed that it
> appears on my upcoming list again for tonight.  Normally I would just
> delete it and not worry about it (so it may be happening more than I
> represent here), but I don't like that episode and myth seems to be
> taunting me.
> 
> So I did a little digging:
> 
> oldrecorded shows two previous recordings:
> mysql> select title, subtitle, starttime, description from oldrecorded
> where title = 'The Office' and subtitle = 'Dunder-Mifflin Infinity';
> +------------+-------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | title      | subtitle                | starttime           |
> description
>                                                            |
> +------------+-------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | The Office | Dunder-Mifflin Infinity | 2007-10-04 21:00:00 | Ryan
> returns to Dunder-Mifflin's Scranton branch to bring the company into
> the digital age; Angela remains unhappy about her cat. |
> | The Office | Dunder-Mifflin Infinity | 2008-01-17 20:30:00 | Ryan
> returns to Dunder-Mifflin's Scranton branch to bring the company into
> the digital age; Angela remains unhappy about her cat. |
> +------------+-------------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> 
> 
> record shows that it is set to record tonight:
> mysql> select title, subtitle, starttime, description from record
> where title = 'The Office' and subtitle = 'Dunder-Mifflin Infinity';
> +------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | title      | subtitle                | starttime | description
> 
>                                          |
> +------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | The Office | Dunder-Mifflin Infinity | 20:30:00  | Ryan returns to
> Dunder-Mifflin's Scranton branch to bring the company into the digital
> age; Angela remains unhappy about her cat. |
> +------------+-------------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> 1 row in set (0.02 sec)
> 
> I have it set to match subtitle and descriptions, and to check in all
> recordings.

I have been wondering about this one myself and it seems that it is 
being re-recorded because the new showings have new episode IDs in the 
guide data. This is probably because it was originally shown as one 1 
hour episode and now it is two 30 min episodes.

Bolek