[mythtv-users] Need help with two problems: tricky recording rule and deleting stored custom recording rule

[Jon Bishop]

On Oct 5, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:

> On 04/10/2008, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com 
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A custom rule can use duplicate detection, as is the case with all
>>>> other 'normal' rules. The 'customised' match criteria of the rule
>>>> determine which programmes _can_ be recorded by the rule; the
>>>> duplicate detection determines which programmes will be scheduled
>>>> based on MythTV's knowledge of previously recorded episode of the
>>>> matched programme title.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>
>>> Aha!  (Light bulb going on ;-)
>>>
>>> So the duplicate matching is in the dialog afterwards, not part of  
>>> the
>>> custom rule itself.  And the recording group is the same way.   
>>> Guess I
>>> should have gone further into the process.  Thanks!
>>>
>>> Craig.
>>>
>>

Here's how I did it. Make 2 rules. They don't have to be custom, just  
2 rules that both say to record a show. In my case, The Simpsons. I  
set up the rule to record only new episodes on Fox (any time on this  
channel), and set it with a high priority. Then I made a second rule,  
that will record at any time on any channel, and set it to a low  
priority. The first rule catches all the new episodes. The second rule  
will record any episode that hasn't been previously recorded on any  
channel, as long as it doesn't conflict with something more important.  
This also benefits my expirations, as I can expire old episodes of  
Simpsons, while the new recordings do not have expiration enabled  
until I've watched them and then enabled the expiration (plus the  
priorities will get rid of old episodes before new ones) Hope this  
helps.

~Jon