[mythtv-users] What happened to my KPIX recording rules?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/15/2009 11:59 AM, Allen Edwards wrote:
>> A change of callsign definitely screws up recording rules, even rules like
>> "record any time, any channel".
>>     
> How can this be fixed without going into the data base?  Can the rule
> be deleted and then re-done?

You can delete and re-create the rule by:

a) Go to Manage Recordings|Recording Priorities and find the recording 
rule and hit 'D' to delete it
or
b) Go to the listings or Program Finder and find a matching showing (or 
the "Not Listed" on your schedule--see there /is/ a reason that "Not 
Listed" shows in the listings or Program Finder or ...) and select it to 
get the Scheduled Recording Editor and change the rule to "Do not record."
then
c) Create a new rule.

However, another approach is to just change the recording rule type.  As 
described in b) above, go to the Scheduled Recording Editor and change 
the rule to an "any time on any channel" rule.  Then, if you feel you 
/must/ have a "this channel" rule, go to the listings/Program Finder and 
find a matching showing on the desired channel, select it to get to the 
Scheduled Recording Editor and change it to a "this channel" rule.

That said, I /highly/ recommend using an "any channel" rule so you don't 
have the problem in the future.  If other channels are showing episodes 
you don't want, figure out some better way to tell Myth that's the 
case--i.e. "New episodes only" or, my personal favorite, if you've 
actually seen those old episodes, tell Myth by using "Never Record."  
Doing so only takes a quick scan of Upcoming Recordings in MythWeb once 
every 2 weeks, and--even with a 20-season-long-show like The 
Simpsons--doesn't take long to cover all the episodes you've seen thanks 
to the frequency of showing of the reruns.  :)

Mike