[mythtv-users] People Search inflexibility

[Mike Holden]

Using the People Search is a quick and easy method of constructing a
simple search for your favourite actors, directors etc. Unfortunately,
because of its simplicity, you can't gain the flexibility of a Custom
Search. A couple of examples to illustrate this - you want to record
anything with Patrick Stewart in it but you already have the DVDs of Star
Trek: The Next Generation and don't want to record them, or you like a
person as a director but not as an actor and only want to record them
directing. The People Search doesn't have this flexibility so you end up
going through Upcoming Recordings and marking program after program to
Don't Record or Never Record.

Never fear however, because help is at hand.

I have added a wiki entry to the Custom Recording page which explains how
you can use a regular Custom Search (aka Power Search) to search for
specific people, but also apply other criteria to only record the programs
that you want.

The updated wiki page is at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Custom_Recording

Enjoy!
-- 
Mike Holden

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