[mythtv-users] Recording Priority = 99 not a trump all?

[Douglas Peale]

On 06/22/2010 01:17 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 04:11 PM, Douglas Peale wrote:
>> On 06/22/2010 12:52 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>   
>>> I've set a rule to record the World Cup games with priority at 99, yet
>>> there are things Myth is scheduling to record instead with much lower
>>> priority. Yes, the games are being replayed and Myth scheduled the
>>> replayed games, but how do I tell myth to record these games first,
>>> even if something else won't record?
>>>      
>> I've seen other things that make believe the priority scheme is
>> broken. I've given all of my SD stations for which I have HD
>> equivalents a priority of -10. And yet I see the SD stations scheduled
>> for recording when the same show is available in HD on 3
>> tuners with no conflicts.
>> I finally went and disabled all SD channels for which I had HD
>> equivalents.
>>
>> At the moment, MythTV is scheduled to record two copies of the same
>> show on the same channel at the same time on different
>> tuners (one on cable, one OTA). The channel numbers are the same and
>> the channel names are the same.
>>    
> 
> All I'm willing to say at this point (because I don't have time for the
> usual argument with 100 users) is that priority is not /when/ to record
> nor /where/ to record.  Priority is simply /what/ to record.  MythTV is
> recording what you want (within the constraints you've applied***), so,
> there's nothing broken.
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html
> 
> Mike
> 
> ***One very important constraint being:
> Reschedule higher priorities
> Move higher priority programs to other cards and showings when resolving
> conflicts. This can be used to record lower priority programs that would
> otherwise not be recorded, but risks missing a higher priority program
> if the schedule changes.
> 
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Channel priority determines what to record, not what channel to choose? That does not make much sense.