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

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net>wrote:

> 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.
>

Except that there are not "priority classes" in Myth (AFAIK), just a single
priority value.  Adding to this value via channel or recording rule just
increase the value and does not alter behavior.

Kevin
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