[mythtv-users] Schedule recordings within a daily time window

Michael PARKER michael.parker at st.com
Mon Oct 4 13:24:31 UTC 2010


Mike,

> Not in primetime

IIRC, the following addition to the custom rule:

HOUR(program.starttime) < 06

worked a treat - the backend now only schedules the recording of "filler" programs between midnight and 6am.

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael T. Dean
> Sent: 02 October 2010 17:59
> To: Discussion about MythTV
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Schedule recordings within a daily time window
> 
>   On 10/01/2010 01:43 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:28 PM, jedi wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 06:23:43PM +0200, Michael PARKER wrote:
> >>> Is it possible to restrict scheduled recordings to a user-specified daily time
> window/slot?
> >>> I'm currently grabbing input from a cable STB and wish for some "filler" recordings to
> only happen whilst we're unlikely to be watching TV
> >>> (midnight-6am).
> >>> Can this be done by means of a filter? Or something else?
> >>     You could set up a custom rule to filter based on start time and end
> >> time.
> >>
> >>     I just set recording priorities and set higher priorities for the stuff
> >> that isn't filler. I took the same approach with Tivo.
> > I don't think there is a straight forward way to do this, in mythtv itelf.
> > But you could easily create a CRON job to stop the backend during a specific
> > period.  If that's not too heavy handed.
> 
> Actually, the custom rule is quite straightforward.
> 
> You can use the following example clauses to start/give you an idea how
> to do it:
> 
> Anytime on a specific day of the week
> Only on weekdays (Monday through Friday)
> Only on weekends
> Only in primetime
> Not in primetime
> 
> (where the last 2 are pretty much exactly what you want--just change the
> times).
> 
> Mike
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