[mythtv-users] Myth problem or HDPVR probmem?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/14/2011 10:41 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/14/2011 10:28 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
>> Another annoyance of the mythweb interface is that on the listings pages
>> it is not possible to distinguish between an episode that was deleted
>> and one that was deleted with allow re-record.  My next chance to record
>> a show that failed with a zero byte recording might happen until far
>> into the future, and when it occurs I might not try to record it because
>> the listings show that it has already been recorded.  It would be nice
>> to have a "delete and entirely forget" option, to handle mythtv
>> recording failures as well as incorrect listings.
> When you do Delete and allow re-record (and when it works properly),
> MythWeb will show the episode as never having been recorded--in spite of
> the entry in the recording history.  So, if MythWeb is showing it as
> previously recorded, it's likely a failure to properly "allow re-record."
>
> I haven't tried Delete and allow re-record in MythWeb 0.24-fixes, but
> will do so soon and verify it's working as designed.

Oh, just realized what may be happening.  There is a bug in MythTV 0.24+ 
where the Previously Recorded screen doesn't properly identify recording 
status for previously-recorded episodes (and, it's possible this may 
also be visible in MythWeb--I haven't looked to see which code it's 
using to get its info).  I started a fix for it last week, but haven't 
decided how best to actually fix it (and haven't had a chance to work on 
MythTV for about a week).

This (display-only) issue in Previously Recorded may be part of the 
problem (or adding to the confusion, at least).  The bug doesn't affect 
the scheduler, though.  (Note that it is a "display-only" issue, but it 
does affect the options you're given on the Previously Recorded screen, 
so it prevents you from accessing functionality you should have access 
to--like "Allow this episode to re-record," and such.)

Mike