[mythtv-users] HBO Latino, how to manage Spanish language versions of stations

[David Engel]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 05:47:36PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:45 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 03:31:45PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >> I did notice that the  EP # for the english and spanish version are
> >> different, but it looks like Myth only uses the Title for matches =/
> >
> > Yes, Myth only uses title for matching, but it does use programid for
> > duplicate/same program detection.  If the episode numbers are
> > different for English and Spanish versions, I wonder if the programids
> > are different too.  I just checked and that appears to be the case.
> >
> > For movies, special or any other "single-shot" recordings, I suggest
> > you use FindOne rules.  With the lowered priority for HBO Latino, that
> > should work most of the time.  For series and recurring recordings, I
> > think you're going to be out of luck unless you want to use custom
> > rules.  Because the programids are different, Myth will always think
> > the Spanish versions are different and try to record them too.
> 
> If I were to create a rule for each of the English HBO's, would
> duplicate matching catch if one has already recorded via a different
> rule?

I'm not sure I fully understand the question, but I'll take a stab
anyway.  If you use FindOne or any recurring rules, don't turn off
duplicate checking and don't delete the history, yes, Myth will not
re-record something it has already recorded.

David
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David Engel
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