[mythtv-users] duplicate recordings

[blind_Pete]

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Dan Armbrust wrote:
> I'm really the only person that has issues with it recording the same
> program multiple times at the same time?
> 
> What have I done wrong?

Possibly, nothing.  Potentially, many things.  

I'm not an expert, but I can offer a few thoughts that might or 
might not be helpful.  

First up, is it really a disaster if you end up with two copies 
of some things?  All you have to do is delete a file.  It would 
be much more annoying if there was any other type of mistake.  

Scheduling can be, and usually is, insanely complex.  

The program guide is wrong.  Sporting events run long, or are 
washed out.  Court orders prevent some showings.  More information 
becomes available.  Broadcasters deliberately try to mess up 
time shifters.  People just get things wrong.

Can you work out if the copies are coming from the same place 
or different places?  If you have only one tuner then the 
answer should be easy.  

Can you work out if there is anything "interesting" about your 
program guide?  My first guess would be that your guide gets 
updated data to reflect reality (which is a good thing, but 
rather confusing).  

What sort of rule(s) are you using to record the duplicates?  

> > Currently running:
> >
> > MythTV Version   : v0.24-243-g9ba3ece
> > MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
> >
> >
> > Another thing that started happening a while ago - and continues to
> > happen with my fresh install is that myth sometimes records the same
> > program, twice, at the same time.  Using two different tuners.  Last
> > night, for example, it did this on about 30% of the shows it was
> > configured to record.
> >
> 
> Last night, it did this:
> 
> The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 				Fri Sep 23, 2011 (10:34 PM) 	46_1 -
> KDLT-HD 	1 hr 	6.6 GB
> The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 				Fri Sep 23, 2011 (10:34 PM) 	46_1 -
> KDLT-HD 	59 mins 	6.5 GB
> 
> And this:
> 
> Family Guy 				Fri Sep 23, 2011 (06:00 PM) 	11_2 - UTV 	29 mins 	581 MB
> Peter and Lois hope that a relaxing vacation can help their struggling
> marriage as they join Brian, who has just won a prestigious writing
> award, in Martha's Vineyard, but more problems arise as the alcoholic
> pooch makes a move on Lois.
> Family Guy 				Fri Sep 23, 2011 (06:00 PM) 	11_2 - UTV 	30 mins 	592 MB
> Peter and Lois hope that a relaxing vacation can help their struggling
> marriage as they join Brian, who has just won a prestigious writing
> award, in Martha's Vineyard, but more problems arise as the alcoholic
> pooch makes a move on Lois.
> 
> I don't get it.  How can it be this confused?
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