[mythtv-users] Reactivate recording via API?

[David Engel]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:19:10PM -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 6/4/2012 21:40, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> >>On 6/4/2012 20:35, Dave Badia wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Is there a way to reactivate a recording via the Myth API?  I didn't see
> >>>one in looking through the WSDL.
> >>>On the frontend gui, myth allows you to re-activate a recording if it
> >>>fails the first time.
> >>
> >>
> >>At the moment, all changes to the recording rules must be done through the
> >>database.  There is no access through the backend protocol or services API.
> >
> >This won't work?
> >
> >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/DVR_Service#EnableRecordSchedule

No.  Reactivation requires setting a flag in the oldrecorded table and
then requesting a reschedule.  There is Myth protocol support for
doing the latter, but not the former.

> I assume he's talking about single-episode overrides, where you
> create a new rule referencing an existing rule.  You can disable or
> delete an override already in the database, but you cannot create a
> new one.

No, he's talking about reactivating a recording, which means
rescheduling a recording that stopped or failed for some reason.

David
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