[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 46

[Karl Dietz]

On 19.06.2012 15:27, Simon Waldman wrote:
>> From: "Michael T. Dean"<mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
>> Timeslot rules are designed for something else, entirely, and should
>> almost never be used by anyone.  This is especially true since the case
>> for which they were designed generally no longer exists.
>
> I'm curious - what was that use case?
>
> I use "in this time slot each week" occasionally to grab a new episode
> of something once a week rather than the repeats that sometimes appear
> at different times on the same channel. I imagine that filtering on
> "new episode" would do this better, but it doesn't seem to work for me
> - I'm guessing that the guide data doesn't include that info.

I've never tried it, but can you filter on "series >= 4" to get only the
current run or newer? (assuming the series to be in its fourth year)

Regards,
Karl