[mythtv-users] How to record a TV serial (was Re: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 46)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/20/2012 05:07 PM, Stephan Seitz wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:37:14AM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 06/19/2012 09:27 AM, Simon Waldman wrote:
>>> From: "Michael T. Dean"
>>>> 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?
>> Basically, it was designed for a show whose listings information was 
>> useless for scheduling because the new episodes were generally shows 
>> without any identifying information (no subtitle or description and a 
>> "generic" programid)--making them look exactly like the rerun 
>> episodes, and making them impossible to do duplicate matching on. 
>> I.e. it's a workaround for broken guide data.
>
> That is funny because this is exactly my problem. Worse, the start and 
> end times differ about +/-1 minute as well. So don’t tell me this case 
> doesn’t exist anymore.
> I wouldn’t trust blindly the EPG information. The EPG title for the 
> UEFA football match last Monday was changed from „UEFA <something>” to 
> „Italien - Irland”, so Mythtv refused to record (no match). So I know 
> of more problems recording with EPG information as only rule set.

The Daily Show case doesn't exist, anymore. For that show, on US TV, the 
timeslot rule was appropriate back when the episodes didn't have 
appropriate programids. Now that we get programids for it, we don't even 
need the timeslot rules (basically, now TMS seems to be providing the 
smarts that the timeslot rules used to provide--knowing that "this 
showing is the new episode every day, even though we don't know who/what 
is on it").

The timeslot rule was not designed to fix the issue you're seeing, 
because of the sliding times. So, we're back to custom/power recording 
rules being the best bet. Similarly with changing titles, you'd need 
custom/power recording rules.

I'm the first to admit that listings data still has issues, but the 
issues with your data can't be solved with a timeslot rule.

Mike