[mythtv-users] MythWeb Recording Schedule

[Scott and Nicole Harris]

----------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:41:05 -0500
> From: david at istwok.net
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythWeb Recording Schedule
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 07:28:47AM -0400, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:
> > >>>>>>Am I going blind, or has MythWeb’s ability to set
> > >>>>>>filters for recordings (New Episodes Only, etc)
> > >>>>>>disappeared? I see a “Filters” section with checkboxes
> > >>>>>>for “This Episode” / “This Series”. Checking them
> > >>>>>>does not open any further options, so I really have no
> > >>>>>>idea what it is they do.
> > >>>>>In 0.25, the drop down filter list was replaced with the
> > >>>>>check boxes you mention. To replicate previous behaviour,
> > >>>>>just tick "New episode" and "Identifiable episode". Can't
> > >>>>>remember what the
> > >>>>>>>corresponding wording was in the drop down
> > >>>>There are no such checkboxes. There are two checkboxes in
> > >>>>“Filters”....”This Episode”, “This Series”
> > >>>Weird, I have 8 options under filters. Don't know if this
> > >>>list varies depending on the type of programme you are trying
> > >>>to record, can't say I have noticed any differences.
> > >>
> > >>>What programme is it? Where in the world are you? I can try
> > >>>and replicate
> > >>
> > >>I'm in the USA. It's all my programs, name one...The Big Bang
> > >>Theory, The Office, NCIS...all of them. Would it help if
> > >>included sections of code from any files for you to compare?
> >
> >
> > >Sounds like your database is messed up--possibly a broken
> > >(probably by interruption) upgrade?
> >
> > >What do you get for:
> >
> > >mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg -e 'SELECT * FROM recordfilter;"
> >
> > >and did you encounter any difficulties with upgrade or have any
> > >theories how your database could have been broken?
> >
> > >Mike
> >
> > The odd thing is, from a frontend -> recording rules, I can select
> > "Record New Episodes Only" under Dupe Scope and it works as
> > expected. Looking at the record table, there're dupein and filter
> > fields. Wouldn't this mean we're kind of doubling up?
>
> No. They're slightly different, but confusingly related features.
>
> The "Record New Episodes Only" option came first and is not a filter.
> The scheduler still matches old programs and marks them so they show
> up as "repeats" in the View Scheduled and Previously Recorded screens.
> Think of it as a variation on duplicate checking. That's why it's
> historically been grouped with the duplicate checking options.
>
> The "New episode" filter came later and is truly a filter. When used,
> the scheduler won't match old programs at all and they won't show up
> in View Scheduled and Previously Recorded. When the original new
> episode and identifiable filters were added, they were hard coded and
> were shoehorned in with the duplicate checking options. The filters
> were split out from the duplicate checking options like they should
> have been all along when we added the new, extensible filters.
>
> We could probably do away with the "Record New Episodes Only" option,
> but I suspect there are a lot of users who like seeing the repeats
> explicitly marked as such. I'm probably in that group since I still
> tend to use it instead of a filter.
>
> David
> --
> David Engel
> david at istwok.net

What happens when "Record New Episodes Only" AND "New Episode" are both selected?