[mythtv-users] Help on custom recording rules 0.27

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/05/2013 08:54 PM, Graham Smith wrote:
> With the changes to the recording rules I'm now faced with creating custom
> recording rules to satisfy my recording needs.
>
> I want to record a late edition news broadcast daily. The rule I have created
> is:-
> program.title='ABC News' AND program.subtitle='Late Edition'
>
> If I use the above rule and run Test it shows the programs each day. If I
> set "Record All" it only records the news on a Monday. The rest of the week
> is marked as "Record All -- Earlier Showing" and are not being recorded
> unless I add a over ride for each day (for the rest of the year).
>
> So what is the magic rule to add to say record each day.
>
> NOTE: if I use the general rule of  "Record at any time on any channel" it
> does not record any Late Edition as they are marked as being "Previously
> Recorded at an earlier time"
>

Disable duplicate detection to work around your, er, less-than-ideal 
listings data (which is marking them all the same, but is not marking 
them as generic).

Mike