[mythtv-users] record at any time on channel <CHANNEL> is missing in master soon to be .27

[jedi]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:10:26AM -0700, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Jay Foster <jayfoster at roadrunner.com>wrote:
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> > On 7/24/2013 10:02 AM, thomas at mashos.com wrote:
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> >> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:45:37 -0700
> >> From: Thomas Mashos<thomas at mashos.com>
> >> To:stephen at jsw.gen.nz, Discussion about MythTV
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> >> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] record at any time on channel<CHANNEL>  is
> >>         missing in master soon to be .27
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> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Stephen Worthington<
> >> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>  wrote:
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> >>  >  On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:38:33 -0400, you wrote:
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> >>>> >  >On 07/24/2013 10:27 AM, jrh wrote:

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> >>
> >> IIRC, moving the "this channel" from it's own recording rule to a flag was
> >> done to simplify the recording rule section. I welcome simplifying these
> >> sections, as many areas of MythTV are too complicated for new users.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Thomas Mashos
> >>
> > I use the record on this channel option all of the time.  I receive
> > multiple channels with the same programming, and, depending on the program,
> > prefer one channel over another.  The this channel option is the only way
> > to specify on which channel I want to record a particular program.  Please
> > do not get rid of the 'on this channel' option.

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> 
> 
> Nobody is getting rid of that option, it just got moved to an advanced
> option. Now we don't need to have duplicate scheduling options just so we
> can set "this channel" on a rule.

   It sounds like you are taking a basic recording rule option available 
since the dawn of time and HIDING it. If you are indeed trying to hide the
"Season Pass" option, then that's the exact opposite of improving usability.

   It's one of the options (if not THE option) that should be front and center.