[mythtv-users] temporarily extending one show

Ian Evans dheianevans at gmail.com
Wed Nov 13 15:12:15 UTC 2013


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:47:34 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Probably under my nose, but what's the correct way of temporarily
> >> extending one show's recording.
> >>
> >> e.g. SNL was delayed 30 minutes because of a game on NBC. While it was
> >> recording I edited the sked to add 30 mins, but then all future
> recordings
> >> were 30 minutes longer too.
> >>
> >> Am I missing an obvious "just extend this one?"
> >>
> >> Not sure about how to get there using MythFrontend, but in Mythweb, if
> you
> >click on the upcoming or currently recording program on the Upcoming
> >Recordings screen and select the "Record this specific showing" option it
> >will create an override schedule for just that particular showing. Then
> you
> >can modify the other items such as the end late and it will only apply to
> >that one. I think when I tried it I had some flaky behavior with it so I
> >set up the override first (select "Record this showing") and then clicked
> >Save, then went back and made the other changes and saved those
> separately.
> >
> >Karl
>
> You need to add an override rule, rather than edit the main rule.  In
> 0.27 this works well - just stop watching the program and go to Manage
> Recordings > Upcoming Recordings.  Select the program that is still
> currently recording.  You should get a list of options:
>
>   Stop this recording
>   Modify recording options
>
> Select "Modify recording options" and the recording rule editor window
> that opens should have "Record this showing with override options"
> selected as the first entry.  So just go down to "Schedule Options",
> select that and alter the "End recording" setting as desired and the
> settings will be applied only in an override rule for this particular
> recording, leaving the main recording rule unchanged.
>
> You can also apply override rules from the Upcoming Recordings list at
> any time by selecting a recording that is not yet recording and then
> selecting "Add override rule".  If the schedule changes after you
> apply an override rule, you can be left with an orphaned override rule
> with no program entry in the EPG to match it - I believe it will not
> actually record in such a situation, and orphaned rules are flagged
> with an N on the right hand side and listed in Information Center >
> System Status > Schedule Status when they happen.  You can delete
> orphan rules, or leave them to disappear on their own as they slip
> into the past.


Thanks for the info. Just what the doctor ordered.
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