[mythtv-users] Marking a recording as `Watched`

Joey Morris rjmorris.list at zoho.com
Fri Nov 15 23:57:49 UTC 2013


Andrew Stadt <acstadt at stadt.ca> wrote on Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 05:32:31PM -0500:
> I recently added a HDHR (non-prime) to my system and I have to say I
> love it... don`t get too many channels OTA up here in central
> Ontario, but not ready to move back into the urban environment yet,
> so just one of the costs you have to live with.
> 
> My wife noticed an oddity on the recorded programs screen.  When she
> watches a recording which was recorded on one of my other tuners
> (HDPVR(s), HVR1600, PVR150), you get a little 'eye' on the recorded
> programs screen indicating which ones have been watched. When I
> watch a recording (whether completed or in progress) which is
> being/has been recorded on the HDHR it doesn't mark the recording as
> 'watched' unless I specifically mark it as watched.  I really
> haven't had sufficient time to try and track this one down yet, but
> is this a known issue or just some oddity in my system?  Any logging
> options you might suggest to reveal what is going on here?
> 
> Version info:
> MythTV Version : v0.28-pre-496-gb83e6052
> MythTV Branch : master
> Network Protocol : 78
> Library API : 0.28.20131103-1
> QT Version : 4.8.6
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_jack using_oss
> using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl
> using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_frontend
> using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_joystick_menu using_libcrypto
> using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg
> using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript
> using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11
> using_xrandr using_xv using_profiletype using_mythlogserver
> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php
> using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi using_vdpau
> using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libxml2
> 
> and in case its relevant, currently using the mythbuntu theme, on
> remote front-end(s) (no frontend on the MBE).

Are you and your wife watching the recordings on different frontends? There is a
setting to automatically mark recordings as watched if you've watched it close
to the end, and I think the setting is frontend-specific.



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