[mythtv-users] Any way to change category of recordings from frontend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/02/2014 01:29 PM, John P Poet wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Tony Gould wrote:
>
>     Is there a recommended way to do this via the frontend? Here in
>     the UK, EIT uses "Movie" sometimes and "Film" at other times, and
>     I'd like to be able to see all of them together in one place in
>     the recordings view.
>
>
> It is a tiny bit more work, but you can create "recording groups". 
>  For each recording rule, you tell it which recording group to place 
> that recording.  So, for your Sherlock recording rule, tell it to put 
> any future recordings into the "Movie" recording group.  You can then 
> view *a* recording group on the "Watch Recordings" screen.
>
> I don't know which theme you have selected, but Steppes is an example 
> of a theme which lets you see what recording groups are available. 
>  With any theme, you can use the [Rewind] and [FastForward] buttons on 
> your remote (or < and > on the keyboard) to cycle through the 
> available recording groups.  By default you are shown the "All" 
> recording group, which has all recordings regardless of what other 
> group that recording may primarily belong to.
>
> You can move existing recordings to a different recording group on the 
> Watch Recordings screen.  Go to the show you want to change and hit 
> [M]enu (possibly twice to see the right menu) and select "Add this 
> group to playlist".  Then hit [M]enu again and select "Playlist 
> Options -> Storage Options -> Change Recording Group" and select which 
> recording group you want those recordings moved to.  Note that the 
> first option on the list of Recording Groups will be "Add New".

Right, recording groups are user-specified/user-editable data.  
Categories are listings-service-provided/non-editable data.

Mike