[mythtv-users] Record Weekly, how fuzzy?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/26/2014 11:52 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 7/25/2014 5:23 AM, Matt Boyd wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> I'm running 26 something at the moment and I'm getting complaints from
>> management about missed recordings.
>> I had a quick look and for some reason in the schedule the start time
>> seems to be getting offset by a minute every few weeks or so. So, when
>> the time is moved forward by a minute it fails to record.
>> I've got recording rules set up for the same show each week at 8.31pm,
>> 8.32pm and 8.33pm.
>> On the bright side it took about 2 months for the complaints to be made.
>>
>> So, how "fuzzy" are the recording rules, should the show still record if
>> the schedule is out by a minute or 2?
>
> If you want fuzzy, you're going to have to do a power rule.
>
> The simple solution, don't use timeslot rules unless you have very 
> good reason for doing so. Give MythTV a title to record, and let it 
> decide on its own using your guide data when to do so.

And note that a record-weekly rule would work fine for what you want.  
Your problem is not the use of the record-weekly rule, it's the use of a 
timeslot rule rather than a "normal" (title-based) recording rule.

The only gotcha with a weekly recording rule is that the time and date 
of the show used to create the rule is the start of the week.  So if you 
set up the rule using a showing that started at 8:32 and next week it 
shows at 8:30, that's 2 minutes before your new week starts, so it would 
think, "I already have an episode for this week, so I'll wait for the 
next episode."  So just make and/or re-make (as many times as required) 
the rule with the earliest-starting episode you see.  (If you made the 
rule with the 8:32 start time and see one the next month starting at 
8:30, just delete and re-create the rule with the 8:30 start time.)

Mike