[mythtv-users] Probably a dumb question..Myth History

[Michael A Weber]

> On Aug 18, 2015, at 1:10 PM, Tom Bishop <bishoptf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have tried to search and maybe someone can point me in the right direction since I don't want to ask a dumb question but I would like to know if something is possible.  I have come back to myth from a looong hiatus and while I need to tweak things further it has been humming right along.  
> 
> What I would like to know is if its possible in the recording options to stipulate that while you want new and old showings, you do not want to re-record shows that you have previously watch?  Is there any way to have it keep track of the episodes you have watched and not re-record them?
> 
> Hopefully this makes some sense and not to rambling.
> 
> Thanks
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Tom—

The behavior I have always seen is that if it records it, it will not re-record it unless you select “delete and re-record” when you go to delete it.  That is, the episode is recorded if it has never been recorded or you want to record it again (say, in the event that the recording you have is cut short, your cable provider went south during the episode, etc).

The only other time is if something goes awry with the episode information, such as the episode ID being different or something like that.  I’m not exactly sure which criteria are checked, but something in the recording info is definitely compared to the guide information for the episode.

Hope this helps!

Mike