[mythtv-users] debugging duplicate recordings

Joey Morris rjmorris.list at zoho.com
Thu Aug 20 23:14:17 UTC 2015


Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 07:04:12PM -0400:
> Ozzy Lash <ozzy.lash at gmail.com> wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:47:45AM -0500:
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm trying to determine why Myth is recording the same episode of a series
> > > twice. The two episodes both have a program ID, and the program IDs match,
> > > so
> > > I'd expect Myth not to record one of them. A few details:
> > >
> > > The recording rule is a power search set up to record episodes of The Andy
> > > Griffith Show that aired through May 1965. It's set to "Record all
> > > showings". No
> > > filters are set.
> > >
> > > The show airs on two different channels. Myth appears to be recording
> > > exactly
> > > one episode from each channel, never the same episode twice on the same
> > > channel.
> > > (However, this may just be a coincidence. It's possible that neither
> > > channel has
> > > itself repeated an episode in the 4 months this rule has been active.)
> > >
> > > Here's an example of a duplicate recording: In upcoming recordings, I see
> > > that
> > > the episode "A Black Day for Mayberry" is set to record on August 24 on
> > > channel
> > > 5.2. Its program ID is EP000003240005. Looking through my previous
> > > recordings, I
> > > see that "A Black Day for Mayberry", program ID EP000003240005, was
> > > recorded on
> > > April 6 on channel 50.2. I have about 20 examples like that.
> > >
> > > I always select "Delete" instead of "Delete and allow re-record". If I'd
> > > seen
> > > this just once, I'd assume I accidentally chose "allow re-record" for that
> > > one,
> > > but I wouldn't have done that 20 times. (Plus, in that case, I don't think
> > > they'd show up in previous recordings anyway.)
> > >
> > > Does anyone have thoughts about why Myth is recording these episodes twice
> > > or
> > > advice for further troubleshooting?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Joey
> > >
> > >
> > Is it possible that the old recording auto-expired without being marked as
> > watched?  I think, in that case, the episode would get re-recorded.  I
> > notice that the "watched" detection doesn't always mark a show watched, so
> > sometimes I will manually mark something as watched.
> 
> Good thought, but I don't think that's happening here. I have enough free space
> on my drive that nothing is ever auto-expired.

One detail I forgot to mention: The recording rule is set up to keep at most 10
episodes and not to record if doing so would exceed the max. Would that have
any effect?



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