[mythtv-users] Custom rule to allow re-record of transcoded recordings

Ian Evans dheianevans at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 04:24:17 UTC 2015


On Dec 8, 2015 11:15 PM, "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/08/2015 11:13 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2015 11:05 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A while back I recorded episodes of an SD series. I was tight on space
then and so after cutting the commercials out, I ran a user job that
converted it to an mp4. I have more space now and am wondering how to set
up a custom recording rule that would only allow a re-record if the
recording in question had a an mp4 extension. I know it'd be program.title
= 'My show' but how would you specify the extension part?
>>>
>>
>> To do what you asked, you would use program.basename .  To do it right,
you would use program.transcoded != 0 .  ;)
>
>
> er, recorded.transcoded and recorded.basename....  I shouldn't be posting
when I'm tired.
>

Thanks. I'll experiment after a coffee!
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