[mythtv-users] What causes "Not Listed" recording status?

[Karl Newman]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

> On 06/07/15 10:58, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 10:02:39 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>  I tried to set up a recording yesterday about an hour before the show
>>> started by selecting a recording from the listing guide and choosing
>>> "record this showing", but the recording status showed "Not listed". I
>>> then
>>> tried a bunch of variations including "record all on any channel" and
>>> even
>>> a manual schedule, using both the frontend and mythweb, but it remained
>>> stuck on "Not listed". All filters were cleared. Weirdly, the same show a
>>> week later shows up scheduled as expected (when using any recording
>>> schedule type). Here's the first few lines from my mythbacked
>>> --printsched
>>> (from yesterday morning):
>>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> What "Not listed" is supposed to mean is that you set up a rule for a
>> single record or the like - a rule that records a program at a
>> specified time and date.  Then later, the EPG data has changed and
>> that rule can not find the program to record it.  I get it
>> occasionally here in New Zealand when some high profile sporting event
>> comes along and they decide to run that instead of a one-off
>> documentary I had marked to record, or when I have told the scheduler
>> with an override that a particular playing of one episode of a program
>> was the one I wanted to record.
>>
>>  I get round that problem by selecting "Find and record one of these".
> That allows for rescheduling by the networks and/or movements between
> channels - which happens a lot around here at Wimbledon time...
>
> ..it does require an eyeball or two to make sure you have the episode you
> wanted but that's better than missing it completely.


Yes, in my web searches that's the only situation I could find where "Not
Listed" occurred, but in my case it showed "Not Listed" immediately after
selecting it to record. And a "Find" or "Record All" rule *still* didn't
pick up the showing. It's baffling.

Karl
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