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

[Karl Newman]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

>  On 07/06/2015 07:38 AM, Karl Newman wrote:
>
>  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.
>
>
> I don't recall if I saw that "Not Listed" message, but a similar thing has
> happened to me a few times when I set up a record rule a week in advance,
> but the program was not recorded. I discovered later that the station had
> replaced the show with a different one between the time I scheduled the
> recording and the time it was supposed to run. Since then I've made it a
> practice to run mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all just before setting up my
> rules. I usually set up my rules a week or so in advance. Now I still do
> that, but I also run mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all in the middle of the
> week and make sure the programs are still on the schedule. I haven't had
> that problem since then.
>


Yeah, I tried that too. I ran mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all when I
couldn't get it to schedule, but the problem persisted. The listing was
clearly there, but the scheduler still showed "Not Listed".

Karl
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