[mythtv-users] sequential recordings on the same channel (like sports)

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Monday, September 14, 2015 12:34:50 PM Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Saturday, September 12, 2015 07:24:35 PM John P Poet wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 1:10 PM Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > I remember reading threads way back about Myth being able to ignore  >0
> > > "End Late" settings for programs on the same channel. But, reading back
> > > through it still seems only possible for DVB setups.
> > 
> > It does depend on how the 'recorder' was programmed in Myth.  Most
> > recorders are capable of 'multirec', but the v4l2 (mpeg) recorders are
> > not.  I am actually working on re-writing the v4l2 recorder to be multi-rec
> > compatible to allow over-lapping recordings.  However, I have been working
> > 
> > Last year, David posted a tip on handling back-to-back sports events.
> > Based on his advice, I have two custom recording rules for NFL:
> > 
> > Rule 1:
> > Tilte:  "NFL Football [late]"
> > Rule: "program.category = 'Sports event' AND program.title = 'NFL Football'
> > AND pnext.title <> 'NFL Football' AND program.chanid = pnext.chanid AND
> > program.endtime = pnext.starttime AND program.first > 0"
> > Additional tables: ", program pnext"
> 
> Very interesting, thanks. Looks a little more workable than fiddling with priorities like the wiki example shows. I will have to expand on this to handle "%FL Football" with LIKE comparisons. 
> 
> The Additional Tables field: that's just added to the end of the query and why it starts with ","?

Excellent adjustment to avoid fiddling I've done every weekend manually for years. For CFL fans this can be generalized by changing 

     =  'NFL Football'    to    LIKE '%FL%Football'
     <> 'NFL Football'    to    NOT LIKE '%FL%Football'

with the extra '%' handling "Preseason", which has passed already but it'll be there for next year.

Now I can apply this to NHL Hockey, just around the calendar corner.

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