[mythtv-users] problem trying to make a People Search rule

[Mike Perkins]

On 20/09/15 00:50, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Saturday, September 19, 2015 05:15:07 PM Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 19, 2015 10:40:15 PM John P Poet wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:32 PM Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John P Poet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Manage Recordings -> Schedule Recordings -> Search Words -> People ?
>>>>
>>>> He's using Mythweb, but I believe it's the same area.  And no, it wasn't
>>>> working without an exact match or the wildcard that Kirk mentioned.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, right.  Sorry.  I tend to forget that Mythweb even exists.
>>
>> And I forget scheduling in the frontend exists. I've never used it, nor even thought to give it a look.
>>
>> Odd that a Title search like 'Edmonton Oilers' has worked for years, but a People or Keyword search needs '%'s.
>>
>> I just tried with 'Lansbury' and same thing. Then I did a Title search with 'Murder' and it found a bunch of shows.
>
> And so I tried the frontend (bit of an education there) and it behaves the same way, finding nothing for 'Lansbury' but plenty for '%Lansbury%'.
>
>
That's because she is probably down as 'Angela Lansbury'. If you had supplied 
that string, it would have found her.

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Mike Perkins