[mythtv-users] Duplicate detection

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 19/09/16 18:04, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Use the UI in mythfrontend, as I mentioned in my other response. You can
> go into Upcoming Recordings, find the showing, and hit SELECT to edit
> the recording rule.  That will show you exactly which recording rule is
> being used/matching the episode.  That will help you identify what's
> wrong/why it's recording.

Thanks Mike.

It doesn't actually tell me which recording rule is hit (by name) but by
eyeballing it I can confirm that it is the rule that is also identified
by mythweb (which does mention the name of the rule).

Here is the rule (transcribed from the UI; quite laborious):

Schedule options: raise priority by 2, use any available input, start
recording 7 minutes early, end recording 20 minutes late, match
duplicates using subtitle, look for duplicates in current and previous
recordings.

Storage options: record using the default profile, include in the
default recording group, store in the default storage group, use default
group settings, no episode limit, don't record if this would exceed the
max episodes, allow recordings to expire.

Post processing: no options selected

The schedule filters in the UI don't correspond with what I can see in
mythweb, so the following is from mythweb (but I do recognise by the
early start and late ending settings that it is the same rule).

Record at any time from any channel, search type = power search,
additional tables: <none>, search phrase:

((lower(channel.callsign) in
('2be','vt4','vtm','een','ketnet/canvas','canvas','ned1','ned3','nos1','nos2','nos3','vijftv','acht','canvas')
OR lower(channel.callsign) like 'bbc%')) AND lower(program.category) in
('film','movie','action','romance','crime','comedy','western','drama','tv
movie','mystery','historical/period drama','literary adaptation', 'war',
'musical', 'crime drama') AND TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, program.starttime,
program.endtime) >= 70 AND program.airdate >= 1970

> Are you using subtitle /and/ description or subtitle /then/
> description?  If the latter, because the movies have no subtitle, it
> compares the descriptions, which definitely differ.

Just subtitle (as I wrote initially). Not subtitle and descriptions, nor
subtitle then descriptions.

I'm still puzzled.

Thanks, Jan