[mythtv-users] Duplicate detection

[Mike Holden]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 14:37, Scot Kreienkamp <skreien at wcnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to understand why my duplicate detection isn't working like I
> think it should.  I record much of my stuff by power search including the
> example in this email, "Modern Family".  I have "Duplicate Check method"
> set to subtitle and description, and "Check for duplicates in" set to "All
> recordings".  As I understand it, that should mean that I don't ever record
> any Modern Family shows a second time.   Using those settings I have three
> instances of the same show in oldrecorded, and it's due to record another
> instance soon.  It seems like the oldrecorded table isn't being consulted
> at all when considering which shows to record.  It does seem to be working
> for shows that are still in the recorded table.
>
> MariaDB [mythconverg]> select
> title,subtitle,episode,seriesid,programid,duplicate from oldrecorded where
> subtitle like '%parade' order by title,subtitle;
>
> +---------------+-----------------+---------+------------+----------------+-----------+
> | title         | subtitle        | episode | seriesid   | programid
> | duplicate |
>
> +---------------+-----------------+---------+------------+----------------+-----------+
> | Modern Family | I Love a Parade |       0 | EP01158124 | EP011581240251
> |         0 |
> | Modern Family | I Love a Parade |       0 | EP01158124 | EP011581240251
> |         0 |
> | Modern Family | I Love a Parade |       0 | EP01158124 | EP011581240251
> |         0 |
>
> +---------------+-----------------+---------+------------+----------------+-----------+
> 3 rows in set (0.01 sec)
>
>
> Why isn't it matching against the oldrecorded table?  Any way to get it to?
>

Try changing it to "subtitle THEN description"

If the subtitle is the same, but the description changes, your current rule
will record it again.
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