[mythtv-users] The watch list could actually be useful with a little work

[Paul Gardiner]

On 20/03/2022 14:44, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-03-20 at 13:52 +0000, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> If a series is in the watchlist then it shows the oldest episode that has yet
>> to be watched;
> 
> This reminds of something I'd been meaning to look into actually...
> 
> I find for me that the watch list includes the oldest recording of a
> series, which may not be the actual oldest unwatched episode, since
> things can be recorded out of order.
> 
> It's most noticeable when you setup a recording for some show on one of
> those "oldies" channels which constantly shows old repeats, so you
> start picking things up in the middle of series 3 or whatever and
> eventually the channels loops back round to series 1 episode 1.
> 
> I never quite found the time to look into what bit of logic needed
> adjusting, presumably something around prioritising original air-date
> or season/episode information over actual recorded date...

Yes, I think I've noticed that too. Fixing that would certainly be a 
benefit.

Paul.