<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Douglas Peale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Douglas_Peale@comcast.net">Douglas_Peale@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 06/22/2010 01:17 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>
> On 06/22/2010 04:11 PM, Douglas Peale wrote:<br>
>> On 06/22/2010 12:52 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> I've set a rule to record the World Cup games with priority at 99, yet<br>
>>> there are things Myth is scheduling to record instead with much lower<br>
>>> priority. Yes, the games are being replayed and Myth scheduled the<br>
>>> replayed games, but how do I tell myth to record these games first,<br>
>>> even if something else won't record?<br>
>>><br>
>> I've seen other things that make believe the priority scheme is<br>
>> broken. I've given all of my SD stations for which I have HD<br>
>> equivalents a priority of -10. And yet I see the SD stations scheduled<br>
>> for recording when the same show is available in HD on 3<br>
>> tuners with no conflicts.<br>
>> I finally went and disabled all SD channels for which I had HD<br>
>> equivalents.<br>
>><br>
>> At the moment, MythTV is scheduled to record two copies of the same<br>
>> show on the same channel at the same time on different<br>
>> tuners (one on cable, one OTA). The channel numbers are the same and<br>
>> the channel names are the same.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> All I'm willing to say at this point (because I don't have time for the<br>
> usual argument with 100 users) is that priority is not /when/ to record<br>
> nor /where/ to record. Priority is simply /what/ to record. MythTV is<br>
> recording what you want (within the constraints you've applied***), so,<br>
> there's nothing broken.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html</a><br>
><br>
> Mike<br>
><br>
> ***One very important constraint being:<br>
> Reschedule higher priorities<br>
> Move higher priority programs to other cards and showings when resolving<br>
> conflicts. This can be used to record lower priority programs that would<br>
> otherwise not be recorded, but risks missing a higher priority program<br>
> if the schedule changes.<br>
><br>
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</div></div>Channel priority determines what to record, not what channel to choose? That does not make much sense.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Except that there are not "priority classes" in Myth (AFAIK), just a single priority value. Adding to this value via channel or recording rule just increase the value and does not alter behavior.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kevin</div></div>