<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM, David Farmer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:remrafevad@gmail.com" target="_blank">remrafevad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I am currently running an up-to-date Arch x86_64 system with MythTV 0.26. It's been running pretty much flawlessly for a while now, last MythTV package update was on 01/04/13 (upgraded to mythtv 1:0.26.0-8). Typical usage is to have defined a set of recording rules of Movies and TV shows regularly. Sometimes this will catch things I don't want recorded so I go through the upcoming recordings and remove these manually.<br>
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However I've noticed that very recently the option to "never record" a program no longer works for me, it certainly used to. The thing is, I'm fairly confident that the update to the Myth package wasn't responsible because I use it fairly often and reckon I have done since. I've only noticed it in the last few days. The single "don't record" option still works fine.<br>
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Anyone else experiencing similar?<br></blockquote><div><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="black"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="black"><font color="#660066">> <br>>If
you are already aware of this, I apologize, but the result of a "never
record" aren't evident until a complete run of the scheduler completes.
Depending on a whole lot of things, that can take a while. In my case,
it started taking longer than it used to, leading me to conclude that
"never record" wasn't working anymore, leading me to click it
repeatedly, leading to multiple, duplicate database entries... <br></font> <br>"Never record" is also dependent on the EPG data matching or not, and <br>on what settings you are using for matching in your recording rule if <br>
the EPG does not have proper identification of each episode. Some of <br>the EPG here in New Zealand has no proper episode identification but <br>has subtitles with episode names, so setting the recording rule to <br>match on subtitles first works. But then when the repeats come <br>
around, the EPG may not have subtitles and that rule would then <br>re-record them even if you have done a "Never record". Or the <br>matching may have been done on the description only, and then on the <br>repeats the EPG data for the description has changed. <br>
<br>If you are trying to use "Never record" on something that is repeated <br>multiple times in the current EPG data, try using the O key on the <br>keyboard to bring up a list of all things matching that recording <br>
rule, and go down the list looking at the data and how it changes. Use <br>the I key twice on each program to look at the full data for the <br>program. You may be able to spot what is causing your problems and <br>adjust your rule accordingly. <br>
________________________<br><br><br>The problem I was experiencing is more related to the feature simply not working on the selected upcoming recording. For example, I have a movie rule set to record anything with Clint Eastwood. If I navigate to the upcoming recordings and cursor down to a Clint Eastwood movie that is ready to record and choose "never record", the movie stays ready to record.<br>
<br>But! There has been an update to mythtv in the Arch repo, which I have now implemented. Low and behold, I seem to be able to use "never record" again perfectly. I can't be sure if this is what fixed the problem, but for now I'll just say thanks for your responses.</font></font><br>
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