[mythtv] conflict resolution vs priorities

[Shawn Edwards]

Personally, I would not want my myth box to make any assumptions for me, 
even if I gave it general input on how to resolve them.  I really like 
the lack of priorities myself.  It's just a preference thing.

For example, there are three shows that I enjoy that all share the same 
timeslot (grr...).  I have to choose every week which show I want to see 
(only have one tuner card).  So, every Wednesday, I choose.  It's 
week-to-week which show I want to see.  A preference device would not 
help me.

All I would want is a way for me to be notified in advance that there 
are conflicts in the future.  I'm a firm beleiver in being notified that 
I need to deal with something rather than trying to maintain overly 
complex rulesets, or, even worse, constantly modifying rulesets. 

Would a mythnotify kind of thing make sense here?  Something that you 
can schedule in cron that would look X days in advance and tell you 
(email, sms, carrier pidgeon) if there are any unresolved conflicts?

Just a thought.  Might have to dust off my c++ and hack at this one...

Jeff Nuckles wrote:

>Ok, I'm assuming one of the goals of mythtv is to
>produce something that requires as little user
>intervention as possible, right?
>
>If this is the case why is the concept used for
>deciding what to record and how to record it set up
>with the premise that I need to go in and frequently
>check to make sure that its doing what I want and
>"Override" the system? Does this not seem
>counterproductive? All of this programming to resolve
>conflicts, and I still have to manually check up on
>it. It also currently uses the tuner available on the
>master before any other...seems kind of an arbitrary
>decision.
>
>The code in scheduler.cpp is 90% for resolving
>conflicts automatically, yet im still expected to
>'keep an eye on' the conflict list?
>
>There should not be a need for this, the most
>important (highest priority) recording should be
>recorded on the highest priorty card that has that
>channel. period. If there are no more tuners then the
>low priorty programs do not get recorded. Yes it would
>be nice to still see a list of what will be recorded
>and when.  
>
>Am I the only one who thinks this? Everyone just seems
>to keep coming up with ways of making the conflict
>resolution system more complex when changing the
>system would seem to be a better alternative.
>
>And before anyone replies with "do it yourself". I
>started to look into it but I can't make sense of the
>whole confict setup that exists now and my c++ is a
>little rusty.
>
>Jeff
>
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