[mythtv] "Allow recording even if duplicate episode" is ignored?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:51 PM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] "Allow recording even if duplicate episode" is
> ignored?
>
>
> "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> writes:
>
> > I'd actually thought about that myself... adding the option to
> toggle each
> > of the 3 fields (title, subtitle, description) on/off for duplicate
> > determination.  I'd like to add it to the Advanced Recording
> screen, so you
> > could select the duplicate criteria on a per-recording basis.  But that
> > screen is pretty full, and I didn't feel like monkeying with
> the layout or
> > adding another page.  Shouldn't really be too hard, though.
> The other end
> > of it would be modifying the SQL query (queries?) that finds programs to
> > record & determines duplicates; I'd like someone a little more
> well-versed
> > in SQL to take a look at that.  Overall, though, it should be
> very doable.
>
> I don't think you need to turn it off for title.  I'm not sure about
> subtitle, but I can certainly be convinced.

Probably true, but what the heck, if you're going to make a configurable
option, you might as well make it fully configurable.

> I agree that the Advanced Recording Options page is a bit full, but I
> don't know what to do about that.  I also want to eventually add a
> checkbox there for "only record shows marked as 'non-repeat'", which
> would take up even more screen real-estate.
>
> Perhaps we need a second 'Advanced' page?

Yeah, I think so; I just don't have the time to do that right now.  I
actually had the GUI coded up at one point but it pushed stuff off the page
at the bottom, and I discarded it at that point.

-JAC