[mythtv] problem with delete button "Yes, but record..." missing

[Dave Alden]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:31:46PM -0500, Chris Pinkham wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > The discussion for duplicate detection has gone on for over a year
> > and this plus some even stranger variations have been suggested.
> > However, I've never seen actual listings that show that the "Even
> > if Empty" would be needed but many where it would do the wrong
> > thing.
> > 
> > Please take a minute to read the attached doc and see if it is
> > helpful.
> 
> <even more snip> :)
> 
> > I don't think that "Even if Empty" is necessary and I'm concerned
> > that innocent users may unwittingly shoot themselves in the foot.
> > So, the first user to post on the subject says he set this for
> > every title! Thanks for being a good sport ;-).
> > 
> > Chris, I pulled some of my DB backups off tape and so far it
> > appears that Monster Garage should be "Subtitle". Could you take
> > a look at your:
> > 
> > select subtitle,description from oldrecorded where title ='Monster Garage';
> > 
> > --  bjm
> 
> That's why I said my example was fictitious and that I had seen examples
> like that but that they weren't necessarily Monster Garage. :)
> 
> I was talking on the irc channel last night about this some and plan on
> removing the Even If Empty setting tonight.  I can agree that I'd rather
> have to delete a couple duplicate episodes of CSI for instance than
> to risk missing one. :)
> 
> So you can remove any reference in your draft docs about the Empty
> setting since hopefully it will be backed out by tonight.  I don't want to
> cause more confusion even if I think there are cases where I'd prefer
> to use it over the other methods.

Ok, so it's going to disappear, I can accept that (although I believe I
understood what I was doing, and I was willing to gamble a few lost
shows -- I record way too much to watch anyway :-).

With that said, I don't see why that would cause the "Yes, but record this
episode again next time" button to not show up???

...dave