[mythtv-users] Broadening Record Duplicates?

[Bruce Markey]

Chris Pinkham wrote:
>>The GUI now has a spinbox for "Record duplicates:" so these two
>>new options could be added. However, these would also need some
>>documentation to explain how they work and how the user should
>>determine if they are the right choice for a certain show.
> 
> 
> Could get hairy once you throw in the 3-states of "record duplicates"
> (never, always, if-deleted) combined with the 2 or three versions
> of whats is a duplicate.

True. I was deliberately vague because it is unclear how to
word this so it will be obvious to the user.

> What do you think of this:
> 
> Drop current recorddups functionality/column.
> 
> Add a 'Duplicate check method' spinbox which could contain:
> 
> 	- None
> 	- subtitle
> 	- description
> 	- subtitle & description
> 	- episode number (in the future, mentioned in another post)

Good. The order of preference and default would need to be
determined. These can't be self evident so there would
definitely need to be docs to explain what they do and how
you might hang yourself by guessing wrong.

> Add a 'Check for duplicates in' spinbox which would be:
> 
> 	- Existing recordings only
> 	- All Previous recordings

You're a smart man.

--  bjm