[mythtv-users] Recording priorities question...

[Bruce Markey]

Nate Thompson wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked before, I took a quick look through the 
> archives. Anyways, what effect do the values given to the priority of a 
> show have? For example, I have a show with a +2 priority, and a show 
> with a +5 priority at the same time. With one tuner, it is my thinking 
> the +5 should be recording, but it is not. I know Myth will record the 
> show with a lower priority if the higher one is on again, but that is 
> not the case here either. I first noticed this on Wednesday when instead 
> of taping the new episode of 'That '70s Show' (w/ +5 rating), it instead 
> taped a rerun of Sienfeld (+2 rating). Do I have to enable something for 
> the recording priorities to have any effect, or am I doing something wrong?

If you are using 0.14 or earlier, yes. You need to go to
Setup->TV Settings->Recording Priorities->General. There should
be two checkboxes that you need to check. Up through 0.14,
priority was an add-on from a few releases back. This had
several well known shortcomings. In current CVS and the next
release, the scheduler has been rewritten place things bases
on priority and includes lots of new features.

With either 0.14 or 0.15, the conflicts page should have shown
both in the list and the one that won't record should be in gray.
The letter in the right hand column indicates the reason that
it won't record. Pressing Enter will show a page with a full
sentence explaining why it thinks the show does not need to
be recorded.

--  bjm