[mythtv-users] More info about scheduling new recordings

[Curtis Stanford]

On Jul 23, 2004, at 2:14 PM, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:

> Curtis Stanford wrote:
>
>> Does the 'New recordings' settings work for anyone? I really would 
>> like to get this to work so here is a detailed description of my 
>> latest attempt.
>>
>> I decided to pick a show that had a mixture of new and old episodes 
>> (in my case, Canadian Idol). I checked the program table and the 
>> previously shown field was set perfectly (i.e. it was 0 for the new 
>> episodes and 1 for the many repeats on other channels)
>>
>> Then I did the following:
>>
>> 1. Deleted all instances of recordings for Canadian Idol. I wanted to 
>> start fresh.
>>
>> 2. Selected 'Program Finder' and scrolled to Canadian Idol and 
>> pressed the right arrow.
>>
>> 3. About a dozen episodes where shown on the right. I picked one and 
>> hit Enter.
>>
>> 4. Pressed 'i' to go to advanced screen.
>>
>> 5. Noticed that Scheduling Options and Storage Options were disabled. 
>> Selected 'Record at any time on any channel'.
>>
>
> There appears to be a bug causing the wrong value to be selected if 
> you hit select the recording type from the full list of types instead 
> of using the left/right arrows I'll take a look at fixing it.
>
Well, I didn't even know about the left/right arrow thing. That 
actually works for me. Thanks for checking it out.