[mythtv-users] 0.15 Scheduler: "FindOne" only looks at title?

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

Bruce Markey wrote:

>> title. I think, it would be nice, if I could configure it to also look 
>> at the description and/or subtitle (like the normal dup check).

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>> For example, I wanted to record a Formula One Grand Prix, no matter of 
>> the time, but only the race, not the qualifying. Now the title is 
>> always the same: "Formula One Grand Prix of Canada". The difference 
>> between qualifying and race is only in the description.
> 
> For 0.15.1 you could set a channel record for "Formula One Grand
> Prix of Canada". Mark the qualifying as "Never record". If the
> qualifying descriptions match, you only need to do this once
> otherwise you'd need to "Don't record" each qualifying round.

Well, there is also "Free Practice 1", "Free Practice 2", 
"Highlights"... ;-)

> In 0.16 and current CVS, there are new search rules that gigem
> is working on for matching keyword phrases by titles, keywords
> (anywhere in title, subtitle, or description) or people (if your
> grabber provides actor, director info but this is probably only
> DataDirect so far). These search rules can be set to be kAllRecord
> or kFindOneRecord. You could take that unique word or phrase that
> is only in the race and enter it in Search Listing->Keywords and
> click "Record" then choose to record one showing.
> 
> For example, I can enter "Jimi Hendrix" and see that it matches
> two showing of Biography. Pressed "M", Tab, then clicked "Record"
> and choose "Record one showing of this program". For me it found
> that recording the second showing worked best.

Sounds great! Thanks for the detailed explanations!

Thomas