[mythtv-users] New version of MythTV (0.17)

[Preston Crow]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 22:18, Jim Gifford wrote:
> The one feature I would like to see, and I don't think it would be a big 
> deal to include. Is to only record new shows. I brought this up before 
> but got no response. Here is my example, yes forgive me I'm a scifi fan.
> 
> Stargate SG-1 is one numerous times on the Sci-Fi channel. Since I 
> travel every week, I have to record every instance of the show, which 
> basically is about 8 episodes a week (16 GIG of space). If there was on 
> option to record only first run shows, this would cut it down to only 
> recording one show a week. Yes, I could set it up to record on Friday at 
> a certain time, but the point is I only want to record the first run 
> shows only.

Just go into the upcoming recordings menu and tell it which ones you've
already seen.  Select "Never Record" for the ones you've seen, and it
will behave as if you've previously recorded it.  This is great for
picking up the few episodes that you missed the first time around.  It's
a bit of work at first, but once you've gone through the whole cycle, it
works perfectly.

Of course, the other option is to restrict your recording to weekly
timeslots.  For something like SG-1 that's on in two timeslots, set both
to record so that it can get the second showing if there's a conflict on
the first.  That's not quite as good, as it doesn't adapt if the
schedule changes to a different day of the week.

Of course, you can always log in remotely and delete the showings you
don't want to watch using mythweb.

--PC