[mythtv-users] "Record this show on this day every week"

[Niklas Brunlid]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:08:33 +0200, Niklas Brunlid <nbr at ticalc.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:27:47 -0600, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:57:37 +0200, Niklas Brunlid <nbr at ticalc.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Is it possible to tell MythTV to record a show on a specific day every
>>> week, when that show sometimes moves? The "record in this timeslot  
>>> every
>>> week" option sometimes isn't enough. :)
>>>
>>> Just asking because on some shows I now have 5 or 6 schedules for the
>>> same
>>> day since the channel likes to move things around, sometimes as little
>>> as
>>> 5 minutes.
>>
>> Why not use the "Record at any time on any channel." or "Record at any
>> time on channel x.", as MythTV's repeat detection is pretty damned
>> good, IMHO...
>
> Because the same show runs as repeats of an earlier season on weekdays.
> The new episodes are only on sundays.
>
> / Niklas

And to pre-empt the obvious response here I should say that up until a few  
weeks ago my listings grabber didn't get any episode information, so my  
backend doesn't know that they are repeats... :]

/ Niklas