[mythtv-users] Scheduler Not Resolving Conflict

[Derek Battams]

Quoting Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net>:

> Derek Battams wrote:
>> The scheduler has marked Letterman in conflict for tonight, even though
>> it could resolve the conflict by choosing a later showing of Colbert.
>> If I add a manual override and force the later showing of Colbert to
>> record then the conflict resolves itself.  Why doesn't the scheduler
>> fix the conflict itself?  Judging from what I see, the scheduler should
>> have recorded the 2am Colbert on Tuner 2 to allow Letterman to record
>> at 11:35pm.
>>
> Bruce will probably chime in with a detailed and spot on analysis but my
> quick glance leads me to believe that it did not bump Colbert because it
> is a higher priority than Letterman.  There is a checkbox in the setup
> for rescheduling higher priority items which I believe would allow the
> scheduler to resolve this automatically.  It is not enabled by default
> because it is assumed that you want higher priority items to win over
> lower priority and record sooner even if there is a later showing.
> Imagine if Fox was running 24 again on Monday before the next new
> episodes (like Lost does) and it bumped 24 on Sunday to recording
> something else knowing that it could record later and left you screaming
> at your friends at work on Monday to quit talking about the show because
> your PVR decided not to record it when it aired...
>
> If you enable the checkbox, it will resolve the conflict but understand
> the possible consequences.

 From my original post, the checkbox is checked, which is why I'm 
surprised as to why it didn't reschedule it as expected.

> mysql> select * from settings where value='SchedMoveHigher';
> +-----------------+------+----------+
> | value           | data | hostname |
> +-----------------+------+----------+
> | SchedMoveHigher | 1    | NULL     |
> +-----------------+------+----------+

Help appreciated,

Derek