[mythtv-users] Mythweb schedule recordings - possible to add a new type "weekday"?

[Nick]

On 18/01/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 01/17/06 14:29, Nick wrote:
>
> >On 16/01/06, Chris Petersen <lists at forevermore.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>I'm trying to record old Simpsons reruns off of Fox Monday - Friday, but
> >>>there doesn't appear to be an option for this type of recording...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Why not record them on weekends, too?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >AIUI this relates to the difference between scheduling an 'every day'
> >recording on a weekday (Mon - Fri) or at the weekend (Sat - Sun) and
> >the differing scheduler behaviour.
> >
> Doesn't this apply only to manual recordings?  On regular recordings,
> Myth has guide data to know whether the same show is broadcast on
> weekends/weekdays.  So--unless the OP is using manual recordings
> (something he should have told us)-- he should just say to record every
> day and Myth will know whether the Simpsons are on Saturday and Sunday.
>
> Also, it makes no difference whether you schedule the "in this timeslot
> every day" manual recording "on a weekday" or not--it's whether you set
> the "Date or day of the week:" to Saturday or Sunday.  Therefore, on
> Tuesday I can schedule the recording, while setting the day of the week
> to Saturday to get 7 day/week manual recordings.  (I'm sure this is what
> you mean, but it's not what you're saying.  :)

Mike,

Thanks for fully clarifying my point - I did forget to include it
related specifically to manual recordings where no guide data is used.
The point I was trying to make was that there is potentially
non-obvious differing behaviour whether the start date is Mon-Fri or
Sat-Sun (which has been discussed before).

I guess I still don't _fully_ understand why there is a difference in
behaviour as noted above without an added option that explicitly makes
this difference clear to users. Whilst I know that a lot of syndicated
shows are broadcast Mon-Fri with differing weekend schedules, there
are others that are Mon-Sun, so I would venture that having the
weekend manual recordings not show up at least non-obvious. On the
flip-side I also know that there are various different interpretation
of the meaning of 'every day' which I guess is the root of the
standard behaviour if a manual recording is scheduled Mon-Fri.

Cheers,
Nick