[mythtv-users] scheduling a regular recording in a timeslot

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

Bruce Markey wrote:
> Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> 
>>There is a timeslot when a variety of science/nature programs
>>air regularly.
>>
>>I want to record the program that airs each week. It cannot be
>>identified by name, and I do not want to use a template name (as
>>I need with a manual schedule). I want to say
>>	Record the program in this timeslot every week
>>(note 'the program' and not 'this program').
>>
>>Can this be done?
> 
> As Mike pointed out, this can be done with Custom Record. Had you
> mentioned the time and station, I could send a specific rule. However,
> here is an example of the same sort of problem. Sundance Channel has a
> hosted movie every Friday night promoted as "Midnight Snack". Thankfully
> the listings have the title and descriptions of the films rather than
> the generic show title of Midnight Snack. So, the task is to record
> anything on Sundance Channel where the start time is on Saturday in
> the zeroth hour.
> 
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.5
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Thanks everyone. One thing not clear in the doco is: when is the search
(what a rule is) done? With every housekeeping?

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