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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/06/2006 06:29 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> 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
>>     
> [trim]
>
> Thanks everyone. One thing not clear in the doco is: when is the search
> (what a rule is) done? With every housekeeping?
>   

With every run of the scheduler against that rule (including when the 
scheduler is run against all rules).  This can be triggered by 
"mythbackend --resched", or by creating a rule using the 
frontend/MythWeb, or ...

In short, it's done when it needs to be done.

Mike