[mythtv-users] Duplicate Detection and Conflict Resolution Questions

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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Today, I decided to do some preventative maintenance on my Myth  
system. Clear out the logs, delete recordings that people hadn't  
deleted, yet watched and didn't care about, and handle conflict  
resolution (as I had recently added a few more programs to my  
recording list). I noticed a problem that didn't seem to exist under  
0.18.1, which was Duplicate Detection, and one that should have  
handled itself, conflict resolution. For the record, my back-end is  
KnoppMyth R5C7 (MythTV 0.19-fixes).

We like South Park in our house, and we're fortunate enough not only  
to get it from Comedy Central, but also from the local WB affiliate.  
However, the local affiliate airs showings at :05 and :35, while  
Zap2It shows them as :00 and :30. As a result, I had to create a  
separate recording request for South Park on the local affiliate,  
telling it to start five minutes late, and end five minutes late. I  
come home, and see two of the exact same episode waiting for me on  
the hard disk, one from Comedy Central, one from WB. The episode  
title is identical, yet both were recorded. Is this because of the  
two separate rules?

I also decided to record Rollerball (-2 priority), Family Guy (-5  
priority) and The Revolution (0 priority). While looking through  
upcoming recordings, Myth showed me Rollerball in conflict with  
Family Guy, as well as The Revolution. The Revolution had a higher  
priority than Rollerball, but it was also showing at a later time.  
Either way, Myth elected to nix Rollerball, and keep Family Guy and  
Revolution. Any theories as to why this happened? My choice was to  
tell the showing of The Revolution not to record (Family Guy followed  
suit automatically, and Rollerball activated), and the later showing  
(yes, it's the same episode) activated. Shouldn't Myth have seen the  
resolution to this conflict?

Thanks for all the excellent work, though. Other than this (and some  
database problems I brought on myself earlier), and my ATI TV Wonder- 
VE card refusing to function with my PVR-150, my experience with Myth  
has been wonderful, and reliable.
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