[mythtv-users] Scheduling dilemma

[Nick]

On 22 Jun 2006 12:18:16 -0400, Greg Stark <gsstark at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> I tried to program mythtv to record World Cup matches since I often don't wake
> up in time to catch the start of the games. (Those Europeans sure are morning
> people!)
>
> But I can't seem to find a way to indicate to mythtv that I really really want
> it to record the earliest possible showing of a game. Even if there's a later
> showing it could grab with the better capture card or that generates fewer
> conflicts with lower priority shows.
>
> The situation is that there appear to be three timeslots in the morning when
> live games are played, and often there are two games at the same time. I
> receive two channels that show games in those timeslots. Sometimes it's one
> channel, sometimes the other, and if there are two games usually they'll each
> show one. Then they reshow the games in the evening with the half-time cut
> out. I have two capture cards though so I can capture them both live.

Have you tried enabling "Reschedule Higher Priority Recordings" to see
whether this affects your schedules?

Nick

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