[mythtv-users] more scheduler options

Brian Walter blwalter at gmail.com
Wed May 23 20:13:14 UTC 2007


Bruce Markey wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>   
>> Can we have another options for scheduling recordings
>> ie
>>
>>    1.  anytime on this day
>>    2. Any day starting between x hr and y hr  (eg  8pm - 10pm)
>>
>>
>> This covers shows which repeats on other days from an older series
>>     
>
> As others pointed out, Custom Record can do this and a whole
> lot more. Most people other than Nick neglected to mention that
> one of the key features of Custom Record is that there are pre-
> fabricated pieces that you can simply select and add. "Anytime on
> a specific day of the week" and "Only in primetime" are a click
> away with no typing or reading mysql docs. There are a couple
> dozen of these ready to use Lego blocks to piece together for
> your special rules.
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.5
>
> However, before going further, I'd like to point out that based
> on your description, the distinction you may be looking for is
> new episodes vs old episodes. This is common and the dup option
> under Scheduling Options for "Record new episodes only" may be
> what you are really looking for. This will only work well if your
> listings include the original air dates or repeat flags. If that
> doesn't do the trick, then think about a custom rule.
>
>   
>> Actually it would be great if you could create custom rules and then 
>> apply them in the normal scheduler , then the options would be limit-less
>> eg if I created a rule called "only-prime-time" then I  could select 
>> recording  and apply that rule to that title
>> eg Record "The Bill" using rule "only-prime-time"
>>     
>
> Find "The Bill" and press "E"dit. Press right arrow about ten
> times to find "Only in primetime". Click "Add..." then "Record".
> Set your recording options then click Save.
>
> No typing. You're done.  But wait, there's more... ;-)
>
> Sometime after 0.19, customrecord changed to customedit to be
> a library function that can be called from other pages. If you
> press the CUSTOMEDIT button (default "E") on a title from the
> EPG, Program Finder, any program list, upcoming recordings, etc.
> you will see the Custom Record page pre-loaded with that title:
>
> Rule Name: The Bill
>
> program.title = 'The Bill'
>
> Some of the examples with info like the channel, callsign, day
> of the week, category and even programid, will be pre-loaded
> with the info from the chosen showing. So, if you chose a showing
> on Wed, the "Anytime on a specific day of the week" example is
> set to "DAYNAME(program.starttime) = 'Wednesday'" so that you
> don't have to edit the day name.
>
> A common thing that some people used to fuss about in years
> past was setting a FindOne rule for a specific episode rather
> than any showing from the series. E, right, right, Add, Record,
> right, Save will create a FindOne search rule for a specific
> episode with no typing and only a handful of keystrokes.
>
> Now, you mentioned creating your own "only-prime-time" that
> you could apply easily. While this is unnecessary because we
> already have "Only in primetime", Custom Record does support
> rolling your own so that you don't have to retype a favorite
> hack.
>
> For example, I have a power search rule:
>
> Rule Name: Breaking News
>
> channel.callsign = 'CNN'
> AND program.starttime < '2007-02-15 18:00:00'
>
> This will record every program on CNN up until a cutoff time.
> I see I haven't needed this since Feb but if some big news
> broke today, I'd edit the date to 2007-05-24 and instantly
> have 24 hour news that I can scan through (rather than sit
> through) and see all the press conferences and new developments.
> I also use lots of priority, profile options and such that are
> already set in this rule so I only need to set the cutoff date
> and/or time and it's off and running.
>
> The idea of setting a cutoff time can be useful for other things.
> Last week G4 had a Ninja Warrior marathon that I wanted to record
> but not match all the on going repeats after the marathon ended.
> Therefore, I want to reuse this trick.
>
> You can go to Custom Record and enter:
>
> Rule Name: Timeout
>
> program.starttime < '2007-05-24 18:00:00'
>
> then press "Store" and click 'Store "Timeout" as an example'.
> Now when you look a the list of built in examples, there is a
> new "Timeout (stored example)" added to the end of the list.
> You can then select and add this just like any of the built in
> examples from now on.
>
> When I saw the Ninja Warrior marathon I just clicked "E", left,
> (a couple times because I now have many of these ;), Add, edited
> the date and time then Record.
>
> --  bjm
>
>   
Thanks!  That's the first exposition of this feature that tied it all 
together.  Now I have a much better understanding of the fexibility of 
it.  (Getting wife to understand sql might be another matter all 
together...but...that's another story :) )


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