[mythtv-users] "commfree" setting in channels table?

[Phil Bridges]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:04 AM, William Munson
<william_munson at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Phil Bridges wrote:
>  > I was looking at the channels table via MythWeb, abd noticed a field
>  > called "commfree".  I figured it was to indicate that the channel was
>  > commercial-free, so I checked it for my PBS stations and Cinemax.
>  >
>  > Tonight, I was recording "Children of Men" on CinemaxHD, and I
>  > happened to look at the status page.  Here's what was in there:
>  >
>  > Mon 3/31 8:00 PM - Children of Men - Flag Commercials
>  > Children of Men (8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
>  > Job: Flag Commercials
>  > Status: Running
>  > Status Time: Mon Mar 31 9:09 PM
>  >
>  > Comments:
>  > 48% Completed @ 37.9045 fps.
>  >
>  > Why would the commflagger run on this program?  I know that you can
>  > set the commflag job to run per recording rule, but I didn't touch
>  > that setting.  It's still set at "flag commercials".
>  >
>  > If this is normal behavior, what's the purpose of the field in the
>  > channels table?
>  >
>  > Version info:
>  > MythTV Version   : 16812
>  > MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
>  > Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
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>
>  It does indeed indicate a channel should not be commflagged. Did you
>  restart your backend after you made the changes? If you created the
>  recording rule before the change you will need to manually edit the rule
>  or delete and recreate.
>
>  Bill

Yep - I flagged the channel as commercial free a week or so and have
restarted mythbackend since.  The rule was created Sunday.