[mythtv-users] How does (should) mythtv match repeats?

[Chris Simmons]

Hi all,

I've noticed recently that myth has sometimes been recording repreats of 
shows.  I use UK EIT information for my scheduling data.  I'm running 
atrpms 0.20.2-172.fc8.

To take an example, I've set up myth to record "Torchwood" any time on 
BBC2.  But it recorded a showing on Wednesday, with description

"Rhys discovers the truth about Torchwood and becomes part of the team 
as they investigate a mysterious alien meat supply. Some strong 
language. 4/13."

and now it wants to record a showing thats obviously (to a human) a repeat:-

"Rhys discovers the truth about Torchwood and becomes part of the team 
as they investigate a mysterious alien meat supply. 4/13."

As you can see though the description isn't an exact match.  Presumably 
myth decides shows are repeats only if the description is an exact 
match?  I've also seen other minor differences in repeats like 
corrections for typos, removing a comma etc and ended up having to 
delete these recordings.

So my questions are

1) Does myth require an exact match?

2) Is this reasonable - wouldn't it be better if myth used approximate 
text matching with some kind of threshold or something?

3) Is there anything like this on the way for the .21 release?

Cheers,

Chris Simmons.