[mythtv-users] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #5029: can't "never record" upcoming recordings without sub-titles

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/25/2008 08:45 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> [ I doubt this is going to post through to -dev as I am not on that
> list. ]
>   

Moving to -users, instead, then.

> On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 22:05 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> Pretty sure to get the behavior you want, you /must/ specify an "Exclude
>> unidentified episodes" duplicate matching policy.
>>     
> So, choosing that option will still record unidentified episodes but
> will allow me to choose to not record upcoming episodes that are
> unidentified?  I have to admit that I'm skeptical.  Skeptical that
> choosing that policy will also continue to record unidentified episodes.

Nope.  You would then be saying to never record "unidentified"/"generic"
episodes, so at that point, you wouldn't need to say, "Never record" for
any showing of a generic episode because it would apply to all of them. 
After all, what's different about this showing of a generic episode
versus that one?  In both cases, Myth was not given enough information
to determine what episode is airing.

Therefore, the question, "What's different?" is really the root of the
problem.  What are you trying to do?

You can always do a "Don't record" override for a specific /showing/ of
an episode--even if you don't set an "Exclude unidentified episodes"
duplicate matching policy.  If there are 10 generic episodes you don't
want to record in the current listings data, you'll have to do 10
overrides.  If more appear with future listings update, they'll need
overrides.

If, instead, you create the rule with "Exclude unidentified episodes",
you can do a one-time record for the generic showing you decide you want.

If you want Myth to record all /identified/ (non-generic) episodes of a
show but to /tell you/ about generic episodes, so you can choose to
record them individually, create a rule to record all of the episodes
using an "Exclude unidentified episodes" duplicate matching policy. 
Then, create another rule for the same show that uses (any) other
duplicate matching policy and set it as inactive.  Then, all your
identified showings are automatically recorded, but by scanning the
Upcoming Recordings list you can quickly see the generic episodes, in
case you want to research them yourself and create a one-time recording
(now as an override).

> I can't find this "Exclude
> unidentified episodes" duplicate matching policy that you speak of.  My
> 0.21 installation here will match by combinations of none, subtitle and
> description only.

You are looking in (the definitive) mythfrontend, right?  Under "[ Check
for duplicates in ]"?

In MythWeb, it's put in a "Filter" field, instead to try to make the
idea more understandable.

Mike