[mythtv-users] how "should" the scheduler work..

[jedi]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 03:39:46PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/05/2008 02:47 PM, jedi wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:00:07PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> >   
> >> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 12:41:15PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Better approach, use the one that ships with your Myth (i.e. the -fixes 
> >>> one) as Kevin suggested, and use:
> >>>
> >>> myth_upcoming_recordings.pl --recordings -1 \
> >>>                             --no_show_scheduled \
> >>>                             --heading 'Recording Conflicts' \
> >>>                             --no_conflicts_message 'No Conflicts' \
> >>>                             --plain_text
> >>>
> >>> And, look at --help output for --text_format if you want customized 
> >>> formatting.  No need for html2text, and you really need to specify 
> >>> --recordings as -1, in case you have more than 5 conflicts.
> >>>       
> >> I'm on .21, not -fixes, and don't have a file named that on the drive,
> >> alas.
> >>     
> >     I had a copy of that in trunk. I tried to run it and the results
> > were... disappointing.
> 
> Says, I'm sure, someone who never ran the script with --help and/or 
> never took the time to figure out how to run it so that it does what he 

      Well, that's kind of the point.      

> wants.  Of course, I'm assuming this /only/ because the script does 
> exactly what its name claims (and not because I'm whining because I'm 
> offended).  The script returns information about upcoming recordings--so 
> I don't see where disappointment comes into play.

      More than anything else, the perl errors errors are a bit unnerving.

> 
> If, however, you actually have some constructive criticism, I may 
> actually be able to help.
> 
> Mike
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