[mythtv-users] duplicate recordings, new card

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/29/2009 06:06 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
> I'm guessing because the programid field is not empty, the scheduler
> is using this information in preference to the subtitle info - and
> determining that there are 2 unique showings of "Beating the Bully" to
> be recorded.

Yes.  If programid is present on both episodes, it is the final 
authority, regardless of specified duplicate matching method.

If either episode is missing a programid, duplicate matching is 
performed according to the method specified by the rule (i.e. 
title/subtitle/description, title/subtitle, title/description, or whatever).

The seriesid is not used in determining whether shows are the same 
series or not, nor is it used for duplicate matching.  This means you 
may record the 1993 movie "King of the Hill" because you have a rule for 
recording the TV show "King of the Hill" on any channel at any time, but 
it's /much/ better to record something you don't need than to miss an 
episode.  The same applies to the 1986 or the 2008 movies "House" if you 
have an any time/any channel rule for the TV show, "House."  Even though 
the seriesid's differ, the title's are identical, so the movies will 
match.  The seriesid is more informational than anything.

Mike