[mythtv-users] Notification of conflicts

Richard Morton richard.e.morton at gmail.com
Sat Sep 19 14:30:26 UTC 2009


> There's absolutely no magic in Myth's scheduler and the scheduler does not
> create conflicts--people do.  Assuming you have no conflicts one minute, the
> only way that a conflict could ever be created is if a) your recording rules
> change (includes extending an ongoing recording or saying not to record a
> show when you're in LiveTV and it asks for the tuner), b) your listings
> change, c) some capture cards (i.e. in a remote backend) drop offline.


Hi Mike,

I absolutely agree; but listings do change and people who are not a
competent with Myth do schedule recordings. MythTV also doesnt warn
you when scheduling a new program, or show you any related conflicts.

Combine with that custom recording based on title searches and you can
easily get in a mess.

Recording Schedule conflicts are not static either; when using guide
data which comes in a little bit at a time (a rolling 7, 8 or 28 days)
and non-static programme schedules in most countries (less so in the
US I understand). one week you can have no scheduling conflicts and
another week you can have a couple to deal with.

Problematically a schedule conflict can be auto resolved as following
schedule data is provided by whichever source is used and repeats of
one of the programmes involved in the conflict give myth more
choices... but myth cant resolve all scheduling conflicts this way as
there may not be repeats.

R


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