[mythtv-users] Strange scheduling behavior: duplicate events in "Upcoming Recordings" in MythWeb
Douglas Peale
Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Thu Oct 28 23:56:56 UTC 2010
On 10/28/2010 02:26 PM, David Engel wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 02:05:45PM -0700, Douglas Peale wrote:
>> On 10/28/2010 01:50 PM, David Engel wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 01:21:39PM -0700, Douglas Peale wrote:
>>>> On 10/28/2010 01:09 PM, David Engel wrote:
>>>>> Non-generic episodes usually have subtitles. What are the programids?
>>>>> If programids are present, nothing else matters.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to tell you if I could figure out how to get one of these tools to tell me the program ID. (minor rant: sometimes
>>>> making things "user friendly" by hiding the internal workings makes it hard to debug, and therefore user unfriendly).
>>>
>>> Press INFO twice to see lots of information about a program.
>>>
>>> David
>>
>> For the "House" episode, there is an "episode number" For "The Event" there is not. Neither has a program ID.
>>
>> So the only difference in what is provided is there is no episode title, and no episode number for "The Event", otherwise they
>> both have the same data fields filled.
>>
>> Odd, "The Event" has an "original air date" of Sept 20, I've been recording this show since it started, I should not be getting
>> reruns.
>
> Are you sure you pressed INFO *twice*? Pressing INFO once brings up
> the details screen. Pressing INFO additional times toggles between
> more and fewer details.
Yes:
First press of 'i' gets me:
Title - episode title
Description
Actors
Guest Star
Category
Second press of 'i' gets me:
Title - episode title
Episode Number
Original Air Date
MythTV Status
I'm using the childish theme, it is the only tolerable theme that is actually working for me.
> If you still don't see programids, are you using EIT or some other
> source for guide data? Either way, you might want to double check the
> duplicate checking settins on your recording rules.
>
My source for guide data is Schedules Direct.
I don't see any "duplicate checking settings" under "Recording Rules".
> David
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