[mythtv-users] Myth problem or HDPVR probmem?

[Don Lewis]

On 14 Feb, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 02/14/2011 10:41 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 02/14/2011 10:28 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
>>> Another annoyance of the mythweb interface is that on the listings pages
>>> it is not possible to distinguish between an episode that was deleted
>>> and one that was deleted with allow re-record.  My next chance to record
>>> a show that failed with a zero byte recording might happen until far
>>> into the future, and when it occurs I might not try to record it because
>>> the listings show that it has already been recorded.  It would be nice
>>> to have a "delete and entirely forget" option, to handle mythtv
>>> recording failures as well as incorrect listings.
>> When you do Delete and allow re-record (and when it works properly),
>> MythWeb will show the episode as never having been recorded--in spite of
>> the entry in the recording history.  So, if MythWeb is showing it as
>> previously recorded, it's likely a failure to properly "allow re-record."
>>
>> I haven't tried Delete and allow re-record in MythWeb 0.24-fixes, but
>> will do so soon and verify it's working as designed.
> 
> Oh, just realized what may be happening.  There is a bug in MythTV 0.24+ 
> where the Previously Recorded screen doesn't properly identify recording 
> status for previously-recorded episodes (and, it's possible this may 
> also be visible in MythWeb--I haven't looked to see which code it's 
> using to get its info).  I started a fix for it last week, but haven't 
> decided how best to actually fix it (and haven't had a chance to work on 
> MythTV for about a week).
> 
> This (display-only) issue in Previously Recorded may be part of the 
> problem (or adding to the confusion, at least).  The bug doesn't affect 
> the scheduler, though.  (Note that it is a "display-only" issue, but it 
> does affect the options you're given on the Previously Recorded screen, 
> so it prevents you from accessing functionality you should have access 
> to--like "Allow this episode to re-record," and such.)

So far as I know, this is only a display issue.  Ever since I started
using MythV (0.21, I think), the program listing page in mythweb has
always shown episodes that have been deleted with allow re-record as
having been recorded.  These episodes are outlined in the listings
exactly the same as episodes that have been watched and then deleted.
So far as I know, I haven't had any problems with the scheduler not
re-recording them.

I have seen cases where previously recorded and deleted episodes won't
re-record even if I hit "Forget Old" on the recording rule page in
mythweb.  As I recall, the status remains "This showing was recorded"
and the scheduler doesn't try to re-record.  I don't know what it takes
to get into this state.  I just tried to reproduce this problem but
things seemed to work correctly.  The episode does still display in
mythweb as being previously recorded even after I did the "Forget Old",
and the "Forget Old" option is still displayed.