[mythtv-users] "New Episodes Only" filtering for recording rules

[Jeffrey Hahn]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Martin Moores <moores.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As various seasons are coming to a close (in the UK anyway), such as
> CSI/CSI:NY/NCIS etc etc, I wanted to leave my recording rules in tact, so
> they are ready for next time.  I have never had that many rules, so just
> removed them and re-created them when I knew the series was starting up
> again, but this isn't the best way and is getting harder to manage.
>
> So I checked out the settings via Mythweb and saw I could filter on "New
> Episodes Only".  I changed my rules to have this option, but Myth is still
> scheduling CSI re-runs on Five USA, even though the series has now finished.
>
> I also tried "Exclude Repeat Episodes", but this didn't seem to change
> anything.
>
> I did try and find the right page on the Wiki where this stuff is described,
> but didn't have much luck.  Any advise appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
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I've seen a similar issue with recording Merlin on Syfy in the US. The
original airdates were not the same as the date they were premiering
here, so it was considered a rerun on the schedule. I made a custom
power search to handle it:

channel.channum = '829' AND program.title = 'Merlin' AND
datediff(now(),program.originalairdate) < 365

You'd want to change the channel number and title, of course, and it
assumes you will get the show within 1 year of the original airdate.
With duplicate detection set to "Subtitle and Description" and no
filter, I've never had a false positive and never missed a new
episode.

-Jeff