[mythtv-users] Schedule with Maxepisodes records one too many with back-to-back recordings

[David Engel]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 09:42:34PM -0700, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 02:46:06PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >> On 08/26/2012 12:46 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
> >> >Well, I've been dealing with this issue for several years but now I've
> >> >started watching a show that triggers this every day and it's finally
> >> >annoying enough that I thought I'd dig into it more. I found this old
> >> >ticket: http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6438 which seems to address
> >> >the situation I have. It's marked as fixed, but that bug might have
> >> >been for a slightly more specific situation. Basically, I have a
> >> >recording rule with "No. of recordings to keep" set to 3 and "Record
> >> >new and expire old" unselected. Normally, the schedule works correctly
> >> >and I always keep 3 episodes around. However, if there are 2 episodes
> >> >aired back-to-back (on the same channel) and I have one less than the
> >> >maximum episodes recorded, Myth will record the first episode as it
> >> >should but then it will record the second episode as well. Then after
> >> >it has finished recording, the auto-expire code will notice there is
> >> >one too many and proceed to expire the oldest recording. To work
> >> >around this, I have to look at the upcoming recordings and manually
> >> >tell the second airing not to record. The above mentioned ticket had a
> >> >patch which also checked for any recordings in-progress, but for some
> >> >reason it was rejected. I do have a 90 second soft pre and post-record
> >> >set up; not sure if that might be affecting this.
> >> >
> >> >Should I revive this old ticket, or create a new one?
> >>
> >> If it's doing it again, then create a new ticket.  You may refer to
> >> the old ticket, if it's related, but since the previous issue was
> >> fixed, this is not the same issue, so should not be the same ticket.
> >
> > Yes, please create a new ticket.  It's the same symptom, but a totally
> > different bug that was introduced when the rsTuning status was added.
> > And yes, I have the fix wating! :)
> >
> > David
> > --
> > David Engel
> > david at istwok.net
> 
> Done. Here it is: http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11049

Thanks.

David
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David Engel
david at istwok.net