[mythtv-users] MythWeb Recording Schedule

[David Engel]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:31:29AM -0400, Scott and Nicole Harris wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:41:05 -0500
> > The "Record New Episodes Only" option came first and is not a filter.
> > The scheduler still matches old programs and marks them so they show
> > up as "repeats" in the View Scheduled and Previously Recorded screens.
> > Think of it as a variation on duplicate checking. That's why it's
> > historically been grouped with the duplicate checking options.
> >
> > The "New episode" filter came later and is truly a filter. When used,
> > the scheduler won't match old programs at all and they won't show up
> > in View Scheduled and Previously Recorded. When the original new
> > episode and identifiable filters were added, they were hard coded and
> > were shoehorned in with the duplicate checking options. The filters
> > were split out from the duplicate checking options like they should
> > have been all along when we added the new, extensible filters.
> >
> > We could probably do away with the "Record New Episodes Only" option,
> > but I suspect there are a lot of users who like seeing the repeats
> > explicitly marked as such. I'm probably in that group since I still
> > tend to use it instead of a filter.
> 
> What happens when "Record New Episodes Only" AND "New Episode" are both selected? 		 	   		  

"Record New Episodes Only" is irrelevant in that case because the
scheduler will never see any old episodes to mark as repeats.

David
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