[mythtv-users] MythTV System Events Start Recording
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Aug 20 13:39:25 UTC 2013
On 08/20/2013 09:30 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
> On 20/08/13 14:20, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 08/20/2013 05:45 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>>> This event seems to fire even when watching Live TV. I know Live TV is
>>> technically a recording, but there is also a LiveTV event. Is this
>>> intended behavior?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> If I can make a patch to change this so the event only fires for
>>> scheduled recordings would this be accepted?
>>
>> No. A script can use, for example, %RECGROUP% to find out whether it's
>> Live TV and, if it doesn't care about Live TV, can ignore it.
>>
>
> OK, fair enough. In that case what's the point of the LiveTV event?
AIUI, starting Live TV means entering Live TV, but doesn't report new
recordings from channel changes or program transitions within a Live TV
session.
Mike
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