[mythtv-users] Recording rule to prevent any tuners from recording during certain times?

[Jim Morton]

On 1/16/2013 11:46 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/16/2013 11:34 AM, Jim Morton wrote:
>>
>> On 1/16/2013 11:23 AM, Jason Bilbrey wrote:
>>> I'd like to schedule a reboot of my MythTV system on a reoccurring 
>>> basis.  That's easy enough, but I'd like to make sure that MythTV 
>>> isn't recording at that time.  Is there a way to make sure the 
>>> system recording rules prevent any recordings that would overlap the 
>>> reboot window? For example, if I wanted to reboot daily at 1am, 
>>> could I make sure the system never schedules any programs to record 
>>> from 12:55am to 1:15am?
>>>
>>>
>> I suggest you make it from 1am - 1:30am so it is all contained inside 
>> one 30 minute "slot". (Or maybe even 1:05 - 1:25 to allow a few 
>> minutes for other begin early/end late rules.)
>> Setup a time slot recording rule from 1:05am - 1:10am every night
>
> You'd need a manual recording rule.  A time slot recording rule 
> specifies an exact program (by title) airing at a specific time (where 
> start and end time are identical in the listings).  Manual recording 
> rule lets you specify exact times to record from any given channel.
>
>> to record directly into the deleted group. This will cause the 
>> scheduler to avoid the 1-1:30 slot for other recordings since it 
>> would be a conflict.
>
> Assuming you have prioritized the manual recording rule sufficiently 
> high, and you have manual recording rules to fill up all of your 
> tuners (and virtual tuners).
>
>> Then set your reboot up to happen at 1:12am.
>
> So, better--if the exact reboot time isn't critical--would be to just 
> use mythshutdown to determine when is an acceptable time to reboot.
>
>
Yes, manual recording rule not time slot, my bad.
This is the approach I use to give my satellite boxes a safe window to 
phone home in.
I thought it would be easy to adapt it to create a safe reboot window 
but I did not consider that you'd need to tie up all the tuners.

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  Jim Morton