[mythtv-users] manual recording rule not obeying day

[David Engel]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:57:19AM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/21/2013 04:06 PM, Tim Draper wrote:
> >I have a manual recording rule setup for "British Touring Car
> >Championship", as a title search. However, there is also a rerun of it
> >3-4 days later.
> >The manual recording rule is also set to find the recording on Sundays
> >only, which does not seem to be working.
> >In short, mythtv is recording both shows; the 7hour live Sunday race,
> >and the 2h edited race mid-week.
> >
> >the BE is on 0.26-fixes (gb02d25a).
> >
> >any ideas on how i can get this resolved?
> 
> OK, I'm guessing that there's a terminology problem in here.  A
> manual recording is a recording where you specify exact start and
> end time and it completely ignores all listings data.  If you're
> using a title search to find the showing, you're using listings.
> So, you seem to be using a Search rule.
> 
> I'm guessing you set up the rule incorrectly using a "find weekly"
> rule.  A "find weekly" doesn't say to find it on the same day each
> week--it simply says to find one episode at any time on any day in a
> week-long window from the time in the recording rule.  So, if you
> set it on Sunday, it may record the Thursday showing and it's
> satisfied the requirements.
> 
> Instead, you should create a record all rule and either just let
> MythTV record both (and delete the one you don't want) or explicitly
> override the recording of the showings you don't want (by setting
> the showing's to "Don't record").
> 
> Alternatively, you could create a more-exact rule using a "pure"
> custom/power rule.  Specifically, using the following example
> clauses you'll find in the custom rule editor:
> 
> Match an exact title
> and
> Anytime on a specific day of the week
> and/or
> Only in prime time
> (though you can modify the specific time range)

Alternatively, for cases like this you can usually use a normal All or
Channel rule type and turn on the "First showing" and "New episode"
filters.

David
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David Engel
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