[mythtv-users] manual recording rule not obeying day

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed May 22 18:25:58 UTC 2013


On 05/22/2013 01:53 PM, David Engel wrote:
> 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.

Nice.  That's much easier.

Mike


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