[mythtv-users] Can't re-record some old recordings

[David Engel]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 09:47:31AM -0500, David Engel wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 07:32:16AM +0200, Thomas Börkel wrote:
> > HI David,
> > 
> > On 19.09.2013 00:30, David Engel wrote:
> > 
> > > Your new program entries have a description, but your oldrecorded
> > > entry doesn't.  Is your recording rule set to subtitle-only or
> > > subtitle-then-description?  If yes, that's the cause.  The "forget"
> > > logic has always been rather simple minded in that it relises and
> > > subtitle and description to match.  I suppose I'll have to make it
> > > smarter adn use the duplicate check method in place.
> > 
> > It is "subtitle only" since a while. Before it was "description only".
> > 
> > I switched my xmltv provider about 2 years ago. The old one provided
> > always only description.
> > 
> > The new one provides always subtitle and most of the time description.
> > 
> > This is the reason I changed the duplicate check method when I switched
> > the xmltv provider.
> > 
> > Can I implement a workaround until a fix is available?
> 
> Yes, go to Previously Recorded(*).  Find the program you want to
> re-record.  Press ENTER and choose Allow this episode to re-record.

This should be fixed in master and 0.27-fixes now.

David
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