[mythtv-users] Conditional custom recording rule

[Ian Evans]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 5:35 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Ian,
>
> Monday, October 6, 2014, 5:45:01 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Just wondering if this use case is possible.
>
> > We normally record the local CTV news at 6pm. On weekends,
> > depending on sports schedules, they don't air a 6pm news at all,
> pre-empting it for the game.
>
> > We can't just schedule another local news just in case because we
> > already have another show recording and we have just two tuners.
>
> > Is there anyway to say in a rule something like this:
>
> > "If there isn't a show with the title 'CTV News' airing at 6pm on
> > CFTO record  'Evening News' on CIII-HD instead"
>
> > Thanks.
>
> In mythweb at the filters check 'this time' and 'this channel'
>
>
Hika...

I think you missed the point of my question. I only want to record ANOTHER
local news show when the local news show I USUALLY watch is pre-empted by
sports.

Again, don't know if this is possible, but in non SQL terms I'm saying
"Record Global News at 6 ONLY when CTV News at 6 is NOT on."
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