[mythtv-users] Conditional custom recording rule

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 10:54:11 UTC 2014


Hoi Hika,

Monday, October 6, 2014, 12:50:34 PM, you wrote:

> Hoi Ian,

> Monday, October 6, 2014, 12:33:53 PM, you wrote:

>> 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."

> Then you have to use the power search and select daily one recording
> and filter this time. Also filter that the title contains 'news' or
> 'global news'. You then set the ctv channel at a one higher priority
> it will only pick another channel if it's not there at that time.
> Of cause you could also put an SQL rule in there that checks of
> different channels in order for the presence of a show at 6 o'clock 
> which title contains 'news'. But that is tricky.


> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

Another thought. Keep your normal rule for ctv news in place and add
another rule that records one show daily at 6 o'clock whose title
contains 'news' or whatever with as prerequisitive that the 6 o'clock
ctv news is missing! I think there are sql rules to that effect
around.



Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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