[mythtv-users] debugging duplicate recordings

[Ozzy Lash]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to determine why Myth is recording the same episode of a series
> twice. The two episodes both have a program ID, and the program IDs match,
> so
> I'd expect Myth not to record one of them. A few details:
>
> The recording rule is a power search set up to record episodes of The Andy
> Griffith Show that aired through May 1965. It's set to "Record all
> showings". No
> filters are set.
>
> The show airs on two different channels. Myth appears to be recording
> exactly
> one episode from each channel, never the same episode twice on the same
> channel.
> (However, this may just be a coincidence. It's possible that neither
> channel has
> itself repeated an episode in the 4 months this rule has been active.)
>
> Here's an example of a duplicate recording: In upcoming recordings, I see
> that
> the episode "A Black Day for Mayberry" is set to record on August 24 on
> channel
> 5.2. Its program ID is EP000003240005. Looking through my previous
> recordings, I
> see that "A Black Day for Mayberry", program ID EP000003240005, was
> recorded on
> April 6 on channel 50.2. I have about 20 examples like that.
>
> I always select "Delete" instead of "Delete and allow re-record". If I'd
> seen
> this just once, I'd assume I accidentally chose "allow re-record" for that
> one,
> but I wouldn't have done that 20 times. (Plus, in that case, I don't think
> they'd show up in previous recordings anyway.)
>
> Does anyone have thoughts about why Myth is recording these episodes twice
> or
> advice for further troubleshooting?
>
> Thanks.
> Joey
>
>
Is it possible that the old recording auto-expired without being marked as
watched?  I think, in that case, the episode would get re-recorded.  I
notice that the "watched" detection doesn't always mark a show watched, so
sometimes I will manually mark something as watched.

Bill
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