[mythtv-users] debugging duplicate recordings

[Joey Morris]

Ozzy Lash <ozzy.lash at gmail.com> wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:47:45AM -0500:
> 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.

Good thought, but I don't think that's happening here. I have enough free space
on my drive that nothing is ever auto-expired.