[mythtv-users] What causes "Not Listed" recording status?

[Mike Perkins]

On 06/07/15 10:58, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 10:02:39 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> I tried to set up a recording yesterday about an hour before the show
>> started by selecting a recording from the listing guide and choosing
>> "record this showing", but the recording status showed "Not listed". I then
>> tried a bunch of variations including "record all on any channel" and even
>> a manual schedule, using both the frontend and mythweb, but it remained
>> stuck on "Not listed". All filters were cleared. Weirdly, the same show a
>> week later shows up scheduled as expected (when using any recording
>> schedule type). Here's the first few lines from my mythbacked --printsched
>> (from yesterday morning):
> [snip]
>
> What "Not listed" is supposed to mean is that you set up a rule for a
> single record or the like - a rule that records a program at a
> specified time and date.  Then later, the EPG data has changed and
> that rule can not find the program to record it.  I get it
> occasionally here in New Zealand when some high profile sporting event
> comes along and they decide to run that instead of a one-off
> documentary I had marked to record, or when I have told the scheduler
> with an override that a particular playing of one episode of a program
> was the one I wanted to record.
>
I get round that problem by selecting "Find and record one of these". That 
allows for rescheduling by the networks and/or movements between channels - 
which happens a lot around here at Wimbledon time...

..it does require an eyeball or two to make sure you have the episode you wanted 
but that's better than missing it completely.

-- 

Mike Perkins