[mythtv-users] h.264 question

[Jim]

On 6/9/2015 2:06 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com 
> <mailto:t004 at kbocek.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Free previews are just too much of a PITA to use. It would mean
>     adding the channel and loading the programming data for just a few
>     days use. And if you forget to delete the channel you risk broken
>     recordings.
>
>
> It's not too bad if you set up the channels ahead of time and just 
> mark them invisible, then when a preview comes along set them as 
> visible; you'll already have the listing data for them. It doesn't fix 
> the potential for broken recordings, but you could set a reminder for 
> yourself. That's what I've been doing, but Comcast seems to have 
> previews only rarely. Somebody mentioned http://www.freepreview.tv/ 
> earlier, so I'll re-plug it here because it's handy.
>
> Karl
>

That is exactly what I do. I have Dish which does frequent free previews.
I setup Changedetection.com to monitor their perks page and it emails me 
when they make changes to the previews.
The premium channels are all setup in my Myth box and I just toggle the 
visible flag as needed.
I was able to get the complete Game of Thrones (minus current season) 
series this way.

It's all easy now.

-- 
Jim