[mythtv-users] Recording Rule Help

[Jay Foster]

On 05/23/2015 05:16 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/22/2015 07:27 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:
>> On 22 May 2015 at 23:44, Jay Foster wrote:
>>> Accidentally sent this to the wrong group.
>>>
>>> Recently, a program that I regularly record has begun airing on the 
>>> same day
>>> at an earlier time on a different channel.  MythTV is now scheduling 
>>> this
>>> airing, but I would prefer it to still record the airing on the other
>>> channel, unless it is not being aired on the other channel.
>>>
>>> So I want the new programs to always get recorded (on any channel), 
>>> but on a
>>> specific channel when available there.  For now, I use an override 
>>> for each
>>> week (when I remember) to record a specific showing (the channel I 
>>> prefer).
>>> I'm looking for a way to make this automatic so I do not need to 
>>> remember to
>>> make the override.
>> Create two new rules for the program using the EPG, each using the
>> "This Channel" filter (select a showing from each channel to do this).
>> Disable/delete the current rule.
>
> Yes, you must delete the existing any channel rule, otherwise, you 
> cannot create a new rule for the show--you can only create a rule for 
> a show that doesn't already match a rule.
>
>> Specify a higher priority for the recording rule for your preferred
>> channel, so that the scheduler calculates higher overall priorities
>> for the showings on your favoured channel. These will be considered
>> first.
>>
>> Specify a lower priority for the other rule so that it will pick up
>> any remaining showings on the non-favoured channel.
>
> Perfect description of what to do, except the 2nd rule you create (for 
> the "other" channel you don't want to record from) can be an "any 
> channel" rule with lower recording priority so that you have your any 
> channel rule, but a preference for the one channel. Otherwise, you 
> will record only from the 2 "this channel" channels, even if it moves 
> to a different channel later.
>
> Mike
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Thanks for the ideas.  As my luck would have it, this show is not being 
aired on my preferred channel next week.  So, when I tried to first set 
up the 'this channel' rule for my preferred channel, I could not, since 
it was not in the upcoming listings for the next 12 days.  However, I 
did attempt to do so using the listings for earlier (effectively setting 
up a recording for a program aired in the past).  I'm not sure it 
worked, though.  I also setup the 'any' channel rule for the other 
channel(s).

MythWeb shows both of my recording rules.  On the 'this channel' rule, 
there is no indication of which channel is the 'this channel'.  How does 
one know?

It will probably be several months before I know if this will work. It 
will likely be a month before the preferred channel airs the programs 
again (pledge break) and by then they would not record due to 
'previously recorded' matching to recordings for the other channel.

Jay