[mythtv-users] Custom Recording

[Kirk Bocek]

On 9/17/2015 8:39 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/17/2015 11:31 AM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>> On Thursday, September 17, 2015 10:52:55 AM Robert Dege wrote:
>>> I'm trying to create a custom recording so that mythtv will record my
>>> favorite football team for the 2015 season.  However, I think I'm 
>>> running
>>> into problems.
>>>
>>> Doing an advanced search, I discovered that the term 'NFL Football' is
>>> identified as a title, whereas the team's name is listed as a subtitle.
>>>
>>> When I create a custom recording schedule, I am unable to use any 
>>> obvious
>>> combination of terms to limit the recording to 'NFL Football' and 
>>> 'Team',
>>> whether it's a title search or keyword search.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>> For my local NHL team I just do a keyword search: "Edmonton Oilers".
>>
>> What NFL team would have a name that would show up in anything but 
>> the title of a game broadcast?
>>
>
> The difference is that his approach (when used with the true 
> Custom/Power Recording Rule) would only record games featuring his 
> team.  Your approach would record The Tonight Show with "Guest Mark 
> Letestu of the Edmonton Oilers", or similar, when the team name 
> appears somewhere.  Both approaches are valid--and yours may actually 
> be preferred, depending on whether you're a fan of the team/players or 
> a fan of the games.
>

This is the power search I've used for years for my Niners:

program.title like "nfl%football%" and program.subtitle like "%49ers%"