[mythtv-users] Pilots and Premieres power search anyone?

Jim lists at morton.hrcoxmail.com
Tue Sep 29 15:35:03 UTC 2015


On 9/29/2015 10:32 AM, Kenneth Emerson wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:
>> Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>>> Does anyone
>>> have the search terms used for this?  IIRC it involved the episode
>>> number
>>
>> Here is mine:
>>
>> program.first > 0 AND (program.programid LIKE 'EP%0001' OR program.subtitle
>> LIKE '%Pilot%')
>> AND program.originalairdate =
>> DATE(CONVERT_TZ(program.starttime,'UTC','SYSTEM'))  AND
>> program.previouslyshown = 0
>> AND program.category NOT IN (
>>   'Travel',
>>   'Sports Event',
>>   'Sports Talk',
>>   'Children',
>>   'Public Affairs',
>>   'Reality',
>>   'Shopping',
>>   'News',
>>   'Cooking',
>>   'Romance',
>>   'Entertainment',
>>   'Talk',
>>   'Game Show',
>>   'Music',
>>   'Sports non-event'
>>   )
>>
>> Doug
>>
> I have used Doug's power search with a few more categories added, and
> it is working fine for the new season.  My question is this: Once I've
> decided I don't want to watch a particular series and I select the
> Edit Recording Rule for that program and tell it to never record, does
> that affect the power search rule or is there a separate rule created
> for each match the power search finds?  I'm afraid that I'll affect
> all of the other series that are being recorded.
>
> If it is the former, how do I change the rule under which the series I
> want to keep is recorded? (i.e. remove it from the power search rule
> and give it its own).
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> -- Ken E.
> _______________________________________________
>
>

That is only going to record the pilot shows.
You have to watch it and decide if you want to continue recording that 
show.
If you do then you must create a rule for that specific show.
If you don't like it - do nothing.

-- 
Jim




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