[mythtv-users] rsNotListed?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Marc,

Monday, December 12, 2016, 7:52:13 PM, you wrote:



> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Marc,
>  

>  Monday, December 12, 2016, 7:11:54 PM, you wrote:
>  
 >> Hello Everyone,
>  
>  
 >> On Saturday, I wanted to record a sporting event. I set up all the
 >> timers and double checked everything.
>  
>  
 >> However, on Sunday when I went to check, looks like the event I
 >> wanted didn't record. I found it in the "oldrecorded" table with a "recStatus" of 6, or rsNotListed.
>  
>  
>  
 >> My understanding of that status (from this thread
 >> http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2006-August/146372.html)
 >> is that if the title of a program changes, MythTv won't record,
 >> assuming that it is no longer the show you actually wanted.
>  
>  
 >> Looking at the timeline, it seems like this would be a possible scenario:
 >> - Set up all recordings around 3:15PM
 >> - Mythfilldatabase ran at 4PM
 >> - Event at 7PM didn't record.
>  
>  
 >> I looked and it's possible that the "Title" of the event changed (fixed typo) at 4PM.
>  
>  
 >> My guide data is relatively sparse (it's XMLTV based, and I control
 >> the perl script) and includes start time, end time, title and whether or not the show is HD.
>  
>  
 >> My 2 questions are:
 >> - Is there a way that I can disable that functionality (even if the
 >> show moved, I'd rather it took a chance that it was still rather than do nothing)?
>  
 >> - Can I put more data into the XMLTV so that title renaming of a
 >> title doesn't trigger this behavior?
>  
>  
 >> Thanks!
 >> Marc
>  
>  I don't think you can disable that but you can record on time instead
>  of on title.
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>  
>  Tot mails,
>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

>  


> Hi Hika,


> Thank you for the quick response, and workaound... That would work,
> but takes a 1-click record, to lots of clicks...


> Do you know if setting a "unique ID" (program_id) for the program
> would be a reasonable workaround to prevent minor changes from the
> guide provider from killing the recording?


> Thanks,
> Marc

Anything that identifies the program. You'll have to write an SQL
query and see if it finds it.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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