[mythtv-users] How to tell the scheduler that video source will be unavailable

[Simon Hobson]

Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers at gmail.com> wrote:

> My CATV operator has announced that there will be service interruptions
> during working hours on each day of next week.
> 
> Is there a way of informing the scheduler that the signal isn't going to
> be available during these times so that no recordings should be
> attempted, regardless of what the guide data says?


How about setting a manual recording rule for a channel you won't be watching ? Set it high priority so it will bump any other recordings to other showings. As long as the loss of signal doesn't make the recording fail (stop), you'll get a useless recording but it will have forced the scheduler to move everything else. If you set it to keep only one recording, and delete older ones, then it'll automatically delete each recording the next day when it starts the next one.