[mythtv-users] Customizing a recording rule

[Ross Boylan]

It's not currently showing on the channel I want to record off of.
And, I guess because the shows I want to skip are in Spanish, they are
not recognized as having been previously recorded.

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Ross Boylan <rossboylan at stanfordalumni.org>
> wrote:
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>> I have a recording rule which turns out to be overly broad; I want to
>> restrict it to only record the show on one channel.
>>
>> If I edit the existing rule in the usual way and select filters, this
>> channel  only, it is ineffective.  I assume that is because "this
>> channel" means the channel on which the show is being broadcast now,
>> the channel I want to avoid.
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>> Try 2: Recording Rules | highlight the rule I want to modify.  Hit M
>> and select Custom Edit.  The box that pops up says "Create a Custom
>> Recording Rule", which seemed odd since I want to modify the existing
>> rule.  In the "Rule SQL" field, which is pretty small, I added my
>> modification ("and program.chanid = 1051") and hit Store.  It offers 2
>> choices, "replace as search" and "replace as an example", neither of
>> which sounds right.  I tried replace as search, as well as hitting the
>> "record" button instead of "store", but nothing seems to affect the
>> rule.  When I  go back to it the SQL in custom edit is unchanged, and
>> the programs still show up to record.
>>
>> What do I need to do to make this work?  Are rules with custom SQL
>> somehow a different type of rule, so that I must create a new one and
>> delete the old?
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>> Also, I couldn't find a table that seemed to hold the recording rules
>> in the database.  I'd appreciate a pointer.
>>
>> Running Myth 0.27 with the Arclight theme (I think--not sure how to
>> tell for sure).
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ross Boylan
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> I would delete the existing rule, go to Manage recordings>Schedule
> recordings>Program Guide, find the show on the channel you do want to
> record, hit enter, then choose to edit rule, and then try this channel.
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