[mythtv-users] Duplicate detection
Jan Ceuleers
jan.ceuleers at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 14:58:51 UTC 2016
On 20/09/16 16:16, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> So I (finally) looked at the code and there's an explicit check for
> subtitle <> '' when using the subtitle dup check method (and similar
> checks for subtitle and description with the subtitle and description
> method, etc.). In other words, we do not compare empty fields for dup
> detection--we instead treat those as "generic" episodes (meaning
> unidentified episodes), so they're always recorded since we don't know
> which episode it is--just in case you haven't seen it.
Thanks Mike.
I have added the following to the duplicate matching wiki page and will
add a link to your reply when it appears on gossamer:
Q. I chose the duplicate check method 'Subtitle', but it is not
effective at avoiding re-recordings of movies.
A. The scheduler disregards empty fields in its decisions, and movies
generally only have titles but no subtitles. The 'Subtitle' duplicate
check method therefore causes movies to be treated as "generic episodes"
which are always recorded.
Jan
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