[mythtv-users] Delete and Allow Rerecord Issue
Jay Foster
jayf0ster at roadrunner.com
Sat May 12 20:53:07 UTC 2018
On 05/12/2018 07:34 AM, K Stanton wrote:
>
> On 5/10/2018 10:03 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 05/09/2018 03:26 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>>> I'm using v0.28.2-1-g2d49bc1 on mythbuntu, and have noticed an issue
>>> (bug?) with the delete and allow rerecord feature.
>>>
>>> A couple of months ago I started recording a syndicated TV series.
>>> The station cycles through the season over and over, which is fine.
>>> Most of the episodes, I recorded, watched and deleted. Two
>>> episodes, I recorded , watched, and deleted and allow rerecord. When
>>> those episodes aired again, MythTV rerecorded them. I watched them
>>> and selected delete (no rerecord). However, every time those two
>>> episodes air again, MythTV records them again. Perhaps the delete
>>> (no rerecord) action fails to clear any previously set allow
>>> rerecord flag?
>>>
>>> Anyone else observe this kind of behavior?
>>
>>
>> The "allow rerecord" flag you mention is placed on the record
>> specifying when the episode was recorded--it's not some universal
>> "allow rerecord" flag as it only affects existing/previous
>> recordings. Therefore, when MythTV records the episode again, a new
>> record is created showing it was recorded. This record is created
>> such that it is considered for duplicate detection. Therefore, there
>> is no way a past "delete and allow rerecord" could affect a future
>> recording.
>>
>> Something else must be happening. Either the episode rerecords
>> because it being recorded using a rule that disables duplicate
>> detection or because it's a generic episode (and, therefore, isn't
>> considered for duplicate detection) or because it's not actually a
>> match for the recently-deleted-and-not-allow-rerecorded episode
>> (different program ID or slight changes to matching information) or ...
>>
>> You can find more information about how duplicate detection works at
>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Duplicate_matching and you might figure
>> out what's causing it to rerecord.
>>
>> Mike
>>
> I'm always glad Mike is on here. He knows the stuff.
>
> Could you possibly have created a few "record this episode" rules and
> set them to ignore previous? A quick scan through the Recording Rules
> will show any spurious rules for that show. Do you have other rules
> based on Actors or other keywords that are coincidentally finding
> these episodes? Aside from something like that, I'm thinking these
> few episodes are coincidentally "generic", as Mike suggests.
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No, just one recording rule (any time, any channel). The listings data
match what was previously recorded. They are complete with
season/episode number, episode sub title, and description. They are not
generic listings. I am stumped as to why this happens.
It is not that big of a deal, since it is easy enough to delete the
re-recordings. It just seems like something not working as it should
somewhere.
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