[mythtv-commits] Ticket #10975: Repeats (in schedule recording options) cannot be modified

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#10975: Repeats (in schedule recording options) cannot be modified
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 Reporter:  amlopezalonso@…       |          Owner:  gigem
     Type:  Bug Report - General  |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - Scheduling   |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium                |     Resolution:  Invalid
 Keywords:                        |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by amlopezalonso@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 gigem]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 amlopezalonso@…]:
 > > Single program is not obviously the case: any other "several
 recordings" option (like record always in this channel) would render
 repeats unavailable.
 >
 > I don't understand this.

 Let's suppose I want to record all weekly episodes of "Fringe" (one new
 per week) from the same channel. Then, when scheduling, I'd choose to
 "record weekly on this channel" (or so). But then I realize the
 broadcaster is filling the title field with "Fringe" but leave the
 subtitle field blank, so the scheduler "thinks" the rest of the season
 episodes are the same (duplicates) as the first one (as there is no
 episode title in the subtitle field) thus not recording them. In the past
 I'd just mark the "ignore duplicates" option and you're good to go: all
 episodes were recorded regardless whether they are the same or not. But
 that option is no more so I tried to use the "Repeats:" entry but found it
 is always unreachable for unknown reasons regardless of the scheduling
 type (weekly, etc.).

 >
 > > What do you mean by "guide data not provide the needed information to
 detect repeats"? In the past, I only ticked the "ignore duplicates" to
 schedule recordings when no subtitle was available and a series name
 (title) was always the same.
 >
 > The guide data contains information that mythtv uses to identify
 programs that have been shown before.  For example, some guide data have
 an original air date field while others have an explicit new/repeat flag
 and might.  When present, mythtv uses the information to label some
 programs as repeats, aka previously shown.
 >

 That's fine with me though I'm not sure my EPG holds that kind of data
 (probably not). Nevertheless I'm talking about just recognizing new
 episodes. Title/subtitle is a common pair to tell between them but some
 broadcasters do not use the latter and that was what made "ignore
 duplicates" useful.

 > Note that repeats should not be confused with rebroadcasts.  Many
 networks rebroadcast the same program multiple times in a day or week.  If
 a program is rebroadcast, that does not necessarily make it a repeat.

 Certainly, I got that clear.

 Regards,
 Antonio

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