[mythtv] Suggested change in oldrecord behaviour

[Ed Wildgoose]

Derek Atkins wrote:

>Ed Wildgoose <lists at wildgooses.com> writes:
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>>Just to be clear why this would be useful (for me).  I setup stuff
>>like the Simpsons, and Friends and other stuff to record so that I
>>have an episode or two kicking around for when I am bored.  However,
>>they record far quicker than I can watch them, and then none of the
>>episodes re-record when they re-run them a few weeks later, regardless
>>of whether I watched them or not.  I would find it more useful if it
>>actually *knew* which ones I had seen, and didn't re-record only those
>>ones...
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>Uh, why not just use the "Delete and Re-record" feature when
>you delete the recordings?
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Because it is often deleted by the auto expire...  I set it to keep no 
more than say, 6 episodes, but for example we get like 12+ showings of 
friends a week here (reruns).  And a Simpsons episode most days (when 
it's on).  And I don't have that much time to watch tv...

So I like the idea that the ones I watch and manually delete disappear, 
and the others get re-recorded next time because effectively I didn't 
actually record them (by not watching them...)

Also, for films I usually don't want to set them to re-record, but 
sometimes you just see something on the telly and thing, hmm, like to 
see that again, and then it's annoying when it doesn't record after 
all... (yes I know I could spend all my time watching the conflicts 
screen and sorting this stuff out, but I'm trying to make my life easier...)

>When I single-record something I don't want it to re-record later.  If
>I want something to re-record I delete it with the "and record later"
>option.
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See above.  I watch a film and it's only later on I fancy watching it 
again (perhaps years later...)

>Note that if I mark something as single-record it should record it
>regardless of what's in the database.
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Yes, that's what that patch in the previous email will do.

Ed W