[mythtv] calling the scheduler

John Patrick Poet john at BlueSkyTours.com
Thu May 27 10:02:01 EDT 2004


On Wed, 26 May 2004, John Patrick Poet wrote:

>
> On Mon, 24 May 2004, Bruce Markey wrote:
>
> > John Patrick Poet wrote:
> > >
> > > My local HDTV stations go off the air occationally due to techincal
> > > difficulties.  If a show is scheduled to record when the station is off
> > > the air, the recording fails -- of course.
> > >
> > > How do I modify the behavior of Myth, such that when this happens the
> > > scheduler is notified, so it knows that that tuner is available for
> > > another task?
> > >
> > > For example, a lower priority show could go ahead and record, if a
> > > conflicing higher priority show is not going to be recorded due to the
> > > station being "off the air".
> >
> > Go to TV->Schedule Recordings->Fix Conflicts . For each show that
> > is scheduled during the 'off the air' period, highlight it, press
> > Enter (SELECT) and click "Don't record". A second or two later the
> > item will turn gray and the status column will show "X".
> >
> > This will do a couple things, like you said, it will free up a
> > tuner to possibly record another show. Also, if the show you
> > missed has multiple showings, the scheduler will know it needs
> > to record it at another time.
> >
> > If the station comes back sooner than expected, go back to the
> > conflicts page, hit Enter and choose "Clear Override".
> >
> > --  bjm
>
> Thanks Bruce, that works.


Oops, I meant "that *should* work".

Unfortunately, it does not.  Myth thinks the show is still being
actively recorded.  In this state, "selecting" the show in the "Fix
Schedule" screen, only brings up two options:

1) OK
2) Edit Options

The choice of "Don't record", is not an option.

I tried choosing "Edit Options", and then "Do not record", but that has
no affect.

It seems like tv_rec needs to change the "state" of the show, so it can be
managed, when it detects that it cannot record it.

John



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