[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #5846: Recording priority of old programs
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Oct 24 15:02:42 UTC 2008
On 10/21/2008 09:00 PM, MythTV wrote:
>> #5846: Recording priority of old programs
>>
>> When having multiple recordings scheduled, that conflict - new programs
>> (air date current) are sometimes skipped over when a conflicting program
>> with an old (1+ year in past) yet unseen program is scheduled before it:
>>
>> example:
>> 1900: CSI miami
>> 1900: knight rider
>> 1930: cops
>>
>> in this case, csi miami aired in 2007, yet knight rider and cops were new
>> episodes, but because csi miami hadn't yet been watched, it still
>> recorded.
>>
>> So: when multiple programs are set to record with the same priority, add
>> the option of recording the program with the newest air date.
> Comment:
>
> Feature request without patch.
Besides, that's how it works--the newest rule wins when there's a tie.
What the reporter probably doesn't understand is that different
recording rule types have different prioritization and there are many
other criteria that affect recording priority--not just the
rule-specified priority--so the rules were not equal recording priority.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/110597#110597 (among
many other posts from Bruce)
and, for the full story:
http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html (whole section--through the
end of 12.6)
Mike
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