[mythtv-users] Record duplicates?

[Chris Pinkham]

Sorry for the slow response, I've been out of town.

The "record new, expire old" never gets looked at if you still have the
same exact episode hanging around.  Myth sees the episode still in the
recorded table and doesn't waste time recording it again.  Otherwise
you'd have 2 copies of the same episode recorded at the same time.  I
guess this still doesn't handle shows where they don't have unique
title/subtitle/description info but it should work properly for shows
that do.

> > Are you sure there weren't any other higher-rated shows on at the same
> > time and one of them recorded?  The "record new, expire old" flag only
> > has to do with the maxEpisodes setting.  Also, do you still have the
> > show in your recorded table, because myth shouldn't re-record if you
> > still have the original recording around even if the flag is set.
> 
> Isn't that what "expire old" means?  Record the new version and delete
> the old one?  Or rather, "record duplicates" should take care of that.. 
> I would expect that recording duplicates would still record even if I
> already have the show on the drive...
> 
> But yes, I think that the episode was still around.

-- 

Chris