[mythtv-users] More info about scheduling new recordings

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Curtis Stanford wrote:

>Does the 'New recordings' settings work for anyone? I really would like to get 
>this to work so here is a detailed description of my latest attempt.
>
>I decided to pick a show that had a mixture of new and old episodes (in my 
>case, Canadian Idol). I checked the program table and the previously shown 
>field was set perfectly (i.e. it was 0 for the new episodes and 1 for the 
>many repeats on other channels)
>
>Then I did the following:
>
>1. Deleted all instances of recordings for Canadian Idol. I wanted to start 
>fresh.
>
>2. Selected 'Program Finder' and scrolled to Canadian Idol and pressed the 
>right arrow.
>
>3. About a dozen episodes where shown on the right. I picked one and hit 
>Enter.
>
>4. Pressed 'i' to go to advanced screen.
>
>5. Noticed that Scheduling Options and Storage Options were disabled. Selected 
>'Record at any time on any channel'.
>  
>

There appears to be a bug causing the wrong value to be selected if you 
hit select the recording type from the full list of types instead of 
using the left/right arrows I'll take a look at fixing it.