[mythtv-users] Recording specific episodes?

[david.blevins at visi.com]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 01:06:07AM -0600, david.blevins at visi.com wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:18:27AM -0600, david.blevins at visi.com wrote:
> > Is there anyway to set mythtv up to record specific episodes of a show
> > whenever they happen to be on?  I don't mind typing the episode names
> > into mysql directly if I have to.
> > 
> > Here is where I'm coming from--I bet there are a lot of people in the same boat.
> > 
> > Angel -- I want any episodes from seasons 3-5, but 1 or 2 as they are out on DVD.
> > Buffy -- Only want episodes from season 7, I've seen the other seasons.
> > Farscape -- Only want seasons 3 & 4, have a friend with season 1 & 2 on DVD.
> > Futurama --  Need season 4 & 5, the others are on DVD.
> > 
> > You can see pattern.  I'm in the same boat with Smallville and Alias,
> > but it isn't bad with those shows are there aren't a sea of old
> > episodes in syndication, yet.
> > 
> > Speak up if you also want this feature.
> > 
> > The thought of cooking up a perl script to run from cron right after
> > mythfilldatabse crossed my mind, but that wouldn't pickup replacements
> > and would likely cause scheduling conflicts on a regular basis.
> > 
> 
> It occurred to me, after more time thinking about this, that the best
> approach would be to fill the oldrecorded table with records for the
> episodes you don't want.  I'm imagining an add-on to mythweb that
> snarfs data from epguides.com and presents you with a list of
> episodes.  You can then check the ones you don't want and they will be
> added to oldrecorded.

Just to complete this thread for the archives.  I did write a script
to do this, you can get it here:

   http://www.codehaus.org/~dblevins/mythtv/mythtvepisodes

Enjoy.

-David