[mythtv-users] Re: Record this timeslot every week - dumb question

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Wed Aug 17 13:14:12 UTC 2005


David Bennett wrote:

>Thank you everyone for the ideas. A few problems though:
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>(1) 
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>>You didn't specify or give an example but if it is something like
>>"X-treme Fly Fishing: Bass", "X-treme Fly Fishing: Trout", etc.,
>>You could go to Search Words->Title and Enter "X-treme Fly Fishing"
>>then click the "Record" button on the popup. This would create a
>>"(Title Search)" rule that matches anything with the key phrase in
>>the title. This way, you wouldn't need to lock it into a timeslot
>>so the scheduler could chose a replay or find an episode if it was
>>in a special time slot or if the station changes the regularly
>>scheduled time.
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>Tried doing this. Went to "search" from the web interface. I put in a
>partial string and it came up. I clicked on it and told it to record
>every time on this channel. It did not use the info from the search
>string, but rather the title that I clicked on to bring up the
>recording menu. Does this make sense? Is what you recommended
>something I have to do from the Frontend or Backend? (ie. not the web
>interface.)
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>>I did the same thing for a hosted movie series "Midnight Snack" Fridays
>>at midnight The Sundance Channel.
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>>Rule Name: "Midnight Snack"
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>>channel.callsign = "SUNDAEP"
>>AND DAYNAME(program.starttime) = "Saturday"
>>AND HOUR(program.starttime) = 0
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>Sounds like a great idea, but i haven't the foggiest idea where to (or
>how to!) for that matter input this kind of manual recording profile.
>Looked around a bit and did not find a menu option. I am trying to
>record a show that comes on every wednesday at 10pm and a specific
>channel, but always has a different title.
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Don't use MythWeb.  These suggestions are for the Frontend.

Kevin


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