[mythtv-users] Scheduled Recordings Vanished

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/02/2006 08:45 PM, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> My Scheduled Records list mysteriously vanished earlier today. It
> restored itself after I manually ran mythfilldatabase (I am using
> Zap2It). I suspect that there was a glitch w/ Zap2It that wound up
> blowing away the lineup information in the local MythTV database on
> the update this morning. Some shows I wanted to record didn't get
> recorded. Anyone else ever have this issue?
>   

If your program listings disappeared, I'd guess you're using 0.18.x 
because 0.19 will not delete listings when no data is received.  If your 
program listings did not disappear and only your scheduled recordings 
did, I'd guess you're using 0.19 and MySQL 5.0 ( 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/186471#186471 )

> Is it feasible for MythTV to just ``blindly'' record things that were
> previously scheduled if the user desires? All MythTV really needs to
> keep track of is (1) a channel number, (2) a start time, and (3) an
> end time. That way, when I had the momentary database glitch from
> Zap2It, I still would have gotten my shows, and I could have fixed up
> the labels after the fact.
>   

0.19 doesn't delete the program listings, which is probably a better 
approach so you don't lose the program information.

> Also (a bit off-topic), I gradually get new channels in my channel
> list that I simply don't care about. This is probably Zap2It
> automatically adding them to my lineup as the channels offered by my
> broadcast provider change. I can't find a way to ask Zap2It to stop
> automatically adding the channels to my lineup whenever there's a
> change.
>   

TMS said they would try to get a user-preferences feature that allowed 
users to specify how to handle new channels, but haven't done so, yet (2 
years later I still have hope).  I know what you're going through, 
though.  As a DISH network subscriber, I've had to change my lineup 
literally hundreds of times over the last 2 years (every time any local 
channel from any market area in the country is added to DISH, it's added 
to my lineup--even though the FCC won't let me subscribe to a non-local 
"local" channel).  IMHO, it's a small price to pay for the quality of 
data I get from TMS.  :)

And, on the bright side, when you see the new channel in your listings, 
you know it's time to update your lineup at zap2it to help them with 
their bandwidth/processing requirements.  Oh, and I'm sure they'll add 
the feature soon, now, since I'm about to drop my DISH service to go 
with local HDTV channels only. ;)

Mike