[mythtv-users] "Only New Episodes" is a little too unforgiving

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/01/2006 01:07 AM, f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:

>    > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:37:05 -0400
>    > From: Tony Lill <ajlill at ajlc.waterloo.on.ca>
>
>    > "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> writes:
>
>    > > On 04/20/2006 03:17 PM, Tony Lill wrote:
>    > >
>    > >>f-myth-users at media.mit.edu writes:
>    > >>>
>    > >>AFAIK, mythfilldatabase sets this flag based on the dates. You could
>    > >>go in there and change 14 to 21 or 28.
>    > >>  
>    > >>>P.S.  I suppose I could ...
>    > >>>
>    > >>If you don't want to change mythfilldatabase,
>    > >>
>    > > mythfilldatabase --nomark-repeats
>    > >
>    > > Mike
>
>    > Throwing out the baby with the bathwater...
>
>I agree.
>
>The problem here is that it's insidious---after all, -most- programs,
>even on the problematic PBS channels, have correct airdates, and even
>most episodes of the series I'm looking at right now---but apparently
>the new season they're airing has all the "original airdates" 3 weeks
>in the past,
>

Custom record...  http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.5

Mike