[mythtv-users] zap2it - rsync updates?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/19/06 13:30, Brian J. Murrell wrote:

>On Thu, 2006-19-10 at 13:23 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>And, in truth, it /is/ a waste to re-download the listings from 8 days 
>>from now in case of updates.  It just doesn't matter because Myth will 
>>get the update /before/ it's required (Myth can't start recording a show 
>>that airs 8 days from now until, well, 8 days from now).
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>Yes, but a change to what's showing in 8 days can affect scheduling
>today.  Let assume for example that a show I want to record today (the
>only showing of it) "foo" is being conflicted by a show "bar".  The myth
>scheduler decides to record "bar" due to the scores of the two shows.
>
>However yesterday, zap2it added to the schedule that in 8 days a
>duplicate showing of "bar" will occur.  Now I lost the opportunity to
>record "foo" and postpone "bar" for the next showing which would have
>happened if I had fetched the entire zap2it schedule again.
>

So Myth is modified to waste TMS's resources, you get your update, Myth 
sees "bar" in 8 days, you have "Reschedule Higher Priorities" enabled, 
so Myth records the lower-priority "foo" today because it now knows it 
can record the higher-priority "bar" in 8 days.  Whew!  It's a good 
thing we got that update.

Then, 2 days later, TMS gets another update, and the timeslot for the 
"bar" rerun has again been chainged--this time to an old repeat of the 
terrible show "snafu".  So, now you miss "bar"--the show that raises the 
"bar" for quality TV--all because of a "foo"lish reschedule by the 
networks.  Stupid Myth.  Why did it have to download that update...  ;)

Oh, and this happens--timeslots that get changed once are often changed 
multiple times.  Generally, the network just puts fillers in and, in 
many cases, makes up their mind the day before or even the day of 
broadcast.  So, neither approach will fix all the scheduling issues.  
Instead, it's important for you to get involved in the scheduling 
(proirites, recording overrides, get more capture cards, etc.) when it's 
really important.

Of course, this doesn't discuss the 300 days per year (total WAG) when 
there are no updates...

Mike