[mythtv-users] Lots of upcoming "Not Listed" programs

[Bruce Markey]

jonny Linux wrote:
> When I go to upcoming recordings, there are at least 5 upcoming 
> recordings each day which are "Not listed", the shows are previously 
> recorded sometimes from about 12 months ago. The shows are definitely 
> not supposed to be scheduled, but they appear in white on the upcoming 
> recordings with "Not Listed" as the status. I've had this problem for a 
> while (I think it happened when I upgraded an SVN from before 0.20), I 
> was hoping it would sort itself out when I upgraded to 0.20. I'm now 
> running 0.20-fixes, and its still there.

This is in 0.20 or later. If you have a Single, Timeslot or
Weekslot rule where there are are zero matching showings in
your current listings, one warning entry is added for the
next time slot to let you that the show you requested will
not record because there are no matching showings in your
current TV listings.

These are inert and serve to let you know that you should
investigate to make sure you aren't missing something that
you wanted to record.

1) The station may have changed their schedule and may be
broadcasting your show at another time. Highlight the "N"
entry and press "o" for the upcoming episodes list. If there
are new episodes at a different time then fix the problem.

2) The show may have been canceled. If so, you can remove
this rule that will no longer be useful by pressing "I"nfo
for the recording options page and change the type to "Do
not record this program". If you see shows that have not
been on in the past 12 months, this is probably the case
(in 0.21, the Program Details page ("U") will tell you the
last date when the rule did record). You may also go to the
Recording Priorities page and look at the rules in white
to see if there are rules that are defunct and no longer
apply that can be removed now. If you haven't done this in
at least a year, it may be a good idea to do this.

3) The show may be off for a few weeks but at least you will
be informed that it will not record this week. If they show
reruns in the normal time slot, that's okay, the show is
still being shown at it's regular time and there will not
be a Not Listed entry. If it is off for a few weeks, the
Not Listed entry will go away once an episode shows up in
the listings for that time slot.

--  bjm