[mythtv-users] Search string question

[Andrew Robinson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/28/2007 09:20 PM, Andrew Robinson wrote:
>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>   
>>> On 10/28/2007 02:23 PM, Andrew Robinson wrote:
>>>     
>>>> When I set up a custom search in MythWeb, how do I tell Myth that the 
>>>> string I specify is the complete string? The example I'm running into is 
>>>> this. I set a custom search for "Nova" on any channel. What I am looking 
>>>> for is the program Nova on PBS. However, I am also getting "Bose 
>>>> Innovations" and "Hoover Innovations" on some shopping channel. How do I 
>>>> tell Myth that the string specified is the entire string and not just 
>>>> part of the string?
>>>>       
>>> ^ER$
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> ^er$
>>>
>>> to find the show ER and not "Betty Crocker Cookbook Special"...
>> On second look, that didn't work. Any modification to the string "Nova" 
>> and not only are the "Hoover Innovations" episodes removed from the 
>> schedule, but so are the episodes of Nova. I doing this from MythWeb. 
>> Does that make a difference?
> 
> Are you talking about a custom recording rule instead of a search?  The
> above is how you use the MythWeb search.
> 
Yes, I'm talking about a custom recording rule.

Andrew