[mythtv-users] Mythweb Schedule filtering question

Brian L. Walter blwalter at gmail.com
Sat Sep 8 11:38:57 UTC 2007


Craig Huff wrote:
> On 9/7/07, *Mike LaPlante* <mike at dividia.net 
> <mailto:mike at dividia.net>> wrote:
>
>     Brian Walter wrote:
>     > Greetings,
>     >
>     > I'm curious about the difference, in schedule maintenance via
>     MythWeb,
>     > between 'New episodes only' and 'Exclude Repeats'....
>     >
>     > Which is the better for finding only new showings...how are they
>     > similar...how are they different?
>     >
>     > TIA
>     > Brian
>     >
>     I have no idea, but I know I have to use the "Exclude Repeats" or else
>     it will still record rerun episodes. I tried the New Episodes Only
>     and
>     saw that it was still recording Late Night with Conan episodes
>     that had
>     the (rerun) tag.
>
>     Mike
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> I believe "New Episodes Only" means new to your MythTV database -- no 
> match to previously recorded shows,
> as opposed to "Exclude Repeats" which uses xml data that flags the 
> listing as a repeat of a previously aired show.
>
> Clearer?
>
> Craig.
*That* makes sense!  I had a Tivo mindset...where "New episodes only" 
means new broadcast...

Thanks!
Brian


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