[mythtv-users] "commfree" setting in channels table?

Ashley Bostock abostock at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 10:44:28 UTC 2008


On 01/04/2008, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:04 AM, William Munson
>  <william_munson at comcast.net> wrote:
>  >
>  > Phil Bridges wrote:
>  >  > I was looking at the channels table via MythWeb, abd noticed a field
>  >  > called "commfree".  I figured it was to indicate that the channel was
>  >  > commercial-free, so I checked it for my PBS stations and Cinemax.
>  >  >
>  >  > Tonight, I was recording "Children of Men" on CinemaxHD, and I
>  >  > happened to look at the status page.  Here's what was in there:
>  >  >
>  >  > Mon 3/31 8:00 PM - Children of Men - Flag Commercials
>  >  > Children of Men (8:00 PM-10:00 PM)
>  >  > Job: Flag Commercials
>  >  > Status: Running
>  >  > Status Time: Mon Mar 31 9:09 PM
>  >  >
>  >  > Comments:
>  >  > 48% Completed @ 37.9045 fps.
>  >  >
>  >  > Why would the commflagger run on this program?  I know that you can
>  >  > set the commflag job to run per recording rule, but I didn't touch
>  >  > that setting.  It's still set at "flag commercials".
>  >  >
>  >  > If this is normal behavior, what's the purpose of the field in the
>  >  > channels table?
>  >  >
>  >  > Version info:
>  >  > MythTV Version   : 16812
>  >  > MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
>  >  > Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
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>  >  It does indeed indicate a channel should not be commflagged. Did you
>  >  restart your backend after you made the changes? If you created the
>  >  recording rule before the change you will need to manually edit the rule
>  >  or delete and recreate.
>  >
>  >  Bill
>
>
> Yep - I flagged the channel as commercial free a week or so and have
>  restarted mythbackend since.  The rule was created Sunday.
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There is bug that causes this to happen (seemingly at random).
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/312100

I still see it on several of my recordings from channels marked as
comm free.  Not been able to work out the pattern for when it happens
yet.

Ash


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