[mythtv-users] single recordings and that blasted 'N'

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Thu Aug 14 14:51:51 UTC 2008


Glen wrote:

>  I have recently been plagued with the dreaded N in my recording
>  schedule. I set something to single record eg. a movie and then I
>  either find out that it hasn't recorded or if I am lucky I catch it
>  in the upcoming recordings listed with an N. Now if I understand it
>  correctly, it gets an N when the show you tagged for recording no
>  longer appears in the time slot. I am guessing this because the time
>  slot only changed about 2-3 minutes (eg from 8:55-10:55 to
>  8:52-10:52) and when I selected record again I had two listings with
>  the original marked with an N. I have come across this before, was
>  annoyed, but didn't worry too much cos it only happened once. Last
>  weekend it happened to me at least 4 times!!

Use, 'Record one showing of this title' ('Find and record one showing of 
this title' in MythWeb), rather than, 'Record only this showing.'

If your rule is too restrictive, Myth will do only what you've permitted 
it to do.

Don't worry, the rules will get cleaned up once it records.

Mike


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