[mythtv-users] Where did this recording come from?

[Brian Wood]

Jeff Simpson wrote:
> Question for all you Myth-experts out there: How do you determine from
> a recording how it was scheduled?
> 
> I just found that my Mythbox recorded a program at 10:30am today that
> I've never heard of. Looking at the title and description, I can't see
> how any of my recording schedules picked it up. Is there something I
> can look at in the database or logs that can tell me how or why it got
> scheduled to record? I couldn't see anything obvious in the log files,
> the database logs, or on the mythweb interface. I have daily database
> backups that I could pour over as well, but I don't know if I'm THAT
> curious to expose the poltergeists in my PC that really wanted to
> watch "Whacked out Sports" on Spike.

The program probably contained political advertising.

Unknown to most people running Myth systems, the "Robo-Schedulers" being
used by the various campaigns these days, attempt to force you to watch
political advertising. This is most likely to happen if you live in a
"contested" state.

beww