[mythtv-users] how to resolve a suboptimal scheduling situation

Brian J. Murrell brian at interlinx.bc.ca
Fri Sep 10 19:50:41 UTC 2010


On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 14:34 -0500, David Engel wrote: 
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:20:59PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> > 
> > The Middle - "Back to School"         9 WWTI    22 20:00-20:30  1 4 4  A 4 -2/-1
> > Survivor: Nicaragua                   3 CIII    22 20:00-21:00  2 1 1  A 1 -1
> > Undercovers - "Pilot"                40 CITY    22 20:00-21:00  1 0 0  A E -2
> > Undercovers - "Pilot"                 5 WGRZ    22 20:00-21:00  1 5 5  A 5 -2/-1
> > Survivor: Nicaragua                   7 WWNY    22 20:00-21:00  1 6 6  A 6 -2/-1
> > Better With You - "Pilot"             9 WWTI    22 20:30-21:00  1 4 4  A 4 -2/-1

> Your current problem is because of the inaccurate guide data.

Well, for this particular example, yes.

> When
> you update the data so that MythTV knows Survivor on WWNY is the same
> as Survivor on CIII, it will probably work.  With your current data,
> MythTV doesn't know it can move the CIII recording to WWNY.

Right.  But that's not really the point.  "Survivor" on "3 CIII" could
be a completely different show and this problem would exist and it would
not get resolved with a guide data update.

> No, I suspect when you get good guide data it will work exactly as
> Bruce intended.

For this particular case, probably, yes, but I think the guide data
update is a red herring and for purposes of analysing this sub-optimal
scheduling situation, one can assume that the "Survivor" on "3 CIII"
could be a completely different show.

> Some people have reported scheduler times an order of magnitude or
> more longer.

I could certainly believe it, which is why I would make such a "total
schedule score analysis" feature optional.  Then people can choose
between quick scheduling or more optimal scheduling using their
preferences more accurately.

b.

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