[mythtv-users] How do I not lose my upcoming recordings?

Chris DiLorenzo cdilorenzo at gmail.com
Wed Sep 15 01:06:53 UTC 2010


That's good advice...but pretty much all of my upcoming recordings are
"Record on channel..." :(

I could go through and change them, but is there anything I can do
with the channel setup to help me out?  If not, I'll start flipping
them to "record on any channel".



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Chris DiLorenzo <cdilorenzo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have an HD HomeRun.  Sometimes I have to rescan my channels because
>> Comcast will move them.  When this happens, I sometimes lose a good
>> portion of my upcoming recordings.  I have to go back and reschedule a
>> bunch of them.
>>
>> I am moving from DC to Atlanta soon.  That means I will need to rescan
>> and I assume just about every channel will move.  How do I not lose
>> all of my upcoming recordings?  Are they tracked by xmlid, channelnum,
>> callsign, or the channel's name?  Is there any way to setup the
>> channel info prior to the rescan to maximize my chances of not losing
>> everything?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Not using per-channel rules will make moving between cable providers,
> channel names, channel numbers, etc. a breeze.
>
> To oversimplify, your rules should all be "record at any time on any
> channel," with an optional filter to only record new episodes, and
> your preferred tuners should be the first ones defined in your system.
>  Then the channel numbers can change, the channel names and callsigns
> can change, etc., and Myth will always do the right thing so long as
> you keep feeding it valid guide data.
>
> Robert
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