[mythtv-users] how to avoid concurrent multirecs of the same program on hd and sd channels?

Evuraan evuraan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 06:42:14 UTC 2010


> MythTV will only record one instance of a show unless you force it
> otherwise.  In order to determine whether two shows are the same, it first
> goes off the programid.  If both shows have a programid defined, that's all
> it uses.  If the programids for those two shows are different, there's not a
> whole lot you can do.
>
> If either does not have a programid defined, it drops to your defined
> duplicate check method, which defaults to subtitle and description.  If the
> descriptions are slightly off, you may want to change that to subtitle only.

<snip>
16_1 (KONG-HD)  Sounders FC Weekly  Pete Carroll Show  Murder on Her Mind
16_2 (KONG-SD)  Sounders FC Weekly  Pete Carroll Show  Murder on Her Mind
</snip>


hmm.!  if i  delete the sd channel 16_2, that should avoid this issue.


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