[mythtv-users] "New Episodes Only" filtering for recording rules

[Robert Longbottom]

On 13 Jun 2011, at 07:23 PM, Martin Moores <moores.martin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> As various seasons are coming to a close (in the UK anyway), such as CSI/CSI:NY/NCIS etc etc, I wanted to leave my recording rules in tact, so they are ready for next time.  I have never had that many rules, so just removed them and re-created them when I knew the series was starting up again, but this isn't the best way and is getting harder to manage.
> 
> So I checked out the settings via Mythweb and saw I could filter on "New Episodes Only".  I changed my rules to have this option, but Myth is still scheduling CSI re-runs on Five USA, even though the series has now finished.
> 
> I also tried "Exclude Repeat Episodes", but this didn't seem to change anything.
> 
> I did try and find the right page on the Wiki where this stuff is described, but didn't have much luck.  Any advise appreciated.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Martin

I use the "exclude repeat an generic episodes" from mythweb with a fairly high success rate. Although not particularly with CSI. 

Are you using xmltv listings or eit? Maybe that makes a difference. 

I'm using xmltv and in mythweb I see repeat episodes explicitly marked as (repeat). I've always assumed that this information comes from the listings data, but I could be wrong about that. 

Robert.