[mythtv-users] Duplicate episodes recording

Brian Long briandlong at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 11:50:33 UTC 2011


On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Thomas Boehm <
mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net> wrote:

> Brian Long wrote:
> > I have a single recording rule which seems to be failing.  If I set "Don
> > Francisco Presenta" to record at any time on any channel, it records
> > from my HDHR and HDPVR at the same time.  Both episode titles,
> > descriptions, EP numbers, are the same.  I deleted the recording rule
> > and put it back.  When I look at upcoming recordings, it shows both.
> >
> > Why would duplicate detection be failing?  I could hard-code the rule to
> > the 1140 channel (HD-PVR), but then if there is a conflict it won't fall
> > back to the HDHR.  I have other similar rules which work properly.  For
> > example (from mythbackend --printsched):
> >
> > Title - Subtitle                    Ch Station Day Start  End   S C I  T
> > N Pri
> > Designed to Sell - From Catastroph  350 HGTV    15 11:30-12:00  3 1 1  d
> 1 0
> > Designed to Sell - From Catastroph 1350 HGTVD   15 11:30-12:00  3 0 0  d
> E 0
> >
> > Thanks for any troubleshooting ideas.
>
> What duplicate check method are you using? I think "Subtitle then
> Description" should work for you if the descriptions differ.
>

The problem was duplicate recordings of the exact same subtitle and
description.  I think Michael's idea of consolidating the callsigns makes
the most sense.  I remember doing this before, but when I reset my listing
data, I forgot about it.

/Brian/
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