[mythtv-users] MythWeb Recording Schedule

[David Engel]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 07:28:47AM -0400, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:
> >>>>>>Am I going blind, or has MythWeb’s ability to set
> >>>>>>filters for recordings (New Episodes Only, etc)
> >>>>>>disappeared?  I see a “Filters” section with checkboxes
> >>>>>>for “This Episode” / “This Series”.  Checking them
> >>>>>>does not open any further options, so I really have no
> >>>>>>idea what it is they do.
> >>>>>In 0.25, the drop down filter list was replaced with the
> >>>>>check boxes you mention.  To replicate previous behaviour,
> >>>>>just tick "New episode" and "Identifiable episode".  Can't
> >>>>>remember what the
> >>>>>>>corresponding wording was in the drop down
> >>>>There are no such checkboxes.  There are two checkboxes in
> >>>>“Filters”....”This Episode”,  “This Series”
> >>>Weird, I have 8 options under filters.  Don't know if this
> >>>list varies depending on the type of programme you are trying
> >>>to record, can't say I have noticed any differences.
> >>
> >>>What programme is it?  Where in the world are you?  I can try
> >>>and replicate
> >>
> >>I'm in the USA.  It's all my programs, name one...The Big Bang
> >>Theory, The Office, NCIS...all of them.  Would it help if
> >>included sections of code from any files for you to compare?
> 
> 
> >Sounds like your database is messed up--possibly a broken
> >(probably by interruption) upgrade?
> 
> >What do you get for:
> 
> >mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg -e 'SELECT * FROM recordfilter;"
> 
> >and did you encounter any difficulties with upgrade or have any
> >theories how your database could have been broken?
> 
> >Mike
> 
> The odd thing is, from a frontend -> recording rules, I can select
> "Record New Episodes Only" under Dupe Scope and it works as
> expected.  Looking at the record table, there're dupein and filter
> fields.  Wouldn't this mean we're kind of doubling up?

No.  They're slightly different, but confusingly related features.

The "Record New Episodes Only" option came first and is not a filter.
The scheduler still matches old programs and marks them so they show
up as "repeats" in the View Scheduled and Previously Recorded screens.
Think of it as a variation on duplicate checking.  That's why it's
historically been grouped with the duplicate checking options.

The "New episode" filter came later and is truly a filter.  When used,
the scheduler won't match old programs at all and they won't show up
in View Scheduled and Previously Recorded.  When the original new
episode and identifiable filters were added, they were hard coded and
were shoehorned in with the duplicate checking options.  The filters
were split out from the duplicate checking options like they should
have been all along when we added the new, extensible filters.

We could probably do away with the "Record New Episodes Only" option,
but I suspect there are a lot of users who like seeing the repeats
explicitly marked as such.  I'm probably in that group since I still
tend to use it instead of a filter.

David
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David Engel
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