[mythtv-users] "never record" option not working

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:52:21 -0500, you wrote:

>On Jul 12, 2013, at 3:51 AM, David Farmer <remrafevad at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> However I've noticed that very recently the option to "never record" a program no longer works for me, it certainly used to. The thing is, I'm fairly confident that the update to the Myth package wasn't responsible because I use it fairly often and reckon I have done since. I've only noticed it in the last few days. The single "don't record" option still works fine.
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>If you are already aware of this, I apologize, but the result of a "never record" aren't evident until a complete run of the scheduler completes. Depending on a whole lot of things, that can take a while.  In my case, it started taking longer than it used to, leading me to conclude that "never record" wasn't working anymore, leading me to click it repeatedly, leading to multiple, duplicate database entries...

"Never record" is also dependent on the EPG data matching or not, and
on what settings you are using for matching in your recording rule if
the EPG does not have proper identification of each episode.  Some of
the EPG here in New Zealand has no proper episode identification but
has subtitles with episode names, so setting the recording rule to
match on subtitles first works.  But then when the repeats come
around, the EPG may not have subtitles and that rule would then
re-record them even if you have done a "Never record".  Or the
matching may have been done on the description only, and then on the
repeats the EPG data for the description has changed.

If you are trying to use "Never record" on something that is repeated
multiple times in the current EPG data, try using the O key on the
keyboard to bring up a list of all things matching that recording
rule, and go down the list looking at the data and how it changes. Use
the I key twice on each program to look at the full data for the
program.  You may be able to spot what is causing your problems and
adjust your rule accordingly.