[mythtv-users] the right way to force preference of a channel

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/09/2013 11:24 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On 13-09-09 07:48 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>  and set channel priority (assuming you want this
>> priority for all shows, not just Sunday-night shows).
>
> Sure.  I have no affinity for CBS and given their antics, would prefer 
> to just avoid watching that channel whenever I can.  If they want my 
> patronage back, they can smarten up.
>
>> In 0.27, input
>> and channel priorities work the way people thought it worked.
>
> (Just to refresh my memory) Is that to mean that prior to 0.27 
> adjusting the priority of a channel could mean that a program would 
> not actually record if another program was on at the same time on a 
> not-lower-priority channel?  That is, channel priority affected the 
> overall score of a candidate recording?
>
> Whereas in 0.27, channel priority doesn't factor into what to record, 
> only on which channel to record something on once the schedule of 
> programs to record has been calculated?

Yeah, that last sentence is a great summary.

>> If you want it just for the Sunday shows, you'll have to modify
>> individual recording rules to use something like the "this channel"
>> filter or create custom rules to exclude CBS.  Alternatively, create a
>> "not CBS" rule (as mentioned before) and then find an episode of the
>> show airing on CBS and create a new rule for it with a lower priority.
>> That way, MythTV will attempt to record on the other channel(s), but if
>> that's not possible, it will fall back to recording on CBS.  If you make
>> the CBS rule a "this channel" rule, you can even specify an approriate
>> (or excessive?) end late value.
>
> Seem a whole lot more complicated than just having an "I don't watch 
> CBS (when I can help it)" rule/channel priority.  :-)

Definitely.

Mike