[mythtv-users] Correct way to reset previously recorded history

[Karl Newman]

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 01/04/2014 02:48 PM, faginbagin wrote:
>
>> On 1/4/2014 12:46 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/01/14 16:37, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/04/2014 11:27 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/04/2014 11:05 AM, Simon Hobson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there an officially sanctioned method for resetting the history of
>>>>>> what has been recorded previously ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Specifically, there is a series that has recently started showing
>>>>>> again, and which I'd like to record and watch again. But, I've
>>>>>> already watched some episodes before - and so they appear in the
>>>>>> history Myth uses to determine if something has already been recorded
>>>>>> and there is the risk that I might miss some.
>>>>>> It would seem that "delete from olderecorded where title='series
>>>>>> title'" should do it, but I know directly manipulating the database
>>>>>> is officially frowned upon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm on 0.24.1 if that makes any difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>> In mythfrontend, Manage Recordings|Previously Recorded, then find any
>>>>> episode from the series, then hit MENU (M) (I think it's MENU, but it
>>>>> might be SELECT (Space/Enter)), and there should be an option to
>>>>> "Remove all episodes for this title."
>>>>>
>>>>> Note, too, that this is the same location where you can set individual
>>>>> episodes to re-record (or remove individual episodes from the
>>>>> history), and see why things did/didn't record, ...
>>>>>
>>>>> No direct DB editing required.
>>>>>
>>>> By the way, you can hit 1 to sort by title (and again to toggle
>>>> ascending/descending sort) or 2 to sort by date (and again to
>>>> toggle...), or use the MENU to choose "Sort By Title" or "Sort By Time"
>>>> and "Reverse Sort Order".
>>>>
>>>> I think you can also use the Search List functionality/screen to find a
>>>> show, then use its MENU to select "Previously Recorded," which will take
>>>> you to the Previously Recorded screen, where you can manage recording
>>>> history for that series.
>>>>
>>>> If you just scroll up and down in Previously Recorded (and don't even
>>>> know about sorting), finding the episode can be the hardest part of the
>>>> process.
>>>>
>>> This is one place where the recently rediscovered Ctrl/S search can make
>>> a huge difference.
>>>
>> You can avoid having to navigate the main Previously Recorded list by
>> getting to the previously scheduled episodes for just the show of interest
>> via the recording rule for the show. There are at least two ways to get to
>> the recording rule:
>>
>> 1) In "Watch Recordings", highlight an episode of the show, press M,
>> select "Recording Options", press Enter, then pres Enter for "Edit
>> Recording Schedule".
>>
>> 2) Go to Manage Recordings ->  Recording Rules, select the rule for the
>> show of interest, press Enter.
>>
>> In either case, you are now editing the recording rule. Select "Schedule
>> Info", press Enter, select "Previously Recorded", press Enter, press Enter
>> a second time. This brings up a menu that includes the choice "Remove all
>> episodes for this title". Select that option and press Enter.
>>
>
> Ah, yeah.  You can get there from Manage Recordings|Recording Rules, too.
>  Forgot about that one.
>
> Mike
>

Another alternative, if you have the disk space and want to accumulate all
episodes so you can watch them in order, is to just change the recording
matching rule from "Current and Previous Recordings" to "Current
Recordings". It's not ideal, since it will cause it to re-record episodes
that you delete, but it's a simple setting to change.

Karl
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