[mythtvnz] Recording options for Olympic Coverage

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Aug 5 23:36:39 BST 2008


On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Dean Pemberton <dean at deanpemberton.com> wrote:
> I've just been looking at the listings for the Olympics, trying to decide
> what I want to setup to tape.
> I figure that grabbing a while lot of stuff and then deleting or
> auto-expiring the things when nothing happens is the best bet.  I'm not
> expecting to watch most of it by any means =)
> I'm also not going to be able to bare skipping through 6 hours of TV1
> coverage to see if there is anything interesting.
>
> I thought I might mention my decisions here to see if other people have any
> thoughts or anything different to suggest.
>
>
> I decided on 3 Custom Recording rules
>
> 1)  Opening and Closing Ceremonies
> (UPPER(program.title) LIKE "%OPENING%CEREMONY%LIVE%" OR
> UPPER(program.title) LIKE "%CLOSING%CEREMONY%LIVE%"
> )  AND channel.callsign = "TVNZ SPORT EXTRA"
>
> 2)  Finals
> (UPPER(program.title) LIKE "%FINAL%"
> )  AND channel.callsign = "TVNZ SPORT EXTRA"
> auto expires when it gets 10 episodes.  I reckon this gives me time to
> review and keep anything if we actually win a medal in it =)
>
> 3)  Sports I like or NZ may do well in
> (UPPER(program.title) LIKE "%ROWING%"
> )  AND channel.callsign = "TVNZ SPORT EXTRA"
>
>
> Any thoughts/comments?
> Any other channels doing anything olympic related which is worth capturing?
>

Yes TV One has huge coverage

See also:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/344495



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