[mythtvnz] Find weekly gotcha

[David Moore]

On 21/06/12 21:19, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:15:14 +1200, you wrote:
>
>> Just figured out an odd problem I've been having with some recordings.
>> (Maybe I'm a bit slow.) I use the "Record one showing of this title
>> every week" a lot. Generally works perfectly but have had a few cases
>> where the scheduler decided not to record a show even though it was new
>> for this week. Seems that if the new show starts earlier this week than
>> last week then the scheduler decides less than a week has elapsed so it
>> won't record because there was an earlier showing already recorded for
>> the week. Bah.
>>
>> Now I have to figure out a rule that allows for this. OK. Looks like I
>> should use "Record at any time..." and then set the "New episode" option
>> in schedule filters. Hope this does the trick.
>
> Record at any time will work if there is a subtitle that shows the
> difference between episodes.  Or if the series/episode data is present
> in the programid field, as it is for my ChoiceTV EPG from MHEG.
> Otherwise you may find yourself having to manually override extra
> showings of an episode you do not want.
>

Thanks. It does seem that I don't need to bother with the "New episode" 
filter. Unless it's a show that's repeated several times a week I guess.