Duplicate recording on different disks?

[rmorein]

This is not a bug question, but a request for info to help manage multiple hard disks.

Do repeated identical episodes of a TV show have unique identifiers that allow GB-PVR to avoid making duplicate recordings?

With recordings on a single hard disk, I assume that a duplicate would simply replace the existing recording. In my case, I have three hard disks, which I manually manage by changing the recording folder to best use available space.

Do duplicates occur in this situation?

[JonnyCam]

I don't think the duplicate would overwrite the old one, as it would have a different filename (due to the date / time of the recording being appended)

You can use identifiers from some TV guide sources, maybe schedules direct.
(also, ultraXMLTV may be able to do this for you)

Then if you select the don't record duplicates in the config app, it will just skip the file if it's already been recorded.

[dennit]

Do duplicates occur in this situation?

JonnyCam is correct. GBPVR never writes over a previous recording. It either skips it, or records it again.