Avoid Duplicate Recordings - selective usage?

[daneo]

Hii Sub,

we have a generic tickbox to "Avoid Duplicate Recordings Where Possible" in v5 settings however there are conditions where I would want to record duplicates, and other times where it's not wanted.

TV Shows - often many repeats and I have to manually remove the -0, -1, -2, -n files, so want to NOT keep duplicates

Movies - typically 1 or 2 repeats, usually differing bit rates based on time of day with DVB-C, so want to keep ALL duplicates until I put them in the DNR database table once cut and processed

Can you entertain an option to set duplicate recording avoidance in the advanced search mask? This would let me record duplicates for movies where I might have dropouts in the datastream, and ignore duplicates on tv shows where I am not as critical of the retention value.

Thanks,
 Dane

[sub]

It's unlikely I'd add this. It's clutter that very few people would ever need, and no one has asked for it before.

I could possibly add a 'forget' option on the recording, which a user could click if there is some problem with the recording, and they'd like it to be re-recorded if the opportunity arises.

[mvallevand]

Kodi allows options to set the number of copies to keep and avoid duplicates on each recurring timer.

Martin