recording types

[sub]

In EPGs where this info isn't available, all shows are treated as a 'first run'.

[fluffykeith]

oh and thanks again graham - I just refreshed the browser and I see lots of replies ! technologies to fast for me .. or am I getting slower too.

[fluffykeith]

In EPGs where this info isn't available, all shows are treated as a 'first run'.

ah ok - but with the added function of checking for previous recordings of the same name. The name is show title plus episode ?

[Graham]

The name is show title plus episode ?

The name is just the name e.g. Doctor Who. The uniqueness is based on the Unique_id filed in the database which is populated by NextPVR at EPG update time based on series and episode data in the xmltv (or other source) except in North America (uses data from Schedules Direct).

[fluffykeith]

ok that makes sense.

However selecting season recording type as NEW episodes results in none being selected for recording, whereas selecting record all episodes, results in one of each episode being selected for recording, as expected.
So it looks like the NEW and all episodes are not treated the same even if, here in the uk all shows are treated as new. Something else is happening to make NEW type not work.

There are no RECENTLY_DELETED listed in the database for the show and the episodes I have already don't match the episodes in the epg.
There is one odd thing the episodes I have were imported using some utility that grabs them from the disk and creates and xml that I imported - this has resulted in recordings that have the title but have no subtitle/episode name.

So, next question is if using NEW is not going to work for me, is there a way to remove it from the selection or at least make the default for "all episodes"?

[sub]

It's not really worth you using NEW because that is only relevant to EPG data only available in North America.

[fluffykeith]

Is it possible to disable / remove the NEW from the list of options? I think it's the default one so it would be nice to make a different one the default.