Forcing recording of duplicates

[dsreyn]

I ran into a situation this week which seems like it could be problematic.  One of my recurring recording rules recorded 3 episodes of a series called "Baseball's Seasons".  However, it turned out that what actually aired in that time slot was a rerun of the last game of this year's World Series.  So, the problem (presumably now is that NextPVR "thinks" that it recorded the 3 episodes of Baseball's Seasons that were listed in the guide data.

On the main settings page (this is using the web interface to the Docker version), the box that says "Avoid duplicate recordings where possible" is checked.  This is normally what I want, but for this particular recurring recording, I might want to override that setting.  So I'm wondering if either of the following is possible:

- Is there something that can be added to an advanced recording rule that will tell NextPVR to record every airing of the program, overriding the "avoid duplicates" rule?  Actually, I suppose there could sometimes be other reasons for wanting to do this (mainly when guide data is wrong).

- Is it possible to modify my recording history for Baseball's Seasons so that NextPVR will pick up the "already recorded" episodes if they air again?

Thanks,
Doug

[Graham]

On the main settings page (this is using the web interface to the Docker version), the box that says "Avoid duplicate recordings where possible" is checked.  This is normally what I want, but for this particular recurring recording, I might want to override that setting. 

NextPVR keeps records in the database for shows that have been recorded and deleted ... You can run nscripthelper with  ... -removehistory ... and NextPVR will delete all history records from the database.

NextPVR ignores ... avoid duplicates ... if a recording is made as a Quick Recording ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nscripthelper

[dsreyn]

On the main settings page (this is using the web interface to the Docker version), the box that says "Avoid duplicate recordings where possible" is checked.  This is normally what I want, but for this particular recurring recording, I might want to override that setting. 

NextPVR keeps records in the database for shows that have been recorded and deleted ... You can run nscripthelper with  ... -removehistory ... and NextPVR will delete all history records from the database.

NextPVR ignores ... avoid duplicates ... if a recording is made as a Quick Recording ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nscripthelper

Thanks, I'll have to play around with this tonight after work.  But in the meantime, a couple of questions:

1) Since I'm running the Docker version of NextPVR, I don't have the nscripthelper.dll.  To get it, I assume I need to install NextPVR on a Windows PC, and I should be able to use the DLL as described?  Or is there some way to use it directly in Docker?

2) I'm guessing that -removehistory wipes out the *entire* recording history - not just for a single show.  Is there a way to limit the history wiping to a single show?  Otherwise, this is probably going to solve the immediate problem, but cause me to start getting repeats for my other recurring recording rules.

Doug

[Graham]

1) Since I'm running the Docker version of NextPVR, I don't have the nscripthelper.dll.  To get it, I assume I need to install NextPVR on a Windows PC, and I should be able to use the DLL as described?  Or is there some way to use it directly in Docker?

2) I'm guessing that -removehistory wipes out the *entire* recording history - not just for a single show.  Is there a way to limit the history wiping to a single show?  Otherwise, this is probably going to solve the immediate problem, but cause me to start getting repeats for my other recurring recording rules.

Doug

I know nothing of Docker ... there is this ... https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet-core

The NextPVR database is a sqlite database and can be edited using any sqlite editor ... Finding and removing the relevant rows from the database is possible.  There is no stock wy to remove selected rows.

[BrettB]

2) I'm guessing that -removehistory wipes out the *entire* recording history - not just for a single show.  Is there a way to limit the history wiping to a single show?  Otherwise, this is probably going to solve the immediate problem, but cause me to start getting repeats for my other recurring recording rules.

If you haven't already deleted the "wrong" recordings then there is a fairly simple solution to your situation. You will need to use a client like knewc or nlite. Then go to one of the "wrong" recordings. Then access the hidden menu at the top by pressing the Home button. That menu includes an option called "Forget". Selecting that will cause NextPVR to not store the record indicating that the Guide item has been recorded so the next time it airs, the recurring recording rules should catch it.

Otherwise, you could manually delete the entries from the SQL database, but that is quite a bit more complicated.

[mvallevand]

In the Kodi Matrix client I also implemented the forget feature on the context menu for any recording.

Martin

[BrettB]

In the Kodi Matrix client I also implemented the forget feature on the context menu for any recording.

Nice!

Although it isn't needed/used that often, I sort of wish that it was on the regular context menu for recordings. Novice users often don't even know about the hidden menu, let alone what "Forget" means. And the typical response of using the "removehistory" option is really overkill and not a very nice experience for the user (since it removes ALL history for ALL shows).