On 18/01/06, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/17/06 14:29, Nick wrote: > > >On 16/01/06, Chris Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>I'm trying to record old Simpsons reruns off of Fox Monday - Friday, but > >>>there doesn't appear to be an option for this type of recording... > >>> > >>> > >>Why not record them on weekends, too? > >> > >> > > > >AIUI this relates to the difference between scheduling an 'every day' > >recording on a weekday (Mon - Fri) or at the weekend (Sat - Sun) and > >the differing scheduler behaviour. > > > Doesn't this apply only to manual recordings? On regular recordings, > Myth has guide data to know whether the same show is broadcast on > weekends/weekdays. So--unless the OP is using manual recordings > (something he should have told us)-- he should just say to record every > day and Myth will know whether the Simpsons are on Saturday and Sunday. > > Also, it makes no difference whether you schedule the "in this timeslot > every day" manual recording "on a weekday" or not--it's whether you set > the "Date or day of the week:" to Saturday or Sunday. Therefore, on > Tuesday I can schedule the recording, while setting the day of the week > to Saturday to get 7 day/week manual recordings. (I'm sure this is what > you mean, but it's not what you're saying. :)
Mike, Thanks for fully clarifying my point - I did forget to include it related specifically to manual recordings where no guide data is used. The point I was trying to make was that there is potentially non-obvious differing behaviour whether the start date is Mon-Fri or Sat-Sun (which has been discussed before). I guess I still don't _fully_ understand why there is a difference in behaviour as noted above without an added option that explicitly makes this difference clear to users. Whilst I know that a lot of syndicated shows are broadcast Mon-Fri with differing weekend schedules, there are others that are Mon-Sun, so I would venture that having the weekend manual recordings not show up at least non-obvious. On the flip-side I also know that there are various different interpretation of the meaning of 'every day' which I guess is the root of the standard behaviour if a manual recording is scheduled Mon-Fri. Cheers, Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
