Re: Save me from MythTV.

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Author: Stephen Partington
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Save me from MythTV.
I have been really enjoying plex which is an evolution of xbmc. It has been
more stable and offered all the options and features i have been wanting.


On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Brian Cluff <> wrote:

> On 08/28/2014 04:05 PM, Friar Puck wrote:
>
>> Or maybe Myth doinked itself during an upgrade and needs a complete
>> wipe and re-install. Has anyone else noticed this problem? My
>> "Schedule Options" are "Don't record...", "Record only this...", "Find
>> and record one..." and "Record at any time...". There is no "weekly"
>> option, nor "daily" now that I think of it... perhaps more missing.
>>
>
> The options you are looking for are still in there, they just moved them
> to be filters, which they were anyway. To get to them, go to MythWeb and
> look up a show that you would like to record and go to the page that you
> would normally go to to schedule it, then click on the word "(Display)"
> next to "Advanced Options". Then down down till you see a box labeled
> "filters" about a bunch of check boxes. The check boces you are looking
> for are "This time" to record every day at this time and "this day and
> time". There is also another one that you will probably want which is the
> "This channel" option so that I make sure that myth doesn't try and grab
> the episode from some weird side channel that only plays it in Spanish or
> is in standard definition..etc..etc..
>
> I would highly recommend that you break down and just pay the $25 a year
> for a Schedules Direct contract. It's well worth the money and it sounds
> like you will save a LOT more than $25 worth of headaches. That will also
> allow you to reliable just tell the system to record your show and call it
> done without having to try and treat a DVR like it's a VCR. It also lets
> you come up with crazy customized scheduling rules like record all scifi
> movies made between 1950 and 1975 that are 2 stars or less (ie, record B
> movies). I personally have one that say record all "specials" on comedy
> central that are over 1/2 hour. I don't believe the over the air schedules
> give you anywhere near the amount of info that you would need to even start
> to do custom rules like that.
>
> Brian Cluff
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