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Author: Bryan O'Neal
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Subject: Re: Save me from MythTV.
Someone was using one backed by MongoDB... Anyone remember what it was
called?
On Aug 28, 2014 7:47 PM, "Stephen Partington" <> wrote:

> 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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