Howdy all
I will start with a plea to please be gentle.
I have come across from MythTV and have never used any of the various Windows PVR solutions. I suspect what is confusing to me is second nature to you guys that have.
Anyway, I am totally confused about recording schedules etc. I am used to Myth doing things totally differently. Don't get me wrong, I like MP and am staying with MP, I just need to *master* the system and make it do the things I want it to do. This is especially true in my wife's case, she is currently cursing me for installing MP and wants me to go back to "the old way of doing things"...
When a recordings starts (is no longer scheduled) it was put into the recorded programs area where I could watch it at any time. Am I to understand that I cannot get MP to put shows that are currently being recorded, into the recorded TV list? I ask because of my next statement.
I have a number of shows scheduled to record at the same time every week. I also have a few one offs and others anytime they appear on a certain channel. The confusion begins when I go into Scheduled shows I see a whole bunch of folders that contain the upcoming episodes. There seems to be no way to put *every* upcoming show in date/time order *without* the folders. I would much rather just see everything line by line at the date/time it is coming up. This is especially true if, like tonight, I have a one off show to record. When I went into Scheduled I had to go looking for it so I could watch it as it did not appear on any of the first 3 screens due to all the episode folders. Can I turn this off anywhere?
Is there any documentation on how to *use* MP? There, from what I can find, is quite a bit on installing and configuring but not much on the actual day-to-day use. Again, not a criticism, just an observation.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Especially if it saves my bacon with my wife....
Cheers
Bruce
I will start with a plea to please be gentle.
I have come across from MythTV and have never used any of the various Windows PVR solutions. I suspect what is confusing to me is second nature to you guys that have.
Anyway, I am totally confused about recording schedules etc. I am used to Myth doing things totally differently. Don't get me wrong, I like MP and am staying with MP, I just need to *master* the system and make it do the things I want it to do. This is especially true in my wife's case, she is currently cursing me for installing MP and wants me to go back to "the old way of doing things"...
When a recordings starts (is no longer scheduled) it was put into the recorded programs area where I could watch it at any time. Am I to understand that I cannot get MP to put shows that are currently being recorded, into the recorded TV list? I ask because of my next statement.
I have a number of shows scheduled to record at the same time every week. I also have a few one offs and others anytime they appear on a certain channel. The confusion begins when I go into Scheduled shows I see a whole bunch of folders that contain the upcoming episodes. There seems to be no way to put *every* upcoming show in date/time order *without* the folders. I would much rather just see everything line by line at the date/time it is coming up. This is especially true if, like tonight, I have a one off show to record. When I went into Scheduled I had to go looking for it so I could watch it as it did not appear on any of the first 3 screens due to all the episode folders. Can I turn this off anywhere?
Is there any documentation on how to *use* MP? There, from what I can find, is quite a bit on installing and configuring but not much on the actual day-to-day use. Again, not a criticism, just an observation.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Especially if it saves my bacon with my wife....
Cheers
Bruce