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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1139002" data-attributes="member: 141969">I am inclined to agree with you that MP does not yet have quite the right selection of recording options, despite the fact that it already has 8 different choices <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />.&nbsp; If we accept that MP should always try to be upwardly compatible, that means that MP should not change the meaning of any of the existing choices.&nbsp; Hence MP would need to introduce some additional choices. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />In the mean time, may I draw your attention to the choice that I use most often, namely &quot;weekly on this channel&quot; (option 8).&nbsp; This choice fixes the channel, and fixes the day of the week, but does not fix the time of day.&nbsp; So the programme can be broadcast at different times on that day of the week, and MP will still record it.&nbsp; Also, MP will not record anything for that recording request, if that programme is not broadcast one week due to schedule changes (e.g., live sport, or as in your case, fund-raising).&nbsp; One possible disadvantage of this choice is that it records all occurrences of that programme on that day of the week; this may or may not be what you want.There are other choices that do not fix the time of day when the recording is made (e.g. &quot;every time on this channel&quot;, and &quot;every time on all channels&quot;).&nbsp; These different choices all address different requirements, and in any particular case there may not be a choice that matches exactly your requirements, so you have to pick the choice that comes closest to your requirements.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1139002, member: 141969"] I am inclined to agree with you that MP does not yet have quite the right selection of recording options, despite the fact that it already has 8 different choices :confused:. If we accept that MP should always try to be upwardly compatible, that means that MP should not change the meaning of any of the existing choices. Hence MP would need to introduce some additional choices. :eek: In the mean time, may I draw your attention to the choice that I use most often, namely "weekly on this channel" (option 8). This choice fixes the channel, and fixes the day of the week, but does not fix the time of day. So the programme can be broadcast at different times on that day of the week, and MP will still record it. Also, MP will not record anything for that recording request, if that programme is not broadcast one week due to schedule changes (e.g., live sport, or as in your case, fund-raising). One possible disadvantage of this choice is that it records [i]all[/i] occurrences of that programme on that day of the week; this may or may not be what you want. There are other choices that do not fix the time of day when the recording is made (e.g. "every time on this channel", and "every time on all channels"). These different choices all address different requirements, and in any particular case there may not be a choice that matches exactly your requirements, so you have to pick the choice that comes closest to your requirements. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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