[RS] Auto Advance Rules - U&Dave channel not registering.

[Dave F.]

Hi
I had an auto rule to record QI XL except those broadcast on Dave & DaveJaVu.
Those channels have been renamed as U&Dave etc.
The rule didn't update itself. This is how it's now listed:

title {qi xl} !channel {UNKNOWNKEY (undefined)} !channel {UNKNOWNKEY (undefined)} action scheduleseries

I've tried updating to the new channel titles but they still didn't register (yes, I did use the save button at the bottom of the page).

I then tried to create a new rule - still the same problem.
I then selected an existing channel (BBC News) & it worked as expected.

Haven't tried any other of the U&* channels, but presume they have the same problem.

 

[MymsMan]

Hi
I had an auto rule to record QI XL except those broadcast on Dave & DaveJaVu.
Those channels have been renamed as U&Dave etc.
The rule didn't update itself. This is how it's now listed:

title {qi xl} !channel {UNKNOWNKEY (undefined)} !channel {UNKNOWNKEY (undefined)} action scheduleseries

I've tried updating to the new channel titles but they still didn't register (yes, I did use the save button at the bottom of the page).

I then tried to create a new rule - still the same problem.
I then selected an existing channel (BBC News) & it worked as expected.

Haven't tried any other of the U&* channels, but presume they have the same problem.

Yes I am seeing the same problem
The U& channel names appear in the popup list of channels - the problem comes when you try to save the modify rules.
I suspect the problem is caused by the "&" in the channel names
Unfortunately @af123 is the only person with the ability to update the RS server
As a work around you could switch to Channel number or Channel name matches rules (leaving out the U& bit)

We should also check whether sweeper has similar problems
edit: It appears Sweeper only has channel number and not name rules

 

[Dave F.]

As a work around you could switch to Channel number or Channel name matches rules (leaving out the U& bit)

As a short term fix, that's fine, but given how often broadcasters swap channel numbers, using that option isn't really viable.

 

[MymsMan]

As a short term fix, that's fine, but given how often broadcasters swap channel numbers, using that option isn't really viable.

Channel name matching would work until they remove Dave from the channel name

 

[prpr]

I suspect the problem is caused by the "&" in the channel names

I wondered last week how many bugs this was going to generate...

 

[Dave F.]

Is there a solution in sight, as it's still occurring?

 

[MymsMan]

Is there a solution in sight, as it's still occurring?

@af123 has not been very active for some years so I should just use channel name matching for the foreseeable future