Help with managing alerts

[lisag]

Hello,

New user, just settling in..

I have set up a number of recording alerts using keywords and it has come up with about 60+ hits. I have been through them and scheduled to record the ones that I want, but now I am left with pages of alerts that I don't want.

I am unsure how I get rid of a particular program that is showing as an alert, without breaking the alert for it telling me about any future programs that pop up in the guide. Otherwise I am left with wading through 60+ alerts everytime I want to check what new alerts there are!

For example, I have a keyword alert of 'poker' which has alerted me to some poker programs that I want to record, so I have scheduled them to record. It has also alerted me to some poker programmes that I don't want to record, so I want to get rid of them in the alerts list, but I still want the alert to work once the guide is updated and new poker shows are showing.

I am using MediaPortal as the front end, and managing the scheduling both from that and from the ArgusTV Scheduler on my laptop.

I have looked at the wiki (a lot) but haven't found the info I need in this regard.

Many thanks

lisa

[andrewNZ]

You could try the "NOT" operator to exclude the particular show name.

You can see the available operators by clicking the "?" at the fight of the text boxes. Operators available depend on the match type chosen.

e.g.
"Equals" allows "OR"
"Contains" allows "AND" "OR" "NOT"

So perhaps something like - Title contains: poker NOT pokerstars

(I'm not certain that example will work, but you get the idea)

[lisag]

Oh thanks, that's useful. I was looking for some of those details about search parameters in the wiki but couldn't find anything.

So, is it just by design that once a program has been flagged by an alert, the only option is to 'cancel this program' which greys it out but doesn't get rid of it?

If so, how long do all those greyed out programs stay there?
Do they drop off after a particular time period?

lisa

[andrewNZ]

They probably drop off when they don't appear in the EPG any more. I'm not certain.

The Wiki is lacking in some areas. We need to make some time to update/improve it.

[lisag]

Okay, thanks for your help.

I'll let you know about the dropping off thing!

lisa

[lisag]

Just a quick update to confirm that the old 'greyed out' alerts do disappear once the guide is updated and that day is no longer visisble.