Only record on on channel?

Is there a way to limit what channels a show will record from? I have some datacaps to deal with, and one show we record (it's in reruns) is on local broadcast on two stations, and also on cable channels via TVE. I would like to only record it via the OTA stations. Is that possible?

You can create an advanced pass in the WebUI where you should only need to include the title of the show and the channel you want to record from. The example screenshot is for Last Man Standing. For me it's on 2 OTA channels and 1 prime channel, which initially has 106 different airings between the 3 channels. But when adding the condition to only record from channel 5.1, the airings drop to 15 as it will only record from that channel.

If I wanted to record from both OTA channels but not the 3rd, I would try duplicating the same pass but change the channel number as I don't think you can include multiple channel tags on the same pass.

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Presently you can only specify a single channel or all channels. Have you tried cloning the rule, and changing the channel number, so you have 2 different rules to record that series, each tied to a different channel?

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In your case, this might work. Create a rule to exclude the ONE channel you don’t want. For example, I have a show that has an OTA and TVE episodes. I choose the exclude the TVE channel.

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This is a different approach I didn't even think of; great idea, and more concise.