[mythtv] recording feature question

[Isaac Richards]

On Monday 11 November 2002 07:42 pm, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
> Just curious, why does recording start over after one changes a channel?
> Assuming there was enough disk space and enough space assigned to live tv
> viewing, it would seem to me that the best thing to do would be to keep
> recording for the entire session regardless of whether one is changing
> channels.
>
> This came to light when I was scrolling backwards to catch up after a
> commercial and I accidentally switched channels, losing all the preceding
> section of the show that I just missed after I switched back to the right
> channel.
>
> Is there a way to change this?

When you change the channel, you want it to happen immediately.  It's just 
easier to make that happen if recording starts over.

Isaac