[mythtv] Fwd: 2 small feature requests

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 13:41, Martin Moeller wrote:
> ons, 2004-01-28 kl. 08:35 skrev Isaac Richards:
> > On Wednesday 28 January 2004 02:18 am, Martin Moeller wrote:
> > > ons, 2004-01-28 kl. 05:53 skrev skrpub:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > That reminds me, what happens when back to back shows on the
> > > > same channel are recorded with extra time specified? Are
> > > > pre/post roll dropped, or does one take priority?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Simon
> > >
> > > Which reminds *me* that once not so long ago, if two shows were
> > > recorded on the same channel the (global at least) postroll was
> > > tagged onto the next show also which would prevent you from
> > > missing the end of the first show and the start of the next.
> > > Lately that doesn't seem to be the case. Am I missing a setting
> > > or has it been removed again. If so, could it find it's way back
> > > or were there serious issues with it?
> >
> > Global postroll has always been optional, and ignored if another
> > recording (on the same channel or not) conflicts.  Per-show
> > postroll is not optional, and is taken into account when scheduling
> > recordings.
> >
> > Isaac
>
> Yes. Got it so far. I just remember a few recordings I made 'back to
> back' where the end of the first show was also the start of the next
> show (i.e. 5 minuttes of common footage). Was that just an 'error' or
> deemed undesirable or something? There are a couple of cases where it
> could be useful (to me at least). It it is still possible, is there
> something I need to 'turn on' to activate it?

Do you mean to say that you ended up with 2 recordings, and the last 5 
minutes of the first recording was the same content as the first 5 
minutes of the second recording?  If so, you either (a) are mistaken, 
or (b) have multiple tuners.  AFAIK MythTV has never worked this way 
for back-to-back recordings with a single tuner.  If you have multiple 
tuners and each show was recorded with a different tuner, then that 
would explain what you saw.  If you have multiple tuners and you no 
longer see that behavior, it could be because the scheduler has changed 
somewhat lately, and it's possible that your back-to-back shows are now 
being scheduled on the same tuner.

-JAC