[mythtv-users] [PATCH] Added Recording "Under" Time to enable tostart recordings early

Joseph H. Fry joe at thefrys.com
Sat Jun 28 00:50:21 EDT 2003



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Isaac Richards
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:21 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [PATCH] Added Recording "Under" Time to
enable
> tostart recordings early
> 
> On Friday 27 June 2003 10:46 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> > So now we need to have it detect this conflict and either finish the
> > recording show or end recording early... maybe a "under time
priority"
> > option.  Set to low, it is overridden by current recordings, high,
it
> > overrides.
> 
> I don't see why you'd ever want to cut a recording short, especially
if
> you're
> starting even a minute early.  It should be just like the over-record
> setting
> -- it only comes into affect only if there's nothing recording at that
> time.
> 
> Basically, all that patch needs is to check if the recorder object is
busy
> recording before applying the pre-record offset, and then it should
work
> properly.
> 
> Isaac
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What about situations where users experience shows starting early more
often than running until their allotted end time.

For example, where I live I rarely see shows that run past their
scheduled end time, but I frequently see them start early. (my clocks
are synced to world time daily)  I think if given the choice, I would
rather record the beginning of the show in my recordings, rather than
the commercials at the end of the previous one.

Maybe the solution is a "show offset" as a positive or negative value...
rarely will a 1/2 hour show run more than 30 minutes... but some places
they start a minute early, some a minute late... how about just a value
to define how different your clocks are than the broadcasters.

So if I set my offset to -1 minute, than all my scheduled times (start
and end) are reduced by 1 minute, if I set it to +1 they are increased
by 1 minute... I think you can see what I mean.  Therefore there is no
overlap of recordings.

Hell, this offset could even be set on a per channel basis (of course
this will cause conflicts).

Joe



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