[mythtv-users] tv programs that run long

Brian May bam at snoopy.apana.org.au
Thu May 19 05:34:17 UTC 2005


>>>>> "Jay" == Jay Cornell <jaycornell at comcast.net> writes:

    Jay> Apparently, all of her friends TVO's did the same thing.  She
    Jay> apologized to me, and I think her faith in Myth is back.  I
    Jay> have set the option to add 60 seconds to the tail end of all
    Jay> recordings as a safe guard.

Your worried about loosing the last 60 seconds?????

Excuse me for a moment while I burst out in a maniac-type laugh... ;-)

Yesterday there was an article on "Today Tonight" claiming some shows
go up to 30 minutes late here in Australia. I am not sure if I saw the
entire article, it was running late...

Also, yesterday, I managed to record the last 11 minutes of "Seconds
to Disaster". It was a disaster (pun intended). It was scheduled
(according to d1.com.au) to be on at 10:30-11:30. I thought I manually
checked this with ninemsn.com.au in fact (did I somehow mess up?).
Just to be sure, I stopped the recording 20 minutes late (11:50).

In reality, I don't know what time it started (9:41?), but it must
have finished at 10:41 (11 minutes after the start of the
recording). So, from my point-of-view, it effectively started
approx. 49 minutes early.

Really, just missing out on the last minute is often considered a
complete success here, in this hit&miss world.

    Jay> I hope this isn't too much off topic, but I felt compelled to
    Jay> share it with you.

Same ;-)

Next time you are worried about missing the last 60 seconds, spare a
thought for those less fortunate then you...
-- 
Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>


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