[mythtv-users] is mythtv smart enough to do this (overlap/back-to-back) with recordings?

[Paul Wheeler]

On 7/26/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 07/26/06 13:59, Brad Templeton wrote:
>
> >Here's a way you could code it.   Add two columns to the recorded
> >table for the unique ID of any 'predecessor' and 'successor' program
> >which were recorded from the same channel immediately before or after.
> >
> >Then, when a program reaches the end, and has a successor program,
> >have the option to have play continue in the successor.
> >
> >Plus, when rewinding, if you hit the beginning of a show that
> >has a predecessor program, offer the option to continue rewinding
> >into the successor (from its end.)
> >
>
> So, I record two back-to-back shows.  I watch the 2nd show--which
> contains a bit of the end of the first show.  When I'm done with the
> second show, I delete it.  Then, later, I go back to watch the first
> show and get to the end.  It has a "successor", so I tell it to continue
> playing the successor, but it's been deleted (or autoexpired).
>
> So, you say, well, why did you delete the second show if you knew it had
> a bit of the end of the first?  OK, so does that mean I now have to find
> out whether part of another show exists in my recording before I delete it?
>
> Alright, so let's say you've convinced me to do this.  I watch the
> second show, but this time, I actually remember not to delete it.  Then
> I watch the first show and follow the end to the successor.  Then, I
> finish the end of the first (in the second show's file) and delete.
> Then, I have to go back to find the first show to delete it.  But, if
> Myth is smart enough to follow the succession, then it could delete it.
> But, if I have three back-to-back shows, where the first didn't end in
> the second, will it know not to delete the first because I've only
> watched the 2nd and 3rd?
>
> Also, I /never/ have any idea when a show is recorded.  (That's the
> beauty of MythTV--it knows the schedule so I don't have to.)  I don't
> know if the show I just watched followed another show.  I often see the
> end of a show I recorded in another of my recordings, but later find out
> that it was the end of another showing because the end isn't cut off in
> my recording.
>
> The right answer:  more capture cards allow you to record more stuff...
>
I think thats a bit harsh! I like Brad's idea. This would help in the
cases when both shows still exist. In that case you gain, then when a
show is autoexpired the notion of a 'successor' (or 'predecessor')
show gets deleted from the affected recordings (simple SQL though is a
bit more load on the database server). Implementing this would give
the same functionality as at the moment except that in these cases
(which i get quite often and the aussies i hear get them all the time)
you get the bonus of being able to 'carry on' (rewind) into the next
(previous) recording if it is also there and not autoexpired. I view
it as quite a clever simple way to partially solve the problem.

Paul


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