[mythtv-users] Long films and news breaks

[Paul Wheeler]

On 3/25/06, Alexander Fisher <alexjfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Paul Wheeler <paulrwheeler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I believe all it needs to be able to cut out the news break is a
> > single recording option extra. I.e. we have dont record this showing,
> > record once, record in this timeslot every week etc. We just need to
> > add a record once with news break option (these breaks are 99% one off
> > showings) The scheduler then knows to look to see if there is an extra
> > part of the film after the next 1/2 programs, if it is it does one of
> > three thigs, depending on how feasable these are:
>
> Hi Paul.
> Unfortunately, this doesn't solve the problem of not spotting the news
> break in the first place.
>
No it doesnt but given what people have said above i dont think that
will ever be possible without more information upstream, i.e. the
tv_grab or the over the air guide gets the info. My main problem is
that it is a pain to record the whole film at the moment and the steps
given make this a lot easier.

Paul

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