[mythtv-users] Delay start time on just one channel?

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 02:00:25 UTC 2008


On Feb 5, 2008 8:33 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/05/2008 07:43 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On Feb 5, 2008 6:37 AM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My wife and I have been recording a bunch of shows on TLC.  It
> >> appears, though, that TLC's broadcast is about a minute behind
> >> everyone else's - we get the ends of our shows cut off.  Is there a
> >> way to set a start late and end late for a whole channel?
> > Is there anything I can do about this?
>
> Yes.  Though this may not be the best solution, it will work:
>
> If the shows you record on that channel are only recorded from that
> channel, just change the Start Early (i.e. -1)/End Late (i.e. +1) values
> on the recording rule.
>
> If the shows you record on that channel are sometimes recorded from
> other channels, too, then create an "any time on this channel" rule for
> the show with appropriate Start Early/End Late values.  Note that you
> should have this rule /in addition/ to the rule for "any time on any
> channel."
>
> Someone smarter than me in the scheduler's internals would have to
> recommend better/easier/more efficient approaches.
>
> Mike

I'll probably end up using the by-program settings; I didn't know if
there was a super-secret channel option or not.  Obviously, I'd prefer
for TLC's start times to be on time :D

Thanks for the help, Mike.


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