[mythtv-users] Time to record before start with back-to-back recordings and multirec?

[jonny Linux]

> And the answer is, while it is possible for a multirec type system to
> record the same content to different files, Myth will only do this when it
> bumps the shows to a second virtual tuner.  So, my original statement holds
> true that johnny should set hard over/under record options on his recording
> rules to bump the programs as conflicting in the scheduler which will
> achieve this result.
>

OK. That makes sense, and that best describes the behaviour I'm
experiencing. However, I think it would be much easier if Myth could
recognise my global soft setting, and automatically bump the second
recording to a different virtual tuner if there is one available. The wiki
seems to suggest I wouldn't need the hard padding:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Multirec
Use Case 2:
User has MythTV set up to always start recording five minutes before and
after the scheduled time. User schedules recording of two back-to-back
programmes on the same channel, or on different channels carried on the same
transport. Only one tuner should be used to record both, despite the
overlap.

The first sentence of the use case seems to suggest soft padding rather than
hard padding. But if I set two back-to-back programmes like that without the
hard padding, there will be no overlap between the recordings. Is the wiki
describing it wrong?

Thanks,

Jonny
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