[mythtv-users] Schedule Time Bump for Sports Overtime

[Phil Bridges]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jeff Wormsley <daworm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Johnny wrote:
>>
>> It doesn't do that. There is still no automated solution for the
>> problem of adjusting other recordings that follow a game. I was merely
>> responding to the statement that there was no way for the code to tell
>> when the game ended. The MER code automatically figures out when a
>> game ends, by using other sources. But it currently is only designed
>> to handle the case where someone wants to extend the recording of that
>> actual game. So finding out when a game ends shouldn't be the sticking
>> point on getting the other functionality the OP wanted.
>>
>
> So, if I am understanding correctly, the strategy would be to look at an
> upcoming recording, see if there were a game on before it, and if so when
> the recording time comes up, see what time the game finished (or if not,
> wait for it to), then add the times of everything between the end of the
> game and the start of the recording and offset the recording start time by
> that amount...
>
> Well, it might work sometimes, I suppose.  Sounds horribly complicated,
> though, and probably not worth anyone's effort to implement.
>

Another problem would be when you have to figure out which game you're
waiting for the ending of.  CBS has been good (bad?) this season about
switching games they're showing in your area if that game's a blowout.