[mythtv-users] Strange program lengths recently

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Michael T. Dean<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 09/07/2009 01:27 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>>   I've started to notice some strange lengths on my recordings after
>> recent updates. (Maybe the last 2-3 weeks or so.) For instance, I
>> recorded a series of Criminal Minds episodes, one after another. They
>> were listed on the hour in the listings, and there was nothing missing
>> in the group of recordings. I.e. - the end of one recording would flow
>> into the beginning of the next recording, etc. However when watching
>> these on a remote frontend Myth would report that the length was
>> around 57 minutes, not 60 minutes. It does this consistently over all
>> the recordings.
>>
>
> I'm guessing the lengths have more to do with the way we estimate the
> duration for the OSD rather than implying that Myth recorded for an
> incorrect amount of time.  I see this on nearly all of my primetime CBS
> recordings.  I'd also assume that the broadcaster was "behind schedule" or
> something causing them to be offset (i.e. due to sports runovers or
> whatever).
>
> Mike

Thanks Mike. Good to know it's visible elsewhere.

In this specific case it wasn't late starts because five 60 minute
programs all recorded back to back - no missing data - and all showed
short times.

I had wondered whether it had anything to do with using a PPC
backend/x86 frontend. Sounds like that's not the case.

I also wondered if maybe Myth was playing everything fast but then
telling me the playback time vs. the recorded time. No reason to
believe that is going on. Just was curious.

Anyway, thanks for the response.

Cheers,
Mark