[mythtv-users] Starting recordings early and finishing late not working

Vince Coen vbcoen at btconnect.com
Tue Mar 2 14:23:21 UTC 2010


Silly question but:

have you set up to sync your computer time using ntp ie Network Time Protocol?

If you computer clock is wrong so will be your recordings

Vince

On Tuesday 02 Mar 2010, Ian Oliver wrote:
> I have set recordings to start 300 secs early and finish 600 secs late
> in both places I could find in the front end menus. The main one was at
> Setup->TV->General, and I changed "Time to record before start of show"
> and "Time to record past end of show."
> 
> I also changed the setting for new recording rules, but I don't think I
> have any of those and don't know where to set them.
> 
> Programmes don't seem to be starting to record early - we're losing the
> first few minutes/seconds. However, we do seem to have the 10 minute
> buffer on the end.
> 
> Where should I be setting this?  I'm using the mythbuntu wide theme, if
> that makes a difference. I'm not suspending or sleeping the backend, at
> least not deliberately.
> 
> Here are the entries plucked from mythweb (sorry it's hard to read)
> 
> Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Apples    0   2 - BBC TWO Default
> Autodetect  Default Once    Default -5  10  2010-03-01 20:35:02
> 
> Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets: Apples    0   2 - BBC TWO Default
> Autodetect  Default Once    Default -5  10  0000-00-00 00:00:00
> 
> Five Days  0   1 - BBC ONE Default Autodetect  Default Once    Default
> -5  10  0000-00-00 00:00:00
> 
> Five Days  0   1 - BBC ONE Default Autodetect  Default Once    Default
> -5  10  2010-03-01 21:05:02
> 
> Five Days  0   1 - BBC ONE Default Autodetect  Default Once    Default
> -5  10  0000-00-00 00:00:00
> 
> The Good Wife: Conjugal    0   4 - Channel 4   Default Autodetect
> Default Once    Default -5  10  2010-03-01 22:05:02
> 
> Things to note - everything should have started five mins early, but
> actually started five mins late. There are repeated entries with zeros
> in the times, which I *think* these go in when my wife hits record in
> the guide but the record icon doesn't appear. She just keeps hitting
> record until it does.
> 
> Help!
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
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