[mythtv-users] Is there a default start/finish offset option?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/06/2010 06:42 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>> Annoyingly, even if you have two tuners it doesn't work. In the example
>> above "tuner 1" will record channel A from 8:00->8:30, it would then switch
>> to channel B to record from 8:30->(9:00 + whatever end_late you set).
>>      
> I don't think I have ever had that problem... if it is on a different
> channel it uses a different tuner so it can get the early start and late
> end.  Though I will have to double check when I get home.
>
> Perhaps you have another setting that is causing your issue.  Check your
> settings for stuff related to tuner usage and live tv , I know those
> settings can cause myth to try and keep all recordings on a single tuner so
> that live TV isn't interrupted if you happen to be watching live tv.  If you
> disable that setting,  you should find that your scheduled recordings will
> alternate tuners unless consecutive shows are on the same channel or all
> tuners are in use.
>    
>> In my ideal world myth would use "tuner 1" to record channel A from
>> 8:00->(8:30 + extra) and use "tuner 2" to record channel B from 8:30->(0:00
>> + extra).
>>      
> Pretty sure this is what mine does.  Check that setting out.
>    

Exactly.  These are the settings that require the scheduler to account 
for the specified time.

Jason is confusing the aforementioned settings ("Default 'Start Early' 
minutes for new recording rules" and  "Default 'End Late' minutes for 
new recording rules") with the settings:

Time to record before start of show (in seconds)
This global setting allows the recorder to start before the scheduled 
start time. It does not affect the scheduler. It is ignored when two 
shows have been scheduled without enough time in between.

Time to record past end of show (in seconds)
This global setting allows the recorder to record beyond the scheduled 
end time. It does not affect the scheduler. It is ignored when two shows 
have been scheduled without enough time in between.

Completely understandable, as we have far too many settings.  (The ones 
Jason is thinking of probably shouldn't even be settings, but that's a 
whole other can of worms.)

Mike