[mythtv-users] need help troubleshooting scheduling conflict

[Joey Morris]

Joey Morris <rjmorris at nc.rr.com> wrote on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:18:52PM -0500:
> My Upcoming Recording screen shows a scheduling conflict, and I can't
> figure out the cause of the conflict. I'm attempting to record several
> shows back-to-back on one tuner of a dual-tuner HDHR, with each show
> starting one minute early and ending one minute late. I have multirec
> set up on this tuner, and I've successfully been recording this same
> block of shows, with overlap, for some time now. I've verified that no
> other recordings are scheduled during these time slots.
> 
> The shows in question are the Thursday night NBC lineup (Community,
> The Office, 30 Rock) on Jan 13. My guide info comes from Schedules
> Direct, and I'm recording over the air. My schedule looks like this:
> 
> 7:59-8:31, Community, previously recorded
> 8:29-9:01, Community, will record on tuner 1
> 8:59-9:31, The Office, will record on tuner 2
> 9:29-10:01, The Office, conflict
> 9:59-10:31, 30 Rock, will record on tuner 1
> 10:29-11:01, 30 Rock, will record on tuner 2
> 
> I would expect the second Office to record on tuner 1, the first 30
> Rock on tuner 2, and the second 30 Rock on tuner 1.
> 
> When I select the conflicting Office from the Upcoming Recordings
> screen, it says it's in conflict with the 8:59-9:31 Office and
> 9:59-10:31 30 Rock. The only thing out of the ordinary I can see is
> that the two Office episodes are parts 1 and 2 of a 2-parter. Could
> Myth somehow think the first episode actually lasts the whole hour,
> even though it says 8:59-9:31 everywhere I can find?
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts you may have on the cause of this conflict. If
> I can look up additional information to help investigate, please let
> me know.

I fixed the conflict by adding an override for the 9:29-10:01 Office
and increasing its priority. I'm still not sure why Myth identified it
as a conflict in the first place, though.