[mythtv-users] X-Factor Scheduling Snafu

[Kris B.]

On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:48 AM, "Mark Boyum" <mark at boyum.us>
wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca>
> wrote:
> > On 11-10-19 08:17 AM, Kris B. wrote:
> >> I am in deep with the wife... X-Factor last night was scheduled
> >> (according to Schedules Direct) to run from 8-9:30pm, EDT, October 19th,
> >> 2011.  In actuality it ran 8-10pm...
> >>
> >> 1. Did anyone else have this issue?
> >
> > Nope.  My schedule for last night shows it as being 2hrs long.
> >
> >> 2. What can I do to prevent this?
> >
> > Make sure you have accurate and up-to-date data?
> >
> >> Should I change the command from
> >> mythfilldatabase to mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all?
> >
> > That's what I do.
> >
> > b.
> >
> You could just add enough padding to the schedule so that it is sure
> to record the whole program.  I've done this for one of my wife's
> shows that has been running half an hour behind since the NFL started
> up.  I've actually doubled how long it records.  The extra disk space
> for this is no big deal since we delete it after she watches the show
> and it doesn't cause any conflicts on our tuners.

Well, the thing was a half hour longer than scheduled, nothing bumping
it.  I think probably changing the command to --dd-grab-all might be the
ticket so it overwrites the whole database nightly.  It only takes 2
minutes usually to run, so I think that might be the ticket, unless
someone thinks that is a bad idea?

-- 
  Kris B.
  krisbee at krisbee.com