[mythtv-users] Suggestions for simplest way to achieve my recording goals.

[Raymond Wagner]

On 8/29/2012 15:37, Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>         I've been checking through the system and mail archives, but
>         can't find
>         anything to cover my specific requirement, perhaps I'm not
>         searching for
>         the right thing, or just not recognizing it when I see it.
>
>         I basically want to record a specific channel for twenty four
>         hours but
>         at a low priority so that if there's any "real", programmes they
>         takes
>         precedence.
>
>
>     Create a power rule with a single clause that just checks for the
>     channel.  Set it to a low priority.
>
>
> I think you might still have a problem with show boundaries.
>
> If you create a rule to record every show on channel X, with a low
> priority, the scheduler will use that tuner if needed to record a higher
> priority show on channel Y.  But it will only cut over at show boundaries.
>
> For example if at a given time you run into this scenario:
>
> Channel X:   |-----show 1 ------||--------show 2-------|
> Channel Y:   ----------|-------show 3 ------|--------------
>
> In this case, neither show 1 or show 2 would be recorded at all.
>
> As far as I know, there is no way to tell the scheduler to cut a show
> off part way through, or start recording after the show has already
> started.  At least not as part of a recording schedule... I know you can
> do it manually.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.

No, that's correct. The only time it will record a partial showing is 
when you manually give it a specific time slot to record. There is no 
"allow partials" option.