[mythtv-users] 30 second early?

[Ross Boylan]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> ......
>
> Actually, the scheduler completely ignores the global:
>
> Time to record before start of show (secs)
> 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.
>
> and
>
> Time to record past end of show (secs)
> 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.
>
> The "recorder" may use them.
>
> > I'm using that, but I've seen one statement that these times don't
> > control recording start at all, but only system power-up before
> > recording.
>
> Yeah, basically.  The "Time to record before start.." applies only to
> first use of a tuner and "Time to record past end..." applies only to
> last use of a tuner in a string of back-to-back recordings with that
> tuner.  I.e. it's little more than a placebo and (as you said) should
> never be expected on any recording.  If you want to record extra, you
> should tell the scheduler to schedule that time and have sufficient
> tuners to record what you want.
>
> Mike
>
Thanks for the info.  I had not understood the distinction between
scheduled times and actual recording times.  So if I'm understanding, the
globals will actually start recording (not just power up the system) early
or continuing late provided doing so does not cause overlap with other
recordings.  Right?
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