[mythtv-users] Recordings start & end 10 seconds too soon, on all channels

[Tim Draper]

---- On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:59:07 +0000 Michael T. Dean<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote ---- 
 > That will help to allow more use of the "Time to record before  
 > start/past end of show (secs)", but only solves the problem if you  
 > generally don't record multiple shows at the same time. Statistically,  
 > it can only work if you record fewer shows at a given time than half  
 > your inputs.  If you have an HDHR Prime with CableCARD that provides 3  
 > inputs, that means it will only give you the extra time if you record  
 > less than 1.5 shows at a given time. So, realistically, that means you  
 > can record 2 shows at a time as long as you'll only record a single show  
 > after those 2 and then 2 then 1 ...  (So, 2 shows from 8-9 and 1 from  
 > 9-10 and 2 from 10-11 or whatever). 
 >  
 > This is not at all how recordings work on my system.  Generally, during  
 > prime time, my system is recording 5 shows at any given time and they're  
 > followed by 5 more from the start to the end of prime time, which is  
 > more than half of my 6 inputs.  (I occasionally have 6 recordings at  
 > once, but some days--even in prime time--I might have only a couple.)   
 > This is because I'm using the DVR as a DVR--basically, I record  
 > everything I might possibly ever choose to watch, and then delete those  
 > things I later decide not to watch (i.e. after they cancel the show and  
 > people are saying it's not worth watching or if people say it's not  
 > worth watching or if I watch some and decide there's no way it will get  
 > good enough to watch it).  This way, though, I always have something  
 > already recorded (allowing me to skip commercials and time stretch) and  
 > am never forced to sit through watching whatever garbage is currently  
 > airing on someone else's schedule (where that schedule includes  
 > commercials). 
 >  
 > FWIW, most of the time, the "Time to record before start/past end of  
 > show (secs)" turns out to be a placebo that satisfies most users--and  
 > really has far less benefit than people believe.  If you can't count on  
 > it, it's not much offering much at all, but it's amazing how many people  
 > swear by it (without ever looking to see how infrequently it actually  
 > benefits them).  The only people for which it generally works are people  
 > who have twice as many inputs as they need--and those people would  
 > actually be better served by just using the Start Early/End Late  
 > settings on the recording rules (because they have plenty of inputs) and  
 > could even record more shows without problems. If you do want to  
 > over-record by 1 minute at the start and end of each show, you should  
 > set Start Early/End Late to 1 in the default Recording Rule Template to  
 > make it easier to set up new recording rules. 
 >  

good points. i tend not to have that many shows in concurrent recording so back-to-back doesnt affect me. most of my shows have a limit of 3 to avoid recording everything, and more channels seem to be +1/mid-week repeats so it just gets recorded then.