<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 February 2011 11:00, Nick Morrott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 8 February 2011 22:20, Anthony Giggins <<a href="mailto:seven@seven.dorksville.net">seven@seven.dorksville.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 8 February 2011 23:00, David Watkins <<a href="mailto:watkinshome@gmail.com">watkinshome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> > Yes I believe they are both set to 600<br>
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>> Um - isn't that your answer then? 10 mins padding - 30 minutes<br>
>> recording - 10 minutes padding.<br>
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>> Maybe before you generally had some adjacent recordings that caused<br>
>> the soft padding to be overriden?<br>
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> I wasn't aware that the soft padding was in addition to any hard padding I<br>
> was under the impression that Hard padding over rides Soft padding.<br>
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</div>Hard padding does not override soft padding, as they are used for<br>
different purposes.<br>
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Hard padding is _always_ added to a programme's start/stop times when<br>
the scheduler runs, and is why it is a specified on a per-rule basis.<br>
This can and will lead to conflicts if you always need a scheduled<br>
recording to start early (or stop late) and do not have sufficient<br>
tuners. This scenario will produce the largest number of conflicts<br>
when attempting to record one-off back-to-back programmes that cannot<br>
be rescheduled to a later time or alternative tuner.<br>
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Soft padding _may_ be added to a scheduled recording if - and only if<br>
- the specified amount of soft padding can be recorded before the<br>
tuner is required again for another scheduled recording. It occurs<br>
_after_ scheduling has occurred and although it is a global option (it<br>
will be used for all scheduled recordings if possible) you are never<br>
guaranteed that it will be included.<br>
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If both hard and soft padding are in effect for a particular<br>
recording, you will see the worst-case-scenario* when:<br>
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i) the scheduler includes hard padding;<br>
ii) additional soft padding can also be recorded; and<br>
iii) the programme's listed duration is small<br>
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This is what you reported seeing in your initial post - your 10 minute<br>
recording was being extended in length by 400% to 50 minutes due to<br>
the summative effects of your hard and soft padding settings.<br>
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* where worst-case-scenario means the highest proportion of padding<br>
compared to a programme's listed duration<br>
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HTH,<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Nick<br>
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--</font><br></blockquote></div><br>Thanks for the confirmation Nick I'll update the wiki to reflect this<br>