<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Gallatin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu">gallatin@cs.duke.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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At that point, it would be possible to modify MythTV to use<br>
EIT for sports overruns, even when primarily using SD for<br>
guide data. Eg, it would be nice to have some option like<br>
"Use EIT data to estimate sports scheduling overruns<br>
for channel $CBS" And maybe even restrict it to a time window.<br></blockquote></div><br>Updated EIT data could also be used when recording the game as you then know exactly how long to record. Not such a big deal for football on CBS as you can probably guess how much to add to the end of the recording, but it would be very useful for things like playoff hockey, as if a game goes into overtime you have no idea how long it will be (it could be an extra 15 min, it could be over 3 hours). I usually add an extra 3 hours and hope that it isn't one of those record breaking marathon games.<br>
<br>Interestingly, various Canadian networks rebraodcast those CBS games, but instead of delaying the rest of the days schedule, they "resume the previously scheduled program already in progress," showing the end of that program and then continuing on as originally scheduled. Anoying for viewers of the next program but better for everyone else.<br>