[mythtv] Record now?

[Bruce Markey]

Larry Matter wrote:
> I thought of one more "nice to have" for us busy parents.  It is a
> completely normal occurance in my house to pause a movie a get back to it
> hours later.
> 
> If I'm watching live TV, and pause to deal with a "crisis" and leave it
> paused passed the end of a show, it would be nice to have the ring buffer
> automatically be converted into a recording of that show.  It could stop
> recording (liveTV'ing) after the show is over; presumably I don't care
> about shows after the one I'm watching.  I know I could set the ring
> buffer abnormally large but like I said it could be hours later, and
> that's gigabytes of ring buffer.

The short answer is "m", "r" ;-).

Being a digital recorder convert, I almost never watch
live TV but I do know the situation you are talking about.
If you pause and are away for longer than the buffer or
if another recording starts, you will miss the remainder
of the show. Rather than pause, choose to record the show
in progress. You can then choose it from the recorded list
anytime later. "M" goes to the EPG focused on the current
show. "R" is a shortcut to record once.

If I do watch live TV and decide I want to watch to the
end, I automatically choose to record so the it won't
start recording something else on the next half-hour or
whatever.

--  bjm