[mythtv] Fwd: 2 small feature requests

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Jan 28 16:59:34 EST 2004


On Wednesday 28 January 2004 15:54, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> > Global postroll has always been optional, and ignored if another
> > recording (on the same channel or not) conflicts.  Per-show
> > postroll is not optional, and is taken into account when scheduling
> > recordings.
>
> This, and other threads like it, suggest that there is a
> problem with the labeling. Global "pre-roll" to try to start
> the encoder early in order to catch the first few second and
> per-show "pre-roll" to force a change in the scheduled record
> time are very different things and should not be confused.
> Unlike yesterday, I'll propose a solution to an anticipated
> problem rather than just checking it in =).
>
> I've modified the advanced options page to label the per-show
> offsets as "Start Early (minutes)" and "End Late (minutes):".
> I don't believe any internal changes need to be made at this
> point but this should help users to make a clear distinction
> between these two separate features. If there are no objections
> or better ideas I'd like to go ahead and make this change.
>
> --  bjm

Sounds like a good idea to me.

-JAC



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