[mythtv-users] Re: [PATCH] Added Recording "Under" Time

[Tako Schotanus]

I think you are right about that last part, I had been thinking about 
changing the Over Time to something like "record X seconds past end of 
program" and then turn Under Time into "record X seconds before start of 
program" but I decided not to presume to much and to make my first 
patches only additions to or fixes of existing code.

I thought Isaac would probably want to change the text anyway, but if he 
seconds the suggestions I gave above (or tells me what he would like the 
text to be) I'll send in another patch.

Dr. J. S. Pezaris wrote:

>   Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added Recording "Under" Time
>   On Friday 27 June 2003 06:27 pm, Tako Schotanus wrote:
>
>   > I know "Recording Under Time" sounds silly but it _is_ the opposite of
>   > "Recording Over Time" =)
>
>"Pre-roll", as other messages have used, is the accepted term from
>professional video processing.  It refers to the fact that many old VTR
>(video tape recorders) needed a second or two to get the tape up to stable
>speed.  Spool-up time, if you will.  Similarlily, when making movies, the
>director cues the sound to start recording, and the soundman replies,
>"speeding," once the equipment has been started and the tape is up to
>speed. 
>
>But then, for MythTV, something simple like "recording start time" with
>options "as listed", or "N minutes early" or "N minutes late" might be
>easier to understand (where N is 1, 2, ..., 10).  And the "recording over
>time" might be adjusted to match, eg, "recording end time" with the same
>options as for the start.
>
>Just an idea.
>
>	- pz.
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