[mythtv-users] Clashes on same channel

[Fred Squires]

On 5/12/05, jamesp at hisser.org <jamesp at hisser.org> wrote:
> Quoting Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com>:
> 
> > > Does anyone have any workarounds for this? Whilst not being a developer
> > myself,
> > > it seems logical to enhance the scheduler so that it will not fail a
> > recording
> > > if it is *already* recording the correct channel, albeit for another show.
> >
> > There was lots of discussion on this late last year and this behaviour
> > is deliberate and I don't believe there are plans to change it. To be
> > honest, the best way to solve it is to get a 2nd tuner card. That's
> > what I did.
> 
> Thanks for the response. Actually, it seemed I might have made a mistake. On the
> shows I scheduled, I explicitly specified the start and end offset in addition
> with the global setting.
> 
> I just tried it again without specifying any special settings in the recording
> schedule and it seemed to work. Will do some more testing though.

That's basically how it's supposed to work.  The global settings will
record the extra minute only if the extra time doesn't conflict with
another show.  The per show padding will record the extra minute no
matter what, even if it causes a conflict.

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