[mythtv-users] Long films and news breaks

[Alexander Fisher]

On 3/23/06, Stuart Fox <stuart at dontuse.ms> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I've had an idea (doesnt happen very often) !
>
> Here in the UK and and sure across the world, tv companies break up films
> and put stuff in the middle. A 1/2 hour news slot being the most common
> here.
> It means you have to do 2 recordings.
> Is it possible to "associate" the 2 recordings? for example the 1st bit of
> the film starts 10pm and finishes 11pm, then a half hour news slot then
> the film resumes 11:30 for another hour.
>
> You'd schedule the first hour as normal. When you schedule the second hour
> you associate it with the first scedule and it appends the recording to
> the first file. You end up with one recording instead of 2.
>
> Good idea? I'd certainly find it very useful!

What I do is schedule only the first half and set 'end late' to cover
the news break and the second half.  Later, I use the new lossless
encoding feature to remove the news.  The biggest problem is spotting
that there was a news break in the first place!

Alex