[mythtv-users] how to setup default recording options?

[Bruce Markey]

Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Is there a way to set default recording options such as automatically
> records 10 minutes extra?

As of 0.20, yes. Go to TV Settings->Recording Priorities->
Set Recording Priorities. The "Default 'End Late' minutes for
new recording rules" will automatically add this scheduled
time for each new rule.

  "Set this to '0' unless you expect that the majority of
   your show times will not match your TV listings. This
   sets the initial end late or end early time when rules
   are created. These can then be adjusted per recording rule."


> Right now each program always finishes about 10 minutes late. so if
> you simply recorded a program with the default options, I will always
> miss the end of the program as mythtv stops right when the show is
> schedule to conclude.

This is a point that seems to confuse many people. If the
expectation is that the content of the show will extend beyond
the time in the listings, you must require the scheduler to
record the additional time. Optional time won't do because in
the event the optional time is dropped, the show's content
will be truncated. Having 'End Late' minutes added in the
rule will assure that the highest priority shows will record
to completion.

Further, because these are stored per rule, you can add even
more time for a specific show that you expect will run even
later without imposing that time on all other shows. For some
weekly shows that are back to back, you can adjust those two
rules to stop and start as you wish and have the same directions
carried out week after week.

--  bjm