[mythtv-users] Network execs added 1 minute to program length

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Oct 3 04:06:17 UTC 2007


On 10/02/2007 11:13 PM, Taine Gilliam wrote:
> Phil Bridges wrote:
>   
>> On 10/2/07, Taine Gilliam <taing at jtkdev.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> David Brodbeck wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Oct 2, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Taine Gilliam wrote:
>>>>> I'd have thought the schedule set for 9:00-10:00 would start
>>>>> immediately
>>>>> once the schedule at 8:00-9:01 was complete. Unless the later schedule
>>>>> had a higher priority in which case the 8:00-9:01 should be stopped at
>>>>> 9:00 to begin the second recording. Even my really cheap VCR can
>>>>> handle
>>>>> this one.
>>>>>           
>>>> MythTV assumes you want the whole show, not part of it.  So if it
>>>> sees overlap, it's going to try to reschedule the later recording for
>>>> another time.  If it can't, you'll get a conflict.
>>>>
>>>> To give a more obvious case:  If I have a show on one channel that
>>>> runs from 10:00 to 11:00, and I have a show on another channel that
>>>> runs from 10:00 to 10:30, I obviously don't want Myth to record one
>>>> show from 10:00 to 10:30, then record only the last half of other one.
>>> It may not be what I want but it would be what I asked for.
>>>
>> You ask for it to record half a show?
>>     
>
> Actually in this case it seems I might have. If the 10:00-10:30 program 
> has priority, the program better record it and then move on to the 
> second priority. In this case that would mean recording 10:30-11:00. I 
> never really paid much attention to this, I just assumed(yeah I know all 
> the troubles with assume) the overlap logic was more sound.

Which is why Myth has an Upcoming Recordings section that prominently
displays conflicts so you can--and here's the unexpected part--tell Myth
exactly what you want...  This works great because what David wants is
not necessarily what Taine wants or what Phil wants... but each can have
exactly what they want.

Mike


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