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

Ryan Steffes rbsteffes at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 13:55:34 UTC 2007


On 10/2/07, Taine Gilliam <taing at jtkdev.com> wrote:
> Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On 10/2/07, Taine Gilliam <taing at jtkdev.com> wrote:
> >> It may not be what I want but it would be what I asked for.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > You ask for it to record half a show?
> >
> > Please don't top-post.  Thanks!
>
> 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.
>

I believe the majority of us would disagree with your definition of
"sound".  Your VCR doesn't maintain a database of upcoming shows and
shows it's previously recorded, by name.  It's just recording
timeslots.  Most of us would be angry as heck if it gave us half a
show and said "here you go!".

The "best" solution was to do as described in the second or third
reply:  Set each program to default to starting or ending early, and
set the global padding to compensate.  Many of us use the global
padding to adjust for when the networks just mess up the time on a
show anyway.  Mine is personally set to stick a 5 minute buffer on
each end, when possible.


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