[mythtv-users] Record time offset

[R. G. Newbury]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
>> On 10/08/2007 10:38 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>> On Oct 8, 2007, at 6:45 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Utilities/Setup>Setup>TV Settings>General>4th Screen
>>>>>
>>>>> Time to record before start of show (in seconds)
>>>>> Time to record past end of show (in seconds)
>>>> That's an option to add a "general" pre-record and/or post-record
>>>> slack to your
>>>> recordings. That saves you changing each and every one, and
>>>> worrying about what
>>>> happens when you want to record two successive programs on the same
>>>> channel.
>>>> There are many, many discussions in this list about "pre-roll" and
>>>> "post-roll"
>>>> time adjustments and their consequences.
>>> Yeah, isn't that what the original post asked for?
>> No.  The OP wanted a way to ensure /all/ recordings end 1 minute late.
>> The global values will be ignored for back-to-back recordings, so it
>> doesn't do what he wants.
> 
> Oh, that's dumb. :) I'd hate to miss entire recordings because I  
> *might* miss the last minute of another one. 

If you have 2 tuners of the same type, you can schedule the consecutive 
recordings before any others in those time slots. The 2 will use 
different tuners in that case, preserving the pre-roll/post-roll 
setting. If you want channel 2 both from 8 to 9 and 9 to 10, myth can 
use tuners 1 then 2. But if you also want anything on any other channel 
in the 8 through 10 period, you should let myth use the same tuner and 
drop the pre-roll or post-roll.

I didn't use these settings until very recently, and it was instructive 
to schedule some consecutive programs and see what myth did to resolve 
the conflicts by looking at the 'Upcoming Recordings' page.

Geoff