[mythtv-users] back to back recording conflicts

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/13/2007 09:27 PM, Doug Young wrote:
> On 10/13/07, Paul <mylists at wilsononline.id.au> wrote:
>   
>> Can some tell me how  the MythTV scheduler treats recordings that a
>> back-to-back ie one following the other on the *same* channel.
>> as I seem to have conflicts caused by these shows probably because I
>> have "End-Late" settings, can and does MythTV have an override where
>> some programs are recorded on the same channel it can ignore the
>> overlap, as I don't want to continually review these start-early and
>> finish late . As some times these shows aren't back-to-back and they
>> *do* finish late and I obviously want to capture the end of the show.
>>     
>
> There are numerous threads covering this topic on gossamer.  One of
> the most recent can be found here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/293197
>
> Basically, there are two time over-runs: the soft overrun in TV
> Settings->General (Advanced) [page 4].  This overrun will be honored
> -if possible-, but will not cause conflicts.  If you specify the
> overrun on a per-recording basis, it is a hard overrun and MythTV
> considers the show to be 1 minute (or 2 or 5 or whatever) longer than
> the listings say it is, and thus they cause conflicts.
>
> So, the end answer is to use the overrun in TV Settings->General
> (Advanced) to set your "end late", which will apply to -all
> recordings-

But will not be applied to the end of one and start of two when one and
two are back-to-back--regardless of channel and regardless of number of
capture cards.

> , and then not set it at an individual recording level.

If using SVN trunk, there's a new option:

Avoid back to back recordings from different channels
If set, the scheduler will avoid assigning shows from different channels
to the same card if their end time and start time match. This will be
allowed when necessary in order to resolve conflicts.

that defaults to false.

Mike