[mythtv-users] BBC Timing issues

David Knight dlknight at sdf.lonestar.org
Sat Dec 27 12:35:15 UTC 2008


> Yeah, Wallace & Gromit started particularly late, about 6 minutes or so.
> Luckily, I have 5 minutes hard padding, and 5 minutes soft padding by
> default, and the soft padding was used on this occasion, so I got the
> whole program. However if a following program had required the tuner, I
> would probably have missed the end as well.
> --
> Mike Holden
>
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I too missed the end of Wallace and Gromit :( - more on the BBC's bad
timing here -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbpointsofview/F1951566?thread=6182593.

I have noticed it can be particularly bad on BBC HD and have to have about
5-10 minutes padding now to ensure I don't miss the beginning or end of a
programme....

Dave K.



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