[mythtv-users] Schedule conflicted with itself causing show to not record

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Jan 30 17:40:07 UTC 2009


On Jan 30, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Marc Randolph wrote:

> On 1/30/09, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>> Because the tuner for channel 2 was in use at 9PM due to the 20 min
>> extension, the 9PM show on channel 2 was never recorded.
>>
>> Let's consider the options for myth to deal with an overlap on the  
>> same
>> channel:
>>
>> 1) Record the first show plus the extra time and start the  
>> recording of the
>> next show late
>> 2) Stop recording the first show when the second show starts and  
>> start
>> recording the second show
>> 3) Record the first show plus the extra time and completely skip  
>> the second
>> show.
>>
>> Of the three choices, the last one is the last one I would want.
>>
>> Is there a way to deal with this?  If not, this would be a nice  
>> change to
>> myth, changing the default #3 to either #1 or #2.
>
> I believe Myth's default is intended to be #2.  At least, that is what
> I recall that the wording implies when you configure how much time
> before and after to record... the comment at the bottom says something
> to the effect of "Extra time (before and after) are ignored when
> back-to-back recordings occur."

This is when you use soft-padding (the global setting). If you set  
hard padding (on the individual rule) it will assume the extra time is  
part of the rule and you really want it all the time.

-Brad



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