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

[Allen Edwards]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 01/30/2009 01:45 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 30, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Marc Randolph wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 1/30/09, Allen Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2) Stop recording the first show when the second show starts and start
>>>>> recording the second show
>>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>> I put the pad in the individual rule. I guess that is my problem...
>>
>
> No, actually you scheduled correctly for several reasons:
>  a) the maximum for the "Time to record before start/past end of show (in
> seconds)" can be set to a maximum of 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
>  b) the "Time to record before start/past end of show (in seconds)" is
> designed for a completely different purpose
>  c) the above description of the "Time to record before start/past end of
> show (in seconds)" is a naive simplification.  The time will be completely
> ignored if you have 2 back-to-back recordings--even if they're on different
> channels as it's a capture card start up/shut down capability (and Myth will
> use the same capture card--technically, the most preferred input--if
> possible).  The only time this isn't true is when you specify:
>
> 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.
>
> Which is there to placate people who believe that Myth should read their
> minds.  It has the wonderful placebo effect of making people think Myth just
> does the right thing and they seldom see the issues that are caused by their
> refusing to just do conflict resolution/tell Myth what to do.
>
> It's really not that hard to click on the Upcoming Recordings page in
> MythWeb once every 2 weeks and fix any conflicts listed.
>
> Mike
>

I have removed my special rule and set end late to 0 relying on my general
setting of 300 seconds and that should take care of it until I get to a show
and get to hear "and the winner is" and it stops recording.  At that point,
the knowledge of who won will be replaced by a sexy voice explaining how
myth is ruining her life.

But the idea that you can check conflicts every 2 weeks is naive.  You
really have to check every time you add a show.

That said, I don't see any technical reason why myth could not have actually
recorded what I wanted as it did not require the tuner to switch channels.
 It would just have required myth to record one tuner twice.

But I have no problem with the way it is.  I can live with it.

Allen
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