[mythtv-users] I'm sure I'm not setting up my recordings the best way.

[Johnny]

> Every time I schedule a recording, set "Start Early" to 2 and "End Late"
> to 5, which works well for the programs I watch. Does MythTV have some
> way that I can make these defaults, and not have to set them every
> time (particularly under Mythweb)? AFAIK these are hard paddings. I'd
> like to keep with hard paddings because I prefer to know up front
> that they cause conflicts than find later that the padding wasn't
> applied.

You can set the default in TV Settings -> General. However, this is a
soft padding, so it may not fit the bill for you. You might want to
consider a default soft padding and then on the shows you really  care
about, or that you know have recordings ajacent to them, you could add
hard padding.