[mythtv-users] Starting recordings early and finishing late not working

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Mar 2 18:41:49 UTC 2010


On 03/02/2010 08:19 AM, Ian Oliver wrote:
> I have set recordings to start 300 secs early and finish 600 secs late
> in both places I could find in the front end menus. The main one was at
> Setup->TV->General, and I changed "Time to record before start of show"
> and "Time to record past end of show."
>    

That is only used to allow capture cards/hard drives/STB's to "spin up" 
before the show starts.  It's not scheduled, and is /never/ used between 
back-to-back shows recorded by the same capture card.

> I also changed the setting for new recording rules, but I don't think I
> have any of those and don't know where to set them.
>    

That only affects any recording rules you create *after* you change the 
setting.  All it does is pre-fill the start early and end late fields 
for you.

> Programmes don't seem to be starting to record early - we're losing the
> first few minutes/seconds. However, we do seem to have the 10 minute
> buffer on the end.
>
> Where should I be setting this?

In each and every recording rule, change start early and end late to the 
desired over-record values, but note that doing so makes it "mandatory" 
for the recording rule, so if you don't have sufficient capture cards, 
you will get conflicts.

Mike


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