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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/03/2010 02:22 AM, Ian Oliver wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>>> 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.
>>      
> Ah, makes sense. What settings are required for a DVB-T card? I guess just
> a few seconds, if anything.
>    

Right.  For the most part, today, with modern systems, you only need to 
account for hard-drive spin up and STB channel change.

Mike