[mythtv-users] Problem with Hard and Soft Padding on recordings

[Richard Morton]

> More specifically, the, "Time to record before start of show (secs),"
> setting says, "If this is the first use of this capture card in a while,
> start recording this much early so that hard drives can spin up or
> slow-to-init capture cards that require firmware uploads can complete before
> the scheduled show begins," or whatever. (And, really, I the, "Time to
> record past end of show (secs)," setting is probably more for symmetry than
> anything else--I'm not really sure what use it could be in the context of
> how it's actually applied.)

Hi Mike,

What is the definition of "a while"?

R