[mythtv-users] CBS did it again: how to stich together from different recordings

[Phil Bridges]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Glenn Harris <gharris at eklo.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> So once again, CBS have failed to run their Sunday evening schedule on
>> time.  This really makes me angry.
>
> ...
>>
>>
>> [1] For just this reason/purpose I think I will start to schedule an
>> hour of recording beyond the end of what I typically want on a Sunday
>> evening on CBS
>
>
> You can sign up for "CBS Eye-Lerts" at http://www.cbs.com/eye-lerts/ and
> they will email you when they have an overrun.
>
> For example on Friday, 3/16 they sent out this email:
> "An NCAA runover on Sunday, 3/18 could delay start times for 60 Minutes (7pm
> ET), The Amazing Race (8pm ET), The Good Wife (9pm ET) and CSI: Miami (10pm
> ET)."
>
> Then on Sunday 3/18 at 7:44pm they sent out this email:
> "Revised start times for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (7:43pm ET),
> Amazing Race (8:43pm ET), The Good Wife (9:43pm ET) and CSI: Miami (10:43pm
> ET) due to CBS Sports live coverage of NCAA Basketball."
>
> When I get the first one, I add an override for an extra hour onto "60
> Minutes", in case I don't notice the second email right away.
> When I get the second one, I log in to mythweb and update the start and end
> times accordingly for the other shows I have scheduled to record.
>

Now, if only our Myth servers could parse that data and automagically
change the times...