[mythtv-users] Can't record consecutive shows on the same channel

[Raymond Wagner]

On 7/5/2013 10:02 AM, Angela wrote:
>> Suppose there is a multi-part documentary aired on one channel, one part
>> after the other. When I select to record all parts, only the first will be
>> recorded, the remaining ones won't.
>>
>> Note I'm not starting early and finishing late, so there is no overlap. I
> just
>> want Mythtv to (e.g.) record part 1 at 04:45-05:30, part 2 at 05:30-06:15,
> and
>> part 3 at 06:15-07:00.
>>
>> I'm using Mythtv 0.26 and a single DVB-S2 tuner card. Failing to record
>> consecutive shows has now happened twice when no other activity was
>> going on.
> I posted the following two weeks ago, but didn't receive an answer.
> 	I have "Time to record past end of show" set to 10 minutes,
> back-to-back recordings work.
> 	For some schedules I need to set an endoffset of about 20 minutes.
> 	Back-to-Back is not working anymore, resulting in many conflicts. Is
> there an option in MythTV, where the endoffset is also handled as a soft
> endtime ?
>
> Check that "Time to record past end of show" is 0, to allow consecutive
> shows to be recorded.

This should be unnecessary, as 'multirec' should take care of allowing 
overlapping padding on back-to-back recordings.