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

[John Pilkington]

On 05/07/13 15:17, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> 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.

But Raymond's other point about failure to recognise programmes as 
different might still apply.  Can you identify likely conflicts in 
'Upcoming Recordings@?