[mythtv-users] Disable Mythical Bookmark

[John Pilkington]

On 05/10/16 10:25, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 04/10/16 23:43, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 04/10/16 22:11, Mark Goldberg wrote:
>>> Is there any easy way to disable the new "Mythical Bookmark" that is in
>>> 0.28? I have off the air TV in the US and Schedules Direct, and they
>>> often start the program up to a minute off. I used to just fast forward
>>> to when it starts, or just wait, which required no action. Now, I have
>>> to jump back on most of the recordings to see the start of the show. I
>>> don't find it helpful to start playback after the preroll in my
>>> circumstance. I am sure is it helpful to other people. An option to use
>>> it or not use it would be useful.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> 'mythutil --clearbookmarks --chanid --starttime' is available.  You
>> could run it as a user job after
>> recording has finished.
>>
> Actually it would make some sense in this case to make the bookmarking
> adjustable, with the "scheduled" time being the default.
>
> If the programs /regularly/ start earlier or later on one or more
> specific channels then a bulk adjustment would seem to be the thing to
> do, but of course that will involve extra fiddly settings and so on...
>
> An odd thought while writing this - have you checked that the time is
> correctly set? If the guilty channel always runs early, maybe your clock
> is slow or theirs is fast? If the latter, you have grounds for
> complaining to the station.
>
I first became aware of this 'mythical bookmark' when it was applied to 
recordings that I had edited using a cutlist; my script now includes the 
above call to mythutil and display begins at my selected startpoint.

I have a large folder of edit logs, and this point rarely coincides with 
the scheduled start.  I haven't tried any kind of analysis, because it 
would have no global validity.  If you want better control of the 
playback startpoint then edit, establish a bookmark, or skip!

Cheers,

John P