[mythtv-users] Does Auto-Extend work on auto racing?

[Ian Evans]

On Fri, May 22, 2026, 4:54 p.m. Jay Harbeston <jharbestonus at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>>
> Thanks for the extra information. I was just curious. It's already an
> amazing feature for the teams / sports it does work on.
>
> One extra quick question: is it possible if auto extend is on AND extra
> time is specified that the code adds the extra time to when the api shows
> the game is over. As in "extend until the game is over plus the 30 minutes
> I specified in the rule. "
>
> Unless I'm wrong, during the baseball and football playoffs last year, it
> would ignore the extra time in therule and just extend to game over. Having
> both available would be great to catch post game stuff.
>
> I know some people say, " just add 2 hours and don't use auto-extend" but
> if it's an exiting year, some of us like to keep the games and it saves on
> editing time. :)
>
>
> Regarding baseball on the World Series I also had to add a couple hours
> time to the their schedules, and on one game that wasn’t enough! :-)
>
> Just curious.. if you are keeping the races and a race is delayed due to
> weather or some other reason such as scheduling for a golf tournament. :-)
> .. are you going to also keep that and not do a quick edit to remove the
> initial delay?
>
> I have to do edits on recordings that I do on Sundays to remove the
> beginning leftovers caused by delays in sports events before, and to remove
> the additional extra that I added
>  To insure that I got enough time for the recording.
>
> I add 2 hours to the end of sporting events as mentioned above to be the
> easiest solution for me and so not try to rely on some automatic
> information that one of the networks may or may not do. :-)
>
> If you are using cable, what do you do when the broadcast gets moved from
> their main network over to one of their cable networks as Fox does with FS1
> and NBC does with USA/whatever only cable network they will use.
>
> Anyway,  so many permutations of this problem that occur! :-)
>
> Regards!
>


1) the auto racing question was more a curiosity as I was setting up the
Indy 500. I don't follow racing but the Indy is like the Super Bowl, sort
of a pop culture event because of its size and history.
2) we're currently at a place with included xfinity cable, but my temporary
myth setup is ota only. So yes, I've seen what happens when they move games
mid-game. It also reminds me how primitive Xfinity recording rules are
compared to MythTV.  The Devs rock.
3) as for keeping games, it mostly referred to the Blue Jays playoffs and
World Series. The auto-extend saved my butt for the 18 inning game 3, but
the recording ended just a minute or two after the last out. If it did the
auto-extend AND the additional time in the rule, I'd have the post-game
discussion as well.
4)I edited out the commercials in the Jays games and saved it to Jellyfin.

Take care.
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