[mythtv] Schedule conflicts: Lost

[Kevin Kuphal]

Jeff Clowser wrote:

> How hard would it be to code up a global setting that says something 
> along the line of:
>
> - If 2 programs overlap by x minutes or less, record both, missing a 
> small portion of one.  x could be a configurable setting, or something 
> hardcoded but reasonable, like 5 minutes.
> - As for which program should be recorded during the overlap, it could 
> be either the program that comes first timewise, or the program with 
> the higher priority.  Maybe make the choice between these 2 options 
> configurable - I'm not sure if it would be preferable to miss the 
> beginning of a show vs the end, or to make sure I get all of the 
> higher priority show.

It's probably not hard.  That's exactly what I was thinking of doing but 
I was assuming that you would always record the end of the show in 
progress and miss the beginning of the show since if the other show was 
of higher priority it would have been recorded in the first place.

Kevin