[mythtv-users] TV schedules that are a minute off
Kevin Kuphal
kevin.kuphal at myrealbox.com
Wed Jan 14 17:27:22 EST 2004
It's not just a MythTV issue. This messes with Tivo and ReplayTV as well.
I have a ReplayTV and have the same issue, but I don't run into trouble with
it much because as it happens I'm usually recording the prior show on the
same channel.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Monks
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:35 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] TV schedules that are a minute off
>
>
>
> I've noticed a very annoying tendency on some networks (NBC
> is pretty bad,
> for example) to schedule their prime-time shows in the listings as
> starting one minute earlier than the hour. For example,
> instead of being
> listed as being on from 9:00-10:00 pm, "Law & Order" might be
> listed as
> 8:59-10:00.
>
> This is really irritating, because then Myth will not be able
> to record
> anything that ends at 9:00, since the 8:59 show would be a
> conflict for
> that overlapping minute. My question is, is there a facility
> in Myth to
> work around this (ignore the first minute of the 8:59 show,
> maybe)? I was
> planning on modifying mythfilldatabase to offer a flag that would
> round the starting time up for these shows to the nearest
> "on-the-hour"
> mark. Has this already been solved, before I go re-inventing
> the wheel?
>
>
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