[mythtv-users] is mythtv smart enough to do this (overlap/back-to-back) with recordings?

[Steve Hodge]

On 7/28/06, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
> And without changing anything, Myth *will* record all your shows back to
> back with one card.  The problem is that people make changes and tell
> Myth to record a little extra and then are surprised when it bumps
> things to do exactly what you asked it to do.

The problem is that the EPG data is not accurate enough. If programs
really ran to the times that the EPG said then everything would be
wonderful. But they don't. So people have to pad their recording
schedules or they will not get all of the shows they are asking for.
Are you suggesting people are wrong to do that? Are you saying you
never do?

So they pad, and then a schedule change puts the program from
recording schedule A next to the program from recording schedule B and
one of them doesn't get recorded. To expect users to foresee that
happening is asking too much, IMHO. And it means constant vigilence of
upcomming recordings, occassionally having to manually tweek the
schedules, and sometimes having to remember that recording A has part
of recording B on it. Surely you can't be arguing that is perfectly
fine behaviour for Myth to exhibit when there's no technical reason
for it?

There are a couple of obvious solutions - one is to make the scheduler
aware of the padding required for EPG data inaccuracy so that it can
remove it for consecutive recordings. I seem to remember you being
involved in the thread last time that came up so you know all about
that one. The solution being discussed here is clearly a better one -
give recorders the ability to record to two files at once.

Steve