[mythtv-users] recording previously recorded programs

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Mar 27, 2006, at 16.48, Rodney D. Myers wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:33:36 -0500
> "Brad Benson" <bbenso1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/27/06, Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers.42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a Dish PVR, which has a few recorded programs on it.
>>>
>>> Right now I'm struggling to get the Dish recordings recorded onto  
>>> the
>>> Myth box. What I'm currently doing, very poorly, is get to a channel
>>> that has a 1.5 hour program, and try to get the mythtv box recording
>>> while I quickly switch back to the Dish pvr, and get the program  
>>> I want
>>> started.
>>>
>>> The problem with this setup, sometimes I only get a few minutes of
>>> recording or none at all.
>>>
>>> Are there other ways to accomplish this?
>>
>>
>> A Manual Recording should be exactly what you're looking for.   
>> When you set
>> up a manual recording you tell Myth what time to start, what  
>> channel to tune
>> to, and how long to record.  In your case channel won't matter  
>> much, but you
>> could set the start time to about a minute from now, set the  
>> recording
>> length to however long your show is (plus a few minutes to be sure  
>> you get
>> everything recorded), then switch to your dish PVR and highlight  
>> the program
>> you want to record.  Then switch back to Myth and wait on the Watch
>> Recordings screen until you see your manual recording start.  When  
>> you see
>> that, just hit enter on your Dish remote to start the program you had
>> highlighted.  Myth should then happily record for however long you  
>> told it
>> to.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Brad Benson
>
> Must have missed that option. Will look harder tomorrow.

You needn't look that hard. Just pull up MythWeb, the option is in  
the header. Hope that helps you out! =)

>
> Thanks
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