[mythtv-users] Problem starting recordings early and running over

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/12/06 10:05, Jeff volckaert wrote:

>I have setup under the General settings the option to start recordings
>early and running late.  I have the variables RecordOverTime &
>RecordPreRoll set to 120.  The problem is that it doesn't work.  I
>recorded a show yesterday with nothing before or after it and it
>recorded exactly one hour instead of one hour and four minutes.  Am I
>missing another step?
>

Since you know the names of the settings (versus the UI labels), I'm 
wondering if you edited the DB manually.  If so, it won't take.  You'll 
have to restart the backend for it to work.

A /much/ better idea, though, is to edit the values through the user 
interface.

Mike