[mythtv-users] back to back recording conflicts

[Doug Young]

On 10/13/07, Paul <mylists at wilsononline.id.au> wrote:
> Can some tell me how  the MythTV scheduler treats recordings that a
> back-to-back ie one following the other on the *same* channel.
> as I seem to have conflicts caused by these shows probably because I
> have "End-Late" settings, can and does MythTV have an override where
> some programs are recorded on the same channel it can ignore the
> overlap, as I don't want to continually review these start-early and
> finish late . As some times these shows aren't back-to-back and they
> *do* finish late and I obviously want to capture the end of the show.

There are numerous threads covering this topic on gossamer.  One of
the most recent can be found here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/293197

Basically, there are two time over-runs: the soft overrun in TV
Settings->General (Advanced) [page 4].  This overrun will be honored
-if possible-, but will not cause conflicts.  If you specify the
overrun on a per-recording basis, it is a hard overrun and MythTV
considers the show to be 1 minute (or 2 or 5 or whatever) longer than
the listings say it is, and thus they cause conflicts.

So, the end answer is to use the overrun in TV Settings->General
(Advanced) to set your "end late", which will apply to -all
recordings-, and then not set it at an individual recording level.

-- 
Doug