[mythtv-users] single recordings and that blasted 'N'

Phill Edwards philledwards at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 13:20:29 UTC 2008


> I have recently been plagued with the dreaded N in my recording schedule. I
> set something to single record eg. a movie and then I either find out that
> it hasn't recorded or if I am lucky I catch it in the upcoming recordings
> listed with an N.
> Now if I understand it correctly, it gets an N when the show you tagged for
> recording no longer appears in the time slot. I am guessing this because the
> time slot only changed about 2-3 minutes (eg from 8:55-10:55 to 8:52-10:52)
> and when I selected record again I had two listings with the original marked
> with an N.
> I have come across this before, was annoyed, but didn't worry too much cos
> it only happened once. Last weekend it happened to me at least 4 times!!

I'm afraid I can't answer your question. Though I'm curious why your
program times change so often and by such small precise amounts. Are
you using over-the-air DVB-T EIT program guides as your source or
something? If so, are you aware that there's a really good grabber for
down under called Shepherd which I think may prevent time changes such
as these and could be an alternative way of solving your problem?


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