[mythtv-users] multirec and overlapping recordings

[Ashley Bostock]

2008/7/31 Dave Oxley <dave at daveoxley.co.uk>:
> Graham Wood wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 08:50:49PM +1000, Dave Oxley wrote:
>>
>>> Now that multirec has been implemented I was expecting that a recording
>>> that immediately follows another recording on the same channel would
>>> overlap but this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know if there is a
>>> setting to make this happen?
>>>
>>
>> Silly question I know, but have you enabled the multiple recording by increasing the number
>> of simultaneous streams that can be recorded by the tuner?
>>
> Should have really predicted this question. Yes I have got multiple
> virtual tuners set up and can record from 2 different channels on the
> same multiplex.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
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Unfortunately it doesn't work as you would expect, it still ignores
the soft padding and works just like it always has.  To "force" it I
think the only way is to go through your recording rules for the
ovelapping recordings and set the hard padding (start early/end late)
for each.

Ash