[mythtv-users] Consecutive recordings / overlapping

[Simon Hobson]

Lindsay Mathieson wrote:

>  > OK, if I set this for recording rules, it expands the recording it
>>  matches and creates conflicts - eg if one program finishes at 8pm,
>>  then it won't record a program on a different mux that starts at 8pm.
>>  With padding, it is scheduling as if one program finishes at 8:10 and
>>  the later one starts at 7:55 (with -5/+10 settings).
>
>Yah, that's what hard padding does.
>
>How many tuners do you have? if you have a spare tuner it should just record
>using it on the other multiplex, rather than creating a conflict.

OK, I get it. I've just the one tuner at the moment - next step will 
be to try and get a frontend hooked up to a tv ! After that I'll 
think about a second tuner.

I guess two tuners with hard padding will have no more conflicts than 
one tuner with soft padding.
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