[mythtv-users] US Broadcasting bastards

[Lonnie Borntreger]

On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 10:23 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> I know the US TV broadcasters try anything they can to make it
> extremely difficult for us to timeshift broadcasts / skip watching
> their ads nowadays, and the one that really made me mad with directv
> was the 2 minute late ending shows.  Their DVRs had no easy way to
> stop the recording 2 minutes early, or start one 2 minutes late.  I am
> sure they are in cahoots with the broadcasters on this one somehow :)
> 
> Only start early, and end late.  Much to my dismay, mythtv is the same
> way.  I can obviously do a manual entry that hits on the exact time,
> but it is a pain to do it each time I see it.  Would be nice to have
> those 2 options as well, rather than just the included 2 for start
> early and end late..
> 
> I guess what I am asking is if the "power rule" option is my only way
> to accomplish this.  I do not have an issue creating the query - just
> want to make sure it is the right/only way to accomplish this.

When setting the recording, whether for one showing, weekly, all, or
whatever; just go to the "scheduling options" and you can choose to
change the start or end, early or late for either.

Lonnie Borntreger