Chad wrote:
I am sure that there are millions of people in my situation. :D I
record Star Trek: The Next Generation (which from here on out will be
referred to as TNG) on any channel, at any time. Which so far
basically means I get it solely from Spike TV.
The problem I run into is that SpikeTV has got their clocks set by the
sun, ntp is too far advanced for them. So I occasionally get the tail
end of Leave it Beaver before settling in for a good 42 minutes of
CAPT Picard saving the Federation from a war with the Cardacians.
This I can handle, and actually set it up to work this way (read on).
However, there are occasions when I sit down with my fresh cup of root
beer only to see that I'm in the middle of opening sequence, or even
at times, opening credits (which generally come after the first
commercial break!). I've compensated for this by adjusting the global
"start early" by (I think) 3 minutes or so. It works ok about 10% of
the time, with "The Beav" doing something boring. But it seems more
often than not I'm 3 or 4 minutes into the episode before it starts
recording (I rarely watch LiveTV).
Are there any options? I know I can just move the global bit to start
4 more minutes in the future, but I'd rather lose the rare beginning
of a show on SpikeTV and get the rest of my flicks on other channels
with only about 2 minutes of pre-commercial garbage.
So basicall, I am hoping there is a feature I can't find to adjust a
specific channels start early stop late times.
If not, I can live with it, but it would surely be nice to have this feature.
PS: I've got 3 tuner cards already, so it's not a problem with
freeing up a tuner card.
Global pre/post-roll is only used when bringing up the encoder from
"full stop" (i.e. if the encoder is not currently in use and will be
used for a specific recording, the encoder will be brought "online"--by
your settings--3 minutes early). However, if nothing is recording and
you record a show from 8:00pm-9:00pm and another from 9:00pm-10:00pm
followed by no recordings, the same encoder (the one with highest
priority) will be used for both recordings, meaning that only the first
will have the pre-roll 3 minutes and the second will have the post-roll
3 minutes.
If you want a specific recording to start early or end late, use "Start
Early" and "End Late" settings. This--unlike global pre/post-roll--will
affect scheduling. So, this time if nothing is recording and you record
a show from 8:00pm-9:00pm and another from 9:00pm-10:00pm followed by no
recordings and the first recording has a start early of 3 minutes and
end late of 4 minutes, the first show will start no later than 7:57pm
(i.e. you'll also get global pre-roll on top of the 3 minutes) and end
no later than 9:04. Since the encoder being used to record that show
will still be in use when the 9:00pm show starts, it will use a
different encoder (meaning it will get the global pre/post-roll).
So, basically, don't use global pre/post roll to compensate for
broadcasters time differences. Think of it as option. Instead, set TNG
to record with a start early and end late setting.
Mike
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