Awesome, thanks for the feedback! I'll set the global 2 minutes early, and then set the per-program 3 minutes early. I'd really like a per-channel option too, as I generally record "on any channel at any time" and it's not any channel that does this. But this will work.
Thanks! On 7/12/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users