> On 5/4/05, Ralph Little
wrote:
> >
> >
> > However, because of clock skew etc, it is impossible to get each
recording
> > in completeness because a bit of one might be tagged onto the end of
the
> > other, and because I have only 1 encoder, can't schedule them to
overlap,
> > one ending a little later, the other a little earlier to cope with
clock
> > differences, or the broadcasts being late/early.
> >
> > However, in theory this should be possible as long as the 2
recordings > are
> > on the same channel. It's just that the same piece of video would
end up > in
> > 2 records with some jiggery-pokery to make it happen.
> >
> > Therefore, is it possible to arrange for consecutive recordings on
the > same
> > channel to overlap and to not cause a conflict?
> Ralph,
>
> If it's clock skew, have you got ntp working on the recording machine?
> I found that recording 3rd Rock on ITV2 (2 consecutive programs, each
> 30 mins) there was almost never a problem recording (maybe 6 out of
> the 120+ episodes had the first 10-20 seconds of the second show
> recorded at the end of the first recording). Using my DVB card, there
> is a second or two 'missing' as one recording ends and the next starts
> (not a problem for me).
>
> If Enterprise is on at the same time each week, you could also use a
> manual recording instead to record the full 2 episode length each week
>
> On your idea, I think this would be a very useful feature to have the
> option of using, however, if you have several recordings in a row it
> could get to be a pain to navigate through the file to individual
> shows.
>
> Nick
Yes, it is a good idea to record manually - for some bizarre reason, I
did not think of this - record both in one go and split it afterwards.
I do have ntp running for clock sync - I think it is more likely that
the shows are not scheduled exactly on time in my case :(
If anybody would be willing to take this on, I (and I think many
others!) would be delighted and would be a valuable addition to the
product!
Just wish I had the time to do it myself :(
Cheers,
Ralph
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