An obvious method to this is observing the PDC signal
I agree, PDC would definitely be the best option.
This is the only thing I found on Google, and it's under the section
2. Sliced VBI Data Interface
Proposal. This is not currently implemented in v4l2.
There is a channel in Sweden called TV3, and they have a very annoying
habit of broadcasting afternoon programs with a delay, which means they
end after the stop time in the programme tableau. It is a pain to watch
an episode of something, only to realise that the final minute is
missing.
If
An obvious method to this is observing the PDC signal available in
serveral European countries, and use this to time recordings, however
there's a few catches with using that and the N minutes past
sollution, namely how to handle adjacent recording on other channels..
Personally I'd prefer a