2004-10-15, 06:49 AM
I went off on a business trip Sunday, returned today (Thu) to see if my new found wonder (GB-PVR) was able to record the shows I'd programmed. Â
Well, the good news is, all the shows recorded - 14 in all. Â The bad news is, the start/stop time of the FIRST show in the series did not follow the '3 minutes pre-show' and the '3 minutes post-show' that I programmed. Â BUT ... all the other shows in the sequence did. Â
Here's what I setup:
I'm using my cable box to tune so simply used 'manual record' to record the shows. Â The 30 minute shows I wanted are on at 9am, 10am, 11:30am, and 6pm, all on the same channel. Â
Entered a start time of 9:00am, end time 9:30am. Chose 'all episodes in this timeslot'. Â Then setup another recording, entered a start time of 10am, end time 10:30am ... and so on. Â
When I reviewed the shows, all the shows for the first day were 'exactly' 30 minutes long, while all the shows from the second, third, and fourth days were 36 minutes long. Â
When I go to the 'recording' menu, all the shows are listed with the 30 minute duration (that is, they all say similar to 9:00am-9:30am). Â When I double-click the first entry, it says similar to 'start time: ...09:00:06 AM ... end time: ...09:30:06 AM. Â The second entry says 'start time: ...10:00:25 AM ... end time: ...10:30:25 AM. Â And so on. Â (These entries conrrespond to the first occurrence of each show).
When I go to the 'second occurrence' of the 9:00 am timeslot show, it still says  'start time: ...09:00:06 AM ... end time: ...09:30:06 AM'.  And the second occurrence of the 10am timeslot show still says 'start time: ...10:00:25 AM ... end time: ...10:30:25 AM'.  But when I click 'play', the duration on the first shows is 00:30:02, but the second occurrences are all 00:36:04.
The actual file sizes also confirm the duration differences.
So in summary - the main 'Recordings' screen reflect the 'nominal' (30 min) durations, and the second screen (when you double-click on an entry) also reflects the nominal 30 min duration, but the actual player screen (the overlay that appears when you move the mouse) reflects the actual duration.
Well, the good news is, all the shows recorded - 14 in all. Â The bad news is, the start/stop time of the FIRST show in the series did not follow the '3 minutes pre-show' and the '3 minutes post-show' that I programmed. Â BUT ... all the other shows in the sequence did. Â
Here's what I setup:
I'm using my cable box to tune so simply used 'manual record' to record the shows. Â The 30 minute shows I wanted are on at 9am, 10am, 11:30am, and 6pm, all on the same channel. Â
Entered a start time of 9:00am, end time 9:30am. Chose 'all episodes in this timeslot'. Â Then setup another recording, entered a start time of 10am, end time 10:30am ... and so on. Â
When I reviewed the shows, all the shows for the first day were 'exactly' 30 minutes long, while all the shows from the second, third, and fourth days were 36 minutes long. Â
When I go to the 'recording' menu, all the shows are listed with the 30 minute duration (that is, they all say similar to 9:00am-9:30am). Â When I double-click the first entry, it says similar to 'start time: ...09:00:06 AM ... end time: ...09:30:06 AM. Â The second entry says 'start time: ...10:00:25 AM ... end time: ...10:30:25 AM. Â And so on. Â (These entries conrrespond to the first occurrence of each show).
When I go to the 'second occurrence' of the 9:00 am timeslot show, it still says  'start time: ...09:00:06 AM ... end time: ...09:30:06 AM'.  And the second occurrence of the 10am timeslot show still says 'start time: ...10:00:25 AM ... end time: ...10:30:25 AM'.  But when I click 'play', the duration on the first shows is 00:30:02, but the second occurrences are all 00:36:04.
The actual file sizes also confirm the duration differences.
So in summary - the main 'Recordings' screen reflect the 'nominal' (30 min) durations, and the second screen (when you double-click on an entry) also reflects the nominal 30 min duration, but the actual player screen (the overlay that appears when you move the mouse) reflects the actual duration.