Post- and Pre-Show-Padding for Manual Recordings?

[ghost_zero]

Hi,

is Pre- and Post-Show-Padding also for "Manual Recordings"? I am asking this because sometimes it does include Pre- and Post-Show-Padding and sometimes not... I would like that it does at least never work (then I just add those minutes manually)...

[stefan]

As I understand it, it should always work, *except* in the case where you have back-to-back recordings. In those cases, the paddings after the first show and before the second show will be ignored.

[mikey]

I read in the past that pre/post-padding is not applied to manual recordings. Since your have to specify the start/end time anyway you can easily add or subtrack any padding you want to apply at the time you schedule the recording.

[ghost_zero]

@mikey:

Well the strange thing that sometimes it is applied and sometimes not... as far as I could notice...

[stefan]

I read in the past that pre/post-padding is not applied to manual recordings. Since your have to specify the start/end time anyway you can easily add or subtrack any padding you want to apply at the time you schedule the recording.

That could very well be. I don't use manual recordings myself, so I could be way off :-)

[sub]

There is no padding on manual recordings since you explicitly set the start and end times.

[Ambro]

As I understand it, it should always work, *except* in the case where you have back-to-back recordings. In those cases, the paddings after the first show and before the second show will be ignored.

I have two tuners - I find that the padding is not ignored with back to back recordings (ie. tuner one records the first program, when the padding is due for the second program the second tuner kicks in - hence taking up two tuners until the first program is finished).

Is this meant to happen? I would prefer that GB-PVR would keep, in this example, tuner one recording on the same channel - ignoring the padding. A program I've used in the past, called webscheduler, allows you the option to merge the two back to back programs together into one file? - this could be a solution to overcome my excessive tuner usage.

[sub]

I have two tuners - I find that the padding is not ignored with back to back recordings (ie. tuner one records the first program, when the padding is due for the second program the second tuner kicks in - hence taking up two tuners until the first program is finished).

Is this meant to happen?

Yes this is meant to happen. Lots of people requested it to behave this way.

I would prefer that GB-PVR would keep, in this example, tuner one recording on the same channel - ignoring the padding.

This is how it used to work before the constant whinning made change it a few releases ago, to the behaviour you observe now.

[Ambro]

Yes this is meant to happen. Lots of people requested it to behave this way.

This is how it used to work before the constant whinning made change it a few releases ago, to the behaviour you observe now.

Hmmm, looks like people want to purchase more tuners ... <what are you all thinking?>:confused:

Question then posed - can there be a tick box to allow what was previously the norm to occur once again for us minority... ?

or even better - maybe if there's an 'ignore of back to back padding settings' for programs on the same channel - separate files but the first tuner would be free as soon as the second kicks in.

[sub]

Hmmm, looks like people want to purchase more tuners ... <what are you all thinking?>

You still get the behaviour you desire when you have one tuner.

They were after this behaviour so that they could ensure they got each recording complete with padding, rather than having to watch the last minute of a show on the beginning of another recording.

Question then posed - can there be a tick box to allow what was previously the norm to occur once again for us minority... ?

or even better - maybe if there's an 'ignore of back to back padding settings' for programs on the same channel - separate files but the first tuner would be free as soon as the second kicks in.

Maybe in a future release. Post it in the wish list forum.