Auto adjust Start/stop time

peter · #1 09-23-2003, 11:33 AM

I've noticed there is some kind of setting in the properties file for autopad can i use this for all my recordings/favorites to start 5 min early and end 10 minutes after the end time.

Peter

mikbro · #2 09-23-2003, 01:29 PM

Go into each of your favorites (through Setup --> Favorites Manager) and change the start, stop time padding for each favorite. If you have an single show you are recording (by just pressing record in the guide) you can bring up the details of the show (as long as it hasn't started recording yet) and also pad the start/end time.

JasonJoel · #3 09-23-2003, 02:30 PM

Thanks, but that was not his question... We all know we can do that way, which is certainly better than nothing.

There is a line in the properties file to 'autopad'. The question was does that setting work for all recordings automatically?

It would be great if it did. I ALWAYS pad 30 seconds before and after my recordings. So if I could just set that option in the properties file once to pad 30 seconds, I wouldn't have to change the recording properties every single time I do a recording.

See what I mean?

Jason

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Originally posted by mikbro
Go into each of your favorites (through Setup --> Favorites Manager) and change the start, stop time padding for each favorite. If you have an single show you are recording (by just pressing record in the guide) you can bring up the details of the show (as long as it hasn't started recording yet) and also pad the start/end time.

mikbro · #4 09-23-2003, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by JasonJoel
Thanks, but that was not his question... We all know we can do that way,

Well now, he didn't say he knew that way did he?

JasonJoel · #5 09-23-2003, 03:53 PM

Hmmm, fair enough. You're right. I guess I was reading it the way I wanted to see it, not how he wrote it.

Jason

jmeeks · #6 09-23-2003, 06:05 PM

Does the autopad setting work? What value should it be for 2 minutes?

RedCoat999 · #7 09-24-2003, 06:44 AM

I think if you set 30 seconds before and after it will then not allow shows to be recorded that are next to each other in the schedule since they will then overlap. It will say there is a scheduling conflict, and ask you which one to record. If thats ok, then ok. As for the auto thing - I dunno about that.

peter · #8 09-24-2003, 02:00 PM

Thanks for replying.
What i was asking was what JasonJoel answered, and yes i do know that you can change the time of the favorites and the recording for every recording. But here in holland the broadcasters are not all that precise in supplying the data, nor in the actual broadcast so i use to set my vcr and later my computer with a margin around the actual time. And i was wondering if this could be done automaticly in Sagetv, since i'm now missing the start or end of a lot of programs and this is annoying

Peter

JasonJoel · #9 09-24-2003, 03:29 PM

Actually, it is smart enough to still record both back to back shows even with padding enabled. It simply does not pad them in the case there is an overlap.

Jason

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Originally posted by RedCoat999
I think if you set 30 seconds before and after it will then not allow shows to be recorded that are next to each other in the schedule since they will then overlap. It will say there is a scheduling conflict, and ask you which one to record. If thats ok, then ok. As for the auto thing - I dunno about that.

jmeeks · #10 09-24-2003, 07:23 PM

What value should it be for 2 minutes?

edmc · #11 09-24-2003, 11:05 PM

Personally, I don't enable "Intelligent Recording". I just select the programs I want to record. Then, I go thru and laboriously pad each program manually.

Hence, it is news to me that there is this "autopad" which applies to non-Favorites. I checked my Properties file and only found this line:

seeker/recording_start_autopad=120000

Hmm... So does this pad only apply to the beginning of programs? Or to both the beginning and ending? If both, how are people adjusting beginning and ending with different pad amounts? Finally, 120000 sounds like the units are quite short. I, too, would like to know the units so that I might adjust the pad as desired.

I also was excited to hear the comment about the graceful pad disablement when programs butt up against each other (assuming you don't have a 2nd tuner card available to handle the overlap). I recall this being talked about as a requested feature but I don't recall it being announced as supported.

jmeeks · #12 09-25-2003, 12:00 AM

Edmc, that's my position as well. I recall this being discussed before, but I don't recall it being announced either. Mine is set to 0. I also wondered about the ending pad, but failed to mention it before.

If the units are like the rest of the properties relating to time, they are milli-seconds. But I was trying to find out for sure.

jptaz · #13 09-25-2003, 02:46 PM

I don't think the autopad works because mine is set to 120000 and I have
never seen it put a 2 minute start pad on anything I manual record an I too
have to manually go in and pad 2 minutes on either side of a manual recording.
I love the favorites behavior in this reguard, but I just wish there was a way to make it the default i.e. every new favorite and manual recording is always set to pad 2 minutes at the begining and end as it is rare that I ever don't want to pad. I guess we will have to wait until Studio 2 is released for that

Narflex · #14 09-25-2003, 04:47 PM

FYI - The autopad property is no longer used by the scheduler.

Opus4 · #15 10-08-2003, 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by JasonJoel
Actually, it is smart enough to still record both back to back shows even with padding enabled. It simply does not pad them in the case there is an overlap.

Is this true, or was it at some time? I tried it just now & it showed back-to-back shows as conflicting. It would be a nice feature if it worked that way...

Edit: I'm talking about padding favorites, not autopad - which was noted as no longer in use.

- Andy

JasonJoel · #16 10-09-2003, 11:48 AM

I have many padded favorites that record back to back, and it never complains...

However, I have two tuners... I never thought about it, but I bet it is just switching from one to the other to resolve the conflict...

Hmm...

Jason

Quote:

Originally posted by Opus4
Is this true, or was it at some time? I tried it just now & it showed back-to-back shows as conflicting. It would be a nice feature if it worked that way...

Edit: I'm talking about padding favorites, not autopad - which was noted as no longer in use.

- Andy

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