Missed a recording last night and don't know why?

[jdbrown]

I have Scrubs as a favorite from 8:30 - 9:00 PM on NBC with a 1 minute start buffer and a 2 minute stop buffer. I also have NYPD as a favorite at 9:00 - 10:00 PM on ABC on the same night with no buffers.

Last night NYPD recorded, but no Scrubs. Any ideas? I looked in the /video directory to make sure and it was not there either. I am guessing my 2 minute stop buffer on Scrubs caused a conflict so it was not recorded at all. Is that correct?

If so, how did it choose NYPD over Scrubs since both are favorites and both were FirstRuns?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by jdbrown

Last night NYPD recorded, but no Scrubs. Any ideas? I looked in the /video directory to make sure and it was not there either. I am guessing my 2 minute stop buffer on Scrubs caused a conflict so it was not recorded at all. Is that correct?

Most likely, yes. If you only have 1 tuner, padding will cause a conflict -- see page 53 in the manual for a warning about such a situation.

There is a property to "remove_padding_on_back_to_back_favorites", but that is only used when they are on the same channel.

If so, how did it choose NYPD over Scrubs since both are favorites and both were FirstRuns?

NYPD probably has a higher rank in the list of Favorites. There should have been a conflict warning symbol on the menu header. Clicking on it would have taken you to a menu listing the conflicts. See pages 27 & 57 in the manual.

- Andy