Padding woes...

[Addict]

Just made a fatal flaw in my understanding of padding.

I *thought* that it would record the extra +/- time, but not if two favorites were back-to-back.

It turns out that it will record the extra +/- time, but only eliminate it if the two favorites are back-to-back AND on the same channel.

As you can guess, a favorite didn't record because of a +1 minute padding and a conflict from another channel.

My goal was to record a little extra on both sides of my favorites because occasionally they run early or late. I'm pretty sure the answer to my follow-up question is "no"...but does anyone have any idea if there's a way to tell Sage to apply the padding as long as it isn't responsible for conflicting with another favorite?

Thanks! (BTW, I'm a one-tuner set-up...)

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by Addict

My goal was to record a little extra on both sides of my favorites because occasionally they run early or late. I'm pretty sure the answer to my follow-up question is "no"...but does anyone have any idea if there's a way to tell Sage to apply the padding as long as it isn't responsible for conflicting with another favorite?

No - padding can be dropped only for back to back Favs on the same channel. Otherwise, it will generate a conflict if the shows can't be rescheduled to record both.

One option, if you don't want to get another tuner, would be to watch for unresolved conflicts in the menu header & set the conflicting shows to be Manual Recordings. You can then set the padding for those specific airings so there is no padding where they meet in the schedule.

- Andy

[Addict]

Thanks for the reply, and the suggestion...but that would require me doing additional work. <smile>

I've turned off the padding until I get another tuner...

Thanks!