[mythtvnz] Starting Recordings Early

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On 8/03/2012 10:46 a.m., David Kirk wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Mark <markk at kc.net.nz
> <mailto:markk at kc.net.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Here's a script that I have in /etc/cron.daily/mythtv-hard-padding
>     Replace <your password> with whatever your password is and it should
>     check once a day for recordings with no start and end extension times.
>     Note that everything following the echo should be on one line.
>
>     #!/bin/bash
>
>     echo "UPDATE record set startoffset = 2 , endoffset = 5 where recordid !
>     = 0 and startoffset=0 and endoffset=0;" | mysql -umythtv -p<your
>     password> mythconverg
>
>
> Thanks Mark.  I was just in the process of updating all my recordings
> via MythWeb when this came through.  I've run your script and it looks
> like it's done the job.
>

Try doing variations of that on a HD TiVo (or anything else?)!

Yet another reminder of the sheer awesomeness of mythtv and its community!