[rs] Remote Scheduling v1

[riku2]

I will try using AR instead of padding for recordings. The remote scheduling had created a recording schedule for today at 08:45 but the EPG shows it had been changed to be at 08:40, so an hour before I manually changed that scheduled recording to be AR and the box did start recording at 08:40. So perhaps AR will solve this problem.
Since I have several hummy boxes (five in total) I will configure one for AR and one without AR and compare over the next two weeks to see how auto scheduled programmes work.

 

[Black Hole]

There are swings and roundabouts* with AR vs. auto-padding. You just have to decide which works best for you. Bear in mind the CF multimode package will allow you to set up a policy for when AR or auto-padding get applied.

* English idiom meaning compromises on both sides.

 

[riku2]

AR seems to have some advantages but I already found out that if you are watching timeshift of the same channel that a recording is planned then the recording doesn't start until you change channel or stop timeshift .. something I didn't see mentioned on the wiki page. But overall if it means more less programmes with the ends missing then it might be better.
Generally the box and custom firmware work ok in Finland. I've manually set the timezone for the web server part of custom firmware, so that displays correctly. Being a bilingual country (Finnish and Swedish) the names of recorded programmes are a bit hit and miss. Sometimes in Finnish and sometimes in Swedish. I suppose the boxes sold here have a language preference and they choose programme names to match the language choice. The hummy is unaware of this and the EPG might display the Finnish name for a programme but the recording have the Swedish name as the title! DVB is implemented a bit differently from channel to channel, some having proper DVB subtitles but others having burned in subtitles from channels who could not be bothered to properly implement DVB features.