Dumb EPG Question

[Slug]

My apologies in advance - I'm VERY new to this. Until a few weeks ago I didn't even know what an EPG was!!

So - given that I guess an EPG is basically an electronic version of the TV guide in the paper (??), and it's main use is to schedule future recordings (??), what happens in the circumstance where a program is listed to run from say 8pm to 9pm and I schedule to record. But as often happens (particularly with commercial stations) the program doesn't start till say 8.10pm - is the EPG (or VMC) 'intuitive' enough to recognise this and delay the recording?? If not, how do you TV buffs get around this.

[DDH]

Slug, just said welcome, now here's a question, well ......

In short, no the EPG is not smart. You use a feature known as pre and post padding. There are two sorts, soft and hard padding. You can read about these in the knowledge-base - look here.

Basically you tell the recording to finish 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes after the scheduled finish time. Me personally, 15 minutes normally and 30 minutes for channel 10 because no one there has a functioning watch.

[Slug]

Thanks DDH - that makes sense.

I'll check out the knowledge base & try not to ask too many more dumb Q's (I can assure u there will be a few tho' )

[DDH]

Originally Posted by Slug

I'll check out the knowledge base & try not to ask too many more dumb Q's (I can assure u there will be a few tho' )

No need to apologise, so long as you are learning and prepared to follow the leads put out by people here they will keep helping you along. A few also like getting thanked via the button at the bottom of the post too. We've all been through the learning process.