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[CountryBumkin]

I would like to have the option to globally set the default minutes for the "early recording start time" for all subscriptions. The current programing always defaults to "start recording 1 minute early".

I know I can manually go into each individual subscription's recording options and set "Start recording early by x minutes" to "0" for each subscription. When I remember in advance.

But it would be preferable to have the choice to globally set the "default" fore the minutes to start recording early, in the "TV Options>Recording>"Subscription Default -" section.

I have never seen a reason to start recording early. The current default setting of "1 minute" just gives me the end of the previous show and some commercials.
Thanks for your consideration.

[Yaobing]

You can click "Save Settings as defaults" button.

[CountryBumkin]

I don't understand. Where/how is that done?

I'm talking about a global default setting to be used for future subscriptions - where you click the record button (no questions need to be asked) in Theater View and all of the default settings are applied. I don't see a way to make "start recording early by 0 minutes" a default.

I'm thinking it would be added to this group:

[astromo]

It's already there, isn't it?

These defaults are set when you schedule your next recording. Refer pic.

[CountryBumkin]

Ah ha! That's what Yaobing was referring to.

So you open an existing recording rule, then set "Start recording early by 0 minutes" and hit "Save settings as defaults".

Not where one would expect to find a global default setting.

What happens to the other settings on that page? Will the other settings on that page for "Priority" and Clean Up" mode also become a global default? Or does it just apply to the specific recording rule I'm working in?

UPDATE: Okay I tested this - and it does set it up a "global default" for all future recordings. It also sets everything else on that page (whatever was selected for "Cleanup mode" and "recording priority") as a global default. But I can live with that. I think it would be better to put these settings in the screen shot location I posted above (I like grouping settings), but now that I know where they are - I'm good.