Not sure either.
Off Topic “Anything goes here! Share world news, tech gadget info or funny cat pictures”
I didn’t include a pic of my cat. I kind of wanted to clear up some misunderstandings without polluting a different topic posting. – Off Topic, anything goes 
It’s not my suggestion, @joedv explained it in New Recording Features. There are several topic regarding conflict resolution… it seems to be an issue for others too. For me, it’s usually the one minute overlap between shows.
It’s what I do. Some copy N paste, a couple shell scripts… It’s not point and click a remote - take what you get, so most would find it too much.
The software I used is no longer developed and move on, so here I am for now. In the past plex was too cumbersome, now, DVR option is a premium option.