Conflict notification with alternate program list

A device, comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions;
• a processing unit configured to:
• receive a recording schedule for programs to record at a future time;
• cause, based on the recording schedule, at least some of the programs to be recorded in the memory to create recorded content;
• detect use of the device, by a user, to initiate obtaining content that creates a conflict with the recording schedule;
• identify, based on the monitoring, alternate content from the recorded content, wherein the alternate content is related to the content that creates the conflict with the recording schedule;
• and
• present, to the user, a notification of the conflict, wherein the notification includes a list of at least some of the alternate content from the recorded content.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, multiple requests, up to a limit of a transcoding capacity of the device, to provide transcoded content streams;
• transcoding, by the device and based on the multiple requests, content for each of the received multiple requests;
• receiving, by the device, another request, from a user, for additional content that requires transcoding and that exceeds the transcoding capacity of the device;
• identifying, by the device, a conflict, based on the request and the transcoding activity,
• identify, by the device, alternate content that can be provided, by the device and to the user, without transcoding;
• presenting, by the device and to the user, a notification of the conflict, wherein the notification includes a list of at least some of the alternate content.