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spiderplant 26-09-2018 19:33

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35964474)
I only use KUID for the very best of my recordings.

That is exactly what you should do. KUID is badly named and does NOT guarantee that recordings won't get deleted - it just sets the deletion priority. If you set every recording to KUID you might end up losing an important one.

RichardCoulter 27-09-2018 00:17

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
That's useful to know and it is badly phrased isn't it.

I assumed that if the box was full and every recording marked as KUID, that it would simply stop recording new material- but that's clearly not the case!

At least I now know this though.

Raider999 27-09-2018 13:24

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35964506)
That is exactly what you should do. KUID is badly named and does NOT guarantee that recordings won't get deleted - it just sets the deletion priority. If you set every recording to KUID you might end up losing an important one.


KUID should do exactly that - if it doesn't then there is a fault in the software.

Mythica 27-09-2018 14:24

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35964506)
That is exactly what you should do. KUID is badly named and does NOT guarantee that recordings won't get deleted - it just sets the deletion priority. If you set every recording to KUID you might end up losing an important one.

Not trying to doubt you, but do you have evidence of this? If every recording is set to KUID I thought that it would just stop recording if the HD is full.

alwaysabear 27-09-2018 14:32

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by Mythica (Post 35964602)
Not trying to doubt you, but do you have evidence of this? If every recording is set to KUID I thought that it would just stop recording if the HD is full.

If SP says its so you have to believe him! He has been dispensing invaluable advice and help on this forum for many years.

Mythica 27-09-2018 14:33

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35964604)
If SP says its so you have to believe him! He has been dispensing invaluable advice and help on this forum for many years.

While that is true, everyone can be wrong sometimes.

spiderplant 27-09-2018 17:53

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
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Originally Posted by Mythica (Post 35964602)
Not trying to doubt you, but do you have evidence of this? If every recording is set to KUID I thought that it would just stop recording if the HD is full.

Here you go:
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...s/td-p/2375641

At that time there was another bug where it would delete far more recordings than necessary to make space, which made it really obvious when it happened. That bug is now fixed, but there is still the potential for small numbers of KUID recordings to be deleted if there is nothing else left for it to use.

To clarify my previous answer, it won't delete KUID recordings to make space for new recordings. But it will delete them to make room for other uses, such as the live TV buffers.

Mythica 27-09-2018 18:10

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35964631)
Here you go:
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...s/td-p/2375641

At that time there was another bug where it would delete far more recordings than necessary to make space, which made it really obvious when it happened. That bug is now fixed, but there is still the potential for small numbers of KUID recordings to be deleted if there is nothing else left for it to use.

To clarify my previous answer, it won't delete KUID recordings to make space for new recordings. But it will delete them to make room for other uses, such as the live TV buffers.

So if all recordings are set to KUID, then it will stop recording new shows when you run out of space?

spiderplant 27-09-2018 18:36

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythica (Post 35964633)
So if all recordings are set to KUID, then it will stop recording new shows when you run out of space?

Yes, but some existing recordings might still get deleted

Mythica 27-09-2018 20:43

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35964641)
Yes, but some existing recordings might still get deleted

So it works how it's supposed to then.

Raider999 27-09-2018 21:14

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mythica (Post 35964663)
So it works how it's supposed to then.


Not really, I would not expect it to delete KUID recordings to allow live rewind.

Is it possible to turn live rewind off to prevent this happening?

spiderplant 27-09-2018 22:05

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35964671)
Is it possible to turn live rewind off to prevent this happening?

No

Joedm45 28-09-2018 14:09

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
I would suggest this is reported as a bug please if it hasn't already.

In my opinion if I haven't deleted it then the wording of 'Keep Until I delete' is wrong. It is more like 'Keep until V6 decides it needs the space and deletes it'

I must admit my hard drive is rarely over 30% so this shouldn't be an issue for me but someone will find it a problem.

RichardCoulter 05-10-2018 02:16

Re: Will the V6 automatically re-record shows after it deleted them itself?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35964671)
Not really, I would not expect it to delete KUID recordings to allow live rewind.

Is it possible to turn live rewind off to prevent this happening?

I wonder if tuning to an encrypted channel would effectively turn it off, or if it would record the underlying channel?

Tuning to a channel with an off air slate would simply record the slate, but probably not use as much disc space if you're about to run out completely. Tuning to a radio station would use even less.


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