Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

OK - Another very quick question.

Is there any way of emptying the deleted programs folder, without having to delete every individual item that's in there?

Pressing 'clear' on the folder doesn't work.

Thanks.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

nope, not to my knowelage anyway

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

But you don't need to, as any space they take will be re-used.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

There isn't that I know of, but these will delete automatically, won't affect the amount of space you have for new recordings and, as far as I'm aware, won't be included in the calculation for the percentage of space used shown at the top of the "my shows" screen, so unless you have serious ocd then I guess there's no way to do it because there's no need to do it.

---------- Post added at 13:03 ---------- Previous post was at 13:03 ----------

Or, what Hugh said!

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Getting my TiVo installed on Tuesday afternoon, has the live events been sorted now with the 15.2 update with no more booking online required? The reason I ask is on EPG 544 Live events info on my V+ the slate says to book online in the old way on TiVo!

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

This was taken from here? So I would say that it has.

http://my.virginmedia.com/customer-n...les/wwetables/

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks for the info, wonder why the slate on 544 (V+ box) is still showing old information or is it a different message for people on TiVo?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

On channel 554 on TIVO

The slate still says to go to virginmedia.com/tivoliveevents :confused:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I agree as well, this along with the 30 sec skip are the best features of TiVo.

I have just joined this forum having been on the TiVo Community forum since 2008 when I bought my first two TiVo S1s. Through you guys I have enabled the US TiVo iPad App.

Nice to find another group of people who in the main love TiVo (and CPFC).

The listing by time and channel under 'manual Recording' are also very useful for setting up you weeks list of programmes to be recorded.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks, that's crazy they need a continuity officer or they must be on holiday:D

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

:welcome: to the forum :ghugs:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

i have tried this and now managed to create a folder called Films. All the films i now record (HD or SD) now record into this folder. Any films already on box wont go into folder but you can delete them and recored them again then they will go into the new folder

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Do you have to keep the wish list film or does the folder stay if you keep it?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

you can delete the wishlist film, if there any no films in there the folder goes but then if you record a film it puts it back in the folder. Becuase its a wishlist it started recording suggested films so i changed the options to New Only and it didnt record anymore suggested films. I can now record a film from any channel and it will go in the films folder thou

it did take me about 3-4 attemps to get it to work correctly thou as i think its trial and error. In the categories i choose HD then in sub categories i choose film. 1st time i did it i only choose film. i do think its trial and error like i say

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Sounds a good work around-cheers.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

your welcome, im only passing on the info i have found, use this link below and that will tell you how to set it up. Post back on how you get on and your settings for it and i cna see if it works any different to mine

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/2011/06/cre...r-tivo-my.html

oh and i didnt set it to 1 i set it to all in the wishlist
now read the reason the folder needs to be equal to 1 is that so only 1 film will be recorded as a suggestion and it doesnt record loads of suggestions but you need it to record 1 film to create the folder. Looks like i need to change mine when i get home then, i bet all my hdd space will be usesd by the time i get back home from suggestions

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks for the welcome.

Just looked up when I got my first TiVo and it was actually in October 2002.

Are there many former S1 users on this forum?

You guys were first with the US TiVo iPad App work around and it is now being used by users on the TiVo community forum. So well done and thanks from me.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I'm here :angel:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Hello ozsat,
The first response from a well known face....tag...well you know what I mean.

Cheers to you

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

My parents had their ageing SA V+ box replaced with a 500GB TiVo (my Xmas present to them) earlier today. I have to say that they're very impressed so far and so am I. Already they've picked up a lot more about its functionality than they ever did about the V+ box. Mum even managed to teach herself how to do the basics just by reading the leaflets that the installer left behind, so they're obviously well written as she's not very technical-minded.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I will second that , my parents have took to it which I was pretty surprised about.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Ken sent me this PM today.
He also sent me this

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

What is "Sky Red Button"? He's differentiated between that and Sky Sports RB so...

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I think he meant Sky Sports red button in the first PM.

I am hoping it is on TiVo for Match Choice this weekend. Probably i long shot i think.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Why did he send two then? Plus, who is he?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

He replied after i said this

This was his reply
If you get what i mean.

Also he sent me the TiVo update dates of 17th November - 24th November before there were announced and before Media Boy and before and also something about Sky Anytime on Virgin Media.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Have you totally ignored every posting for the last month. We know that TiVo is able to do red button since the last update but it's not been activated yet. There is nothing new in that garbled message.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

That is rude.


The way it was said could mean it is now ready and just needs to be put on the TiVo boxes.

Also someone else said red button will come with the update in Q1 2012
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ht/true#M36542

We know the Q1 2012 is in January going by what someone was told by Virgin techinal.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post6215.html

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I will third that, I had TiVo this Tuesday afternoon, with no problems and excellent installation by the engineer!

I just have one question on live events, once you have purchased an event does it appear on channel 555 when the programme is about to start? The reason why I ask is there is no channel 0 on TiVo and at present this channel is saying I am not subscribed to it please ring 150:confused:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Yes.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks!

I tell you all what I miss from my old V+ box:(

Displayed channel number on front display of the box
Current time when in standby mode

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No offence but you start a lot of your post on various forums with "Check your facts before posting" which comes across very rude and unfriendly.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No, what is rude is you posting incoherent and muddled posts, and expecting others to decipher them.

If you want to get a message across, it needs to be clear and concise.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I agree with you. It was annoying not having the time available but I got round that by putting a clock next to it. My big problem is not knowing whether the box is on or off so sometimes when switching on with my Harmony it switches the box off.

The channel number would be a bit difficult as which one would you display as it has three tuners :D

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Have to agree, nearly had to break out my universal translator to decipher the previous posts.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No it wasn't at all.

Also there is no update in January or Q1 2012. The November update to 15.2 has been coded with support for red button services but as yet they haven't been switched on. It has been mentioned in this thread and others. All you are doing is confusing matters with repeated info posted in such away that it makes no sense to anyone.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

To watch the event, go to Home->On Demand->More On Demand->Live Events->Your Rentals. Channel 555 is a left-over from the days when TiVo couldn't do pay-per-view through the menus, and is no longer needed.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I thought because of his inability to post for a week he would have been paying more attention to updates and news. I know I have.

Wow. Back less than a day and already he's derailing threads.

---

Anyway, back on topic. I must admit, apart from the new YouTube app, occasional iPlayer app problems and that annoying habit the EPG has of falling back to All Channels 15.2 is a massive improvement and gets the TiVo much closer to where it should be.

I think maybe the US TiVo users should be thanking Virgin Media and it's critical customer base for helping improve their future products. According to an article I read, a lot of the problems we all harp on about have been there a long time and have prevented the TiVo from working it's way into the living rooms of all but the most ardent geeks.

What I'm saying is, we should keep up the constructive criticism, because as Virgin Media become a proper company rather than a merged version of various regional cable providers it appears they are listening to their customers and ironing out flaws as they go with more efficiency.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Well put, z.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks so I just click on my live rental on the day, quick question do you get a reminder to switch over before it starts?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

As i got TiVo recently i am a getting "Your TiVo help guide" via email.

this picture is from part 3 of 4
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...08507048_n.jpg

If you look very closely you can see Play.com app in the Apps and Games Menu.

Can someone tell why that is there when it does not exist.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

A good idea for you is to send one of your famed emails to Mr Berkett and ask him that question.:)

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Because it is a Marketing mock-up, and they often bear little resemblance to reality.....

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

So in other words a image that someone has made up.

---------- Post added at 14:49 ---------- Previous post was at 14:49 ----------

I am not doing that.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Do you like, have to reply to every post, even if it wasn't aimed at you and was just a fact? Go on, I dare you not to reply to this post.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

:clap:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Hope I am in the right place to make a query but is chaseplay (ie being able to watch a program from its start that has already started being recorded) a feature on the TIVO box, I have it on my DVD recorder but not sure how to access it on the TIVO if it is available.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Yup

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Just select from My Shows while recording and it will start from the beginning :)

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No.

Are you really going to forget to watch something you've forked out £15 for? :shocked:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I would that is why I do not pay £15 for live events:erm:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks Digital fanatic, got my box yesterday so trying to sort out the features that I used to often use on my old set up.

BTW is it possible to change the BBC local news region. We get the London news whereas we are really in the Southeast region. The ITV news is Meridian & again SE would be handy.

On my freesat box I had to put in a different postcode from home because I got the same problem

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

have you got an alternative BBC/ITV in the 800's ?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Has any noticed on BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD that the EPG said BBC News was tonight on from 20.27 - 20.30.

I never seen this before on the TiVo EPG.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

As a rule if you press record while viewing, a programme will record:-

1. from the start and can be found in my shows providing you are less than 30 minutes in as this is the maximum size of the buffer which will be stitched on the front; or

2. Everything after the last channel change for that tuner.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

It was because that's Britain was on? Also it says on the BBC website as well?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programm...don/2011/12/14

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I thought that usual happens after The One Show and before Eastenders :confused:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No it is always just before 8pm.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

When a film has a rating out of 4 stars where does that come from? Can you rate the films?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

True, makes you wonder then why the V+ has reminders then with a deadicated channel 0:erm:

Just takes a bit getting use to treating live events the same as watching a purchased movie.

Finally in the next few months now the 15.2 update is completed they will remove these 2 confusing TiVo channels from the EPG?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

What an absolute joke iPlayer on TiVo is.

The lack of multi screen was a shambles from the start but a software update that renders the service virtually unusable. :shakesheadindisbeliefsmilie:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ht/true#M10321

For some reason the old youtube app has now got a new logo.

I think that is so you know that it is the Old youtube app.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

You would think so and then Virgin Media could just put the Live events on channel 0 on Tivo like all the other Virgin Media boxes.

---------- Post added at 01:43 ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 ----------

Ok let's forget about the red button apps coming with the update.

They will still be a update in January/Q1 2012 and which going by what i have read will make Multiroom streaming fully enabled and there is probably other things not annouced yet.

I am really hoping Express Series Link is made user configurab​le in the January/Q1 2012 update

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

As far as I'm aware there has been no official announcement about any further updates either way.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Ben, I was pretty sure I read somewhere that the red button for mutli-screen for BBC and Sky was going to be introduced on TIVO by the end of the year. Did i dream it??? (it's quite possible) If I did is there any word on when it might come. I'm holding off on Tivo until it's working....cheers pal :)

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Its highly likely to come in the first quarter of 2012 but Ben will know more but HE is unlikely to reveal much because of NDA'S.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

OMG Don't you listen. There is NO update coming in the new year. Red button is enabled in the box, its just the apps need released and they DO NOT need an update, they are just rolled out when they are available. Same goes for MRS, it just needs a switch flicked to turn it on.

Also as there is no update in January there is no chance of the express link changing.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Red Button which actually does something useful and what everybody else knows as "Red Button", i.e. what we had on V+ on channels like BBC, is NOT enabled i.e. what is now is a pile of cr*p which is why you see comments from users wanting the "real" red button. It might be a case of activating so not an update agreed but it is not there now in what people expected, especially new Tivo users who then realise what is missing.

Not expecting an update in January but certainly better be at some stage in 2012. If VM think 15.2 sorted everything out on Tivo then think again. The product is not even stable right now with issues like iPlayer performance/reliability.

Express series link is an exceptionally bad implementation and cannot believe VM wil be stupid enough to leave it as it is. Get it sorted VM, if they had any sense they would implement changes in the next update whenever that may be!

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I know that red button (apps) do not need a update. They could if they wanted to release the red button apps with the update which in my opinion will happen in Q1 2012.

The New youtube app is a example of a new app coming with a update.

I still think there will be a update in Q1 2012.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Apps of any kind do not need an update to be rolled out. The Youtube app would have happened with or without an update.

There will not be an update as there isn't any planned for the near future.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Another way, possibly faster... while in full-screen TV mode, press info, scroll down to the ® icon, press right, choose the stream with up/down (if needed), press right, then hold down the |<- button for a few seconds to jump to the start of the recording. Then enjoy timeshifted viewing; if you've left enough time before watching you can fast-forward through the breaks and catch up with the program at the end.

Wow, that looks a lot more complicated when written down. It's not though, honest!

Really? If I'd booked a £15 PPV on my TiVo there's no way I wouldn't record it and keep it for months.

Good tip, but the buffer is a max of 60 minutes rather than 30.

I asked that over on VM Community... they come from Tribune etc. Using the Roger Ebert style four-star with halves method, but those are NOT his rankings.

I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one who has good results from iPlayer. It was shaky a week ago but since then HD and SD streams have been flawless.

I know that was an irate answer but the info is pretty useful, nice short definition of the red button features coming as apps. Hopefully less buggy/features missing than the ones already on there.

As someone who never bothered with red button features, could you explain what's missing?

It's a YMMV issue... mine is working fine.

I think Express Series Link is a great idea, all we need is ability to change defaults via TiVo UI. I almost always want "new & reruns, all episodes, keep until delete, no padding" so being able to choose that would make the TiVo much less fiddly. It's a shame TiVo isn't more like XBMC, where if something can't be altered by GUI you can edit the skin XML files and add the option(s) you need.

---

Sorry for the long multi-quote post, just a lot of points I wanted to make...

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

What I mean is the facility for them to work is in the software.

Well I think it will be in the form of an app as thats the way that iPlayer was done.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Red Button - all the information sevices, news, etc plus red button also used for multiple matches at the same time e.g. Wimbledon/Football - that one really annoys people who like red button to change over to other matches

YMMV Issue - was referring to Tivo generally not just iplayer, it is definitely NOT the finished product by a long stretch. Just go over the VM Support forum and catch the thread on those returning Tivo's

Express Links - agree a good idea but badly implemented for several reasons one of which you mentioned namely user configurable; back to back padding implications also has to be addressed, it is worse than what the Sky box does on this, see http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...-O/td-p/913291

Overall I do like Tivo though so don't get me wrong here when I do criticize it. Just don't want VM to take their focus away from progressively improving it. 15.2 update can only be the start and it is not just about new features but improving what is there already.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Well you not. BBC iplayer is working fine for me.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

some are just drama queens though :p:

---------- Post added at 14:16 ---------- Previous post was at 14:15 ----------

me too :)

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Well no TIVO for me until red button multi screen is up and running... I can wait!!! I have no probs with my Samsung box...

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

DF has said there will be a full red button/interactive service by the end of march.

BBC red button (BBCi App), ITV red button App, Sky Sports red button App might eariler going by what i have been told.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Been told by whom and when?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I was told by Virgin Media twitter team that there are working hard to bring out the bbc red button and ITV red button this year. I was told that 9 days a go.

Also the sky sports red button just needs to be given the go ahead and we will have it. Ken1234 told me that

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

It will not come this year as we are only one and a half weeks to Christmas day so be patient and it will come in its own due time.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

It could come after christmas and before the new year :D

For example the 29th of December.

You are probably right.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thats good news that they have acknowledged it and replied with a solution (yet to test it, will do tonight)

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Does anyone know why Virgin Media have done this ?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I'm guessing so you can see the difference between the leanback version and the old one?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

That is what i think but i am not entirely sure.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

That's exactly why they've done it

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I'm pretty sure that if you go to any support forum you'll get a skewed view as most of the people posting will be the ones with problems. You can't use a support forum as a basis of the quality of a product.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I completely agree.

---------- Post added at 16:36 ---------- Previous post was at 16:34 ----------

Thanks Ben for clarifying that.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Indeed, it's like working in a faults call centre and saying all you ever deal with is faults, so the product must be faulty.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

No I can make my own mind up as I have Tivo, but Tivo is a service not just a box and if I had the reboot issues and features like iPlayer hardly not working then I can understand why some people are demanding Tivo is taken away.

Overall I can put up with Tivo's shortfalls as benefits outweigh negatives.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Does anyone know how the red button will work on BBC channels when the BBCi App is added ?

because at the moment it goes staright to BBC iplayer app that will have to be changed.

When you press the red button when the BBCi App is added when will there be some sort of menu so you can choose which app you want to go into ?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

l am sure when it comes it will be explained fully to us by the lovely Virgin boys in a clear and concise way.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I would have thought so.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Thanks DF.

Am i right in saying the BBCi App will include Digital Text , Live streams and it will actually be better than the current BBC red button on the Virgin Media legacy boxes ?

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I did that I worked for O2 when the I-Phone came out:erm:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Not sure on the exact details

---------- Post added at 18:08 ---------- Previous post was at 18:07 ----------

eek! :D

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

I imagine it would probably work the same way the red button on ITV1 currently works.

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Why does the ITV red button on TiVo work on your box :erm:

Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
 

Because it was used for X Factor voting