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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Don't think that's possible. Even within Series links I think you can set the priority
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I don’t have Tivo yet so not exactly sure of priority settings, was referring to my SA V+ where you can set priories by planned series, planned recordings and manual recordings, but not by priority of your multiple series recording as I believe you are referring to. So is this something extra available in Tivo?
But the actual point is that I do want to record all planned series recordings so want them all on the same priority and certainly do not want 2 series recordings say at 21.00 with 5 minutes padding so I don’t miss the end of those programmes, then cutting off the first 5 minutes of the 22.00 series planned recording. So if you set the priority of all planned series recordings the same then what happens with the scenario presented? Does Tivo cut off the 5 minute padding at the end of the 21.00 recording to start recording the 22.00 series recording of equal priority, if you can deliberately set equal priority for all series recordings setup, or are you forced to try and manipulate priority on an individual recording basis or just set 0 padding and keep your fingers crossed every programme starts and finishes on time, until VM produce this software update on the padding issue planned in September?
Perhaps the way around this is to make the 22.00 recording a higher priority than the 2 21.00 recordings if you can set priority on a per recording basis with series setup, but this could be on a whole per series basis not individual recordings of programmes in a series.
I just want to record all 3 series programmes in this scenario with the minimal manipulation of priorities/padding and certainly not have the risk that if padding is set at the end of the 21.00 recordings, they do not cut off the first 5 minutes of the 22.00 recording. Better to take the chance of the off event when a programme is slightly delayed (so end of a 21.00 recorded programme is lost when 22.00 programme starts recording) which is very infrequent, rather than have the guarantee of missing the first 5 minutes of the following recording if the padding/priority settings cause this.
Would really like to sort this out before I get my Tivo, perhaps those who have a Tivo already could try out the scenario of 3 recordings and see what can be set up to make sure the 22.00 recording does take priority at 22.00?