TiVo : How did my TiVo record 4 programmes at once?

[RichardCoulter]

I have a SL set for The Wright Stuff that starts at 9:15 am.

Due to frequent clashes when recording this programme, I set up a daily recurring manual recording from 9:25.

However, today the circumstances were such that it was able to record both.

What's odd is that there were occasions where 4 programmes were being recorded!

Obviously it only has three tuners, so how did it manage to do this?

My only theory is that if it has been asked to record the same programme twice, it does so via the same tuner.

[djmagnifique]

I've had something simular where a series link and a wish list record the same program on the same channel at the same time, however if I delete one of the recordings both of them are deleted.

In your situation it has probably listed the recording twice from the same tuner but you try to delete one it will delete both. It's not actually recording 4 programmes but labeling one of the recordings twice.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by djmagnifique

I've had something simular where a series link and a wish list record the same program on the same channel at the same time, however if I delete one of the recordings both of them are deleted.

In your situation it has probably listed the recording twice from the same tuner but you try to delete one it will delete both. It's not actually recording 4 programmes but labeling one of the recordings twice.

This is what used to happen with my V+, but now that I can undelete items I tested this out and found that one recording remained after i'd deleted the other!

[mike_gain]

If the Tivo detects 2 scheduled recordings are on the same channel one after the other and both overlap due to padding it will use a single tuner to spawn the 2 recordings for the duration of the overlap. When I tested this I had 6 recordings at the same time.

Not sure if this is what you are seeing but it is one possible explanation.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by mike_gain

If the Tivo detects 2 scheduled recordings are on the same channel one after the other and both overlap due to padding it will use a single tuner to spawn the 2 recordings for the duration of the overlap. When I tested this I had 6 recordings at the same time.

Not sure if this is what you are seeing but it is one possible explanation.

Could be.

I've also been told that it could be because the tivos actually have four tuners and that one is used as the modem.

I always thought that the TiVo only had three tuners and that it used one of them for VOD.

If I'm wrong, maybe as part of the latest TiVo update they've allowed the 4th tuner to record when no Internet services are required??

[mike_gain]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Could be.

I've also been told that it could be because the tivos actually have four tuners and that one is used as the modem.

I always thought that the TiVo only had three tuners and that it used one of them for VOD.

If I'm wrong, maybe as part of the latest TiVo update they've allowed the 4th tuner to record when no Internet services are required??

Some VOD is delivered via one of the tuners typically used for recording, presumably so that the VOD mechanism remains compatible with non Tivo boxes. The other "tuner" is how iPlayer, Netflix etc... content is delivered. The latest update has not enabled recording on a 4th tuner. The modem "tuner" may be what allows the Tivo to discover streamed content so it can appear in Series Link+ list of shows in my shows but it isn't spawning a recording.