TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 3

[johnathome]

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[tassiekev]

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

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Thanks to you too

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Just replied but it diasppeared - think I should go to bed now, thanks anyway

[G4DDS]

Looks like I have found a strange scheduling bug:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...k/td-p/2804258

Any ideas anyone?

[Stephen]

I think it could be the padding you have set meaning that all tuners will be gettting used?

[G4DDS]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I think it could be the padding you have set meaning that all tuners will be gettting used?

TiVo has 3 tuners - never had a problem recording 3 things at the same time as before. Incidentally, I note that last Monday it happily recorded Ch5, E4 and Sky 1 all at the same time:

Last Monday (successful):

8:58 -> 10:05 Revenge (E4)
8:58 -> 10:05 Gotham (C5)
8:28 -> 9:05 Driving School of Mum and Dad (Sky 1)

Note: 8:58 -> 9:05 - 7 minute overlap when all 3 tuners in use.

Monday upcoming:

7:58 -> 9:05 Revenge (E4)
8:58 -> 10:05 Made In Chelsea (E4)
8:58 -> 10:05 Gotham (C5)
8:28 -> 9:05 Driving School of Mum and Dad (Sky 1) *won't record - clashing*

It seems to me that the 7:58 -> 9:05 recording has confused the clash logic!

[Stephen]

So Made in Chelsea is the problem as that was not there last week and for a period of time 4 programs will be getting recorded?

if you shortened your 5 mins of padding to 2 or 3 that may help.

[MalteseFalcon]

Could just be a simple question of the priority of the series links. If you have the Gotham, MIC and Revenge series links all higher up the list of series links then Driving School won't be recorded. Also, try seeing if one of the 3 shows is repeated later or on a different day and record that one instead for the Driving School one to record.

[G4DDS]

Originally Posted by Stephen

So Made in Chelsea is the problem as that was not there last week and for a period of time 4 programs will be getting recorded?

if you shortened your 5 mins of padding to 2 or 3 that may help.

But the two E4 programmes are back-to-back hence only one tuner will be used.

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Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Could just be a simple question of the priority of the series links. If you have the Gotham, MIC and Revenge series links all higher up the list of series links then Driving School won't be recorded. Also, try seeing if one of the 3 shows is repeated later or on a different day and record that one instead for the Driving School one to record.

I'll probably shift Revenge to the early Tuesday morning showing to try and fix the problem, but the point is that regardless of the number of programmes being recorded there are only 3 tuners in use so there is no reason for the clash.

[MalteseFalcon]

Another thing that might be happening is if the E4 shows aren't on the same channel. For instance, you have the Revenge on the SD channel and MIC on the HD channel. Can be done, I only realised a couple of weeks ago that I had been recording DCI Banks in SD, not HD like I usually record my stuff.

The question I have about recoding is when you are about to record on 3 tuners simultaneously sometimes you get the onscreen message, about changing channels or lose one of the upcoming recordings, what triggers that message?

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by mhatter67

The question I have about recoding is when you are about to record on 3 tuners simultaneously sometimes you get the onscreen message, about changing channels or lose one of the upcoming recordings, what triggers that message?

If you are trying to record three channels whilst watching a fourth, you'll get the message.

[mike_gain]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

If you are trying to record three channels whilst watching a fourth, you'll get the message.

You'll also see a similar message if you have a substantial amount of content buffered on one of the other tuners that isn't being used for what you are watching on live TV and your box needs to clear this buffer and start recording on another channel.

I can't remember exactly what the messages says in this scenario but the wording is slightly different to the message you get when all 3 tuners are about to be in use. I think the phrase "other tuner" is part of the message.

[G4DDS]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Another thing that might be happening is if the E4 shows aren't on the same channel. For instance, you have the Revenge on the SD channel and MIC on the HD channel. Can be done, I only realised a couple of weeks ago that I had been recording DCI Banks in SD, not HD like I usually record my stuff.

All recordings were spread across just 3 channels - E4 HD, CH5HD and Sky1HD. I have done the same as you in the past and set an SD link by accident but all these are set for the HD channels.

Update is that I was going to do some more investigation but discovered it appears to have sorted itself out and the schedule is now fine (with no intervention from me) although there was a minor power blip which means the box has been through a reboot cycle since last night.

I suspect the reboot and the planned recordings sorting itself out is not unrelated

[Doz007]

Quick question, is there a limit to the number of TV boxes per account?

I only seem to be able to add one extra TiVo box online.

[MalteseFalcon]

Think you would need to call them for more than 2 boxes total in a household.