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Series recordings stuck in schedule
I have noticed a couple of series links that have got stuck past todays date and the next broadcast isn't in the list to be recorded.
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I have noticed a couple of series links that have got stuck past todays date and the next broadcast isn't in the list to be recorded.
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Name and shame them jwball... I have a few too Ten Days to War and Natural world, I also had a few like QI but that was because of comic relief changing the schedule and now they have updated
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I didn't realise they updated. I thought once the day in question had passed that they were stuck so deleted them. Maybe I was a little hasty.
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Series link timers will be retained until some weeks after the last episode, in fact there is no mechanism for knowing the end of a series, the timers just wait some weeks after and if they don't see anything for a while they expire.
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Series link timers will be retained until some weeks after the last episode, in fact there is no mechanism for knowing the end of a series, the timers just wait some weeks after and if they don't see anything for a while they expire.
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Series link timers will be retained until some weeks after the last episode, in fact there is no mechanism for knowing the end of a series, the timers just wait some weeks after and if they don't see anything for a while they expire.
Bob I dont see the point of having anything in the schedule that we arent going to record. |
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Cant we have an option of hiding them automatically, I use the schedule to see what I will watch today and usually have to skip half a dozen expired links.
I dont see the point of having anything in the schedule that we arent going to record. |
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Cant we have an option of hiding them automatically, ....
Orphaned items are more obvious than absent ones. They have been an alert to me of the fiasco ITV have been having with there Sunday night series, and may have saved me losing a recording. It can also be useful to know that a series has come to an end. Then there's the doubt I might have if an items vanished, "Did I set it as a single recording by mistake?". |
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Orphaned items are more obvious than absent ones. They have been an alert to me of the fiasco ITV have been having with there Sunday night series, and may have saved me losing a recording. It can also be useful to know that a series has come to an end. Then there's the doubt I might have if an items vanished, "Did I set it as a single recording by mistake?". |
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am I missing something as I can only find weekly,daily, and weekdays to schedule repeated progs.
is that what is meant by series link? I have been spoilt by a previous Sky+ box where it decided when the repeats occured and I had assumed it meant the same on the Humax. it seems that I will be unable to set the number of editions to record, if so it is poor programming that is not even as good as my Freeview Pace Twin recorder which is over three years old. |
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am I missing something as I can only find weekly,daily, and weekdays to schedule repeated progs.
is that what is meant by series link? I have been spoilt by a previous Sky+ box where it decided when the repeats occured and I had assumed it meant the same on the Humax. it seems that I will be unable to set the number of editions to record, if so it is poor programming that is not even as good as my Freeview Pace Twin recorder which is over three years old. There are a few exceptions that you need to be aware of. - Manually changing any of the times or repeat events will cancel the automatic series record. - Series record relies on the broadcaster marking a programme as being part of a series in the EPG. The main broadcaster do a pretty good job of this except for ITV1 for Sunday evening programmes. - The is a bug somewhere in the system that means that series link doesn't work reliably on some channels (e.g. the Zone channels, and BBC Alba, and some others). If you are interested in more (complicated) information, have a look at this thread. You should only set manual repeats for programmes for which automatic series record doesn't work. |
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charlo you need to go to the EPG and press the OK button NOT the record button
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charlo you need to go to the EPG and press the OK button NOT the record button
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13 weeks i do believe
However on my Warfedale Freeview I have found it very handy that the series link timers persist (it seems for ever!!). You then don't have to remember that a new series has started many months (a year?) down the line. I have noticed many times series that I had on series link last year suddenly appear in the recordings library. |
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However on my Warfedale Freeview I have found it very handy that the series link timers persist (it seems for ever!!).
You then don't have to remember that a new series has started many months (a year?) down the line. I have noticed many times series that I had on series link last year suddenly appear in the recordings library. The lack of a permanent search on the Foxsat+ is a serious omission. |
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[quote=awo1949;31374203]You are missing something. All you have to do is set the recording from the EPG. If the programme is a series, the HDR will ask if you want to record the whole series or just the single episode. If you chose the whole series, it will automatically record each episode whenever it is transmitted - it doesn't have to be at the same time each day or whatever.
Thanks awo1949 ![]() I have deleted all the individual entries for working lunch and set it from EPG and will wait with baited breath to see if it works at 13.30 Wed and then 12.30 on Thurs, etc. also set countdown to see if it copes when CH4 goes racing instead. it will not work with BBC radio 2 Last edited by charlo : 17-03-2009 at 19:41. Reason: add text |
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I have deleted all the individual entries for working lunch and set it from EPG and will wait with baited breath to see if it works at 13.30 Wed and then 12.30 on Thurs, etc.
also set countdown to see if it copes when CH4 goes racing instead. it will not work with BBC radio 2 For these channels you should either set the programmes individually or manually set a repeat event. There are pros and cons. Repeat event is easier but will disable schedule tracking (takes account of changed programme times updated in the EPG) and accurate recording (takes account of last minute programme overruns and is generally more accurate). Accurate record is not an issue with these channels as it is the EPG information which enables accurate record that is missing. Schedule tracking should still work on a single recording (I think ) but isn't as accurate or reliable as accurate record.Countdown on Ch4 should be OK. None of BBC's radio programmes have series record. Hovever, unlike the above, this is safe as the HDR won't offer it. |
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Ouch!!! Working Lunch is on BBC News, I believe. ![]() you've got yourself in a right tizzie with your quotes too
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I have deleted all the individual entries for working lunch and set it from EPG and will wait with baited breath to see if it works at 13.30 Wed and then 12.30 on Thurs, etc.
also set countdown to see if it copes when CH4 goes racing instead. it will not work with BBC radio 2 |
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BBC2 should be fine. Having said that, it's bound to prove me wrong.What happened was that I had a vague recollection someone had reported problems with Working Lunch in the past, and thought the reason might be because it's on BBC News. I did a quick google search for "Working Lunch" and the top hit was "BBC NEWS | Programmes | Working Lunch". I guess that refers to the department, not the channel. |
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BBC2 should be fine. Having said that, it's bound to prove me wrong.
What happened was that I had a vague recollection someone had reported problems with Working Lunch in the past, and thought the reason might be because it's on BBC News. I did a quick google search for "Working Lunch" and the top hit was "BBC NEWS | Programmes | Working Lunch". I guess that refers to the department, not the channel. is this how it is meant to be? - if so, it is next to useless and I may as well set manually for each day separately. I also set it for countdown and it missed the 5.25pm show and it shows the next timer is set for 4.55am which is not the same episode but a repeat of Monday`s prog. and I usually switch the box off at night and on again at midday. |
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I have The Big Bang Theory on Channel 4 as a series record. Last night's episode recorded as planned and next weeks is showing in the schedule as expected but last night's entry is at the top of my schedule
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Cant we have an option of hiding them automatically
Surely that would make everyone happy? |
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) but isn't as accurate or reliable as accurate record.