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Old 19-10-2010, 16:00
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I have a major annoyance at the moment. I set the new Midsomer Murders (normally on Weds evenings, I think - though football this week) to series record since it clashes with BBC stuff I want to watch and I kept missing it.

It's not available on ITV player for some reason, so that's not an option (even though I would only ever use ITV player in an "emergency").

However, they have assigned the same CRID to the new transmissions as they have to the daily afternoon repeats.

Consequently, I was getting a load of recordings I didn't want, and ended up cancelling the series record.

Do ITV really not have the nous to set separate CRIDS for what are in fact totally different programme series?
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Old 19-10-2010, 16:16
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Can't check at the moment because it's not on tonight. However the repeat should have the same series crid and the same programme crid as the first transmission.

A freesat+ box should ignore the repeat because it has the same programme crid as the one it's just recorded.
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Old 19-10-2010, 16:27
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No - you've misunderstood (or maybe I should have explained it better).

The afternoon repeats are not repeats of the current (new) series - they are repeats of MM's from ages ago.
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Old 19-10-2010, 16:35
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No - you've misunderstood (or maybe I should have explained it better).

The afternoon repeats are not repeats of the current (new) series - they are repeats of MM's from ages ago.
Aha deffo a screw up then.
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Old 19-10-2010, 16:46
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However, they have assigned the same CRID to the new transmissions as they have to the daily afternoon repeats.

Consequently, I was getting a load of recordings I didn't want, and ended up cancelling the series record.

Yes it's annoying isn't it? Same on Sky.

I missed last Wednesday's new episode as a result. Had to get it by alternative means.
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Old 19-10-2010, 17:01
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Aha deffo a screw up then.
Depends what you mean by a 'screw up' - I suspect it's doing exactly what ITV want it to, so it's not a 'screw up' but a deliberate pain in the bum!.

It's been like this for years now, and means you can't series link new series.
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Old 19-10-2010, 17:06
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Five dont know how to do it either, the weekend repeats of programs end up getting recorded too.
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Old 19-10-2010, 19:54
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Depends what you mean by a 'screw up' - I suspect it's doing exactly what ITV want it to,
What is the logic behind ITV doing that?

If it was available on ITV player it wouldn't be so bad - although as I indicated earlier, I hate having to use that simply because you have to sit through the ads, plus not being available on Freesat or Sony Home Cinema (like iPLayer), I have to watch it on my PC.
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Old 19-10-2010, 20:14
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What is the logic behind ITV doing that?
I've no idea, but it's always been that way.

A previous one that I missed because of it, I watched on ITV Player a few days later.
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Old 19-10-2010, 21:27
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A previous one that I missed because of it, I watched on ITV Player a few days later.
Really? I have never been able to find Midsomer Murders on ITV player.
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Old 19-10-2010, 21:31
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What is the logic behind ITV doing that?

If it was available on ITV player it wouldn't be so bad - although as I indicated earlier, I hate having to use that simply because you have to sit through the ads, plus not being available on Freesat or Sony Home Cinema (like iPLayer), I have to watch it on my PC.
Luckily for me, my laptop has an HDMI output, so I can watch an HD download on the TV.
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Old 19-10-2010, 22:43
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I have never been able to find Midsomer Murders on ITV player.
Just to prove it to myself, I did a search on ITV Player for "midsomer murders" which came up with the following:

"midsomer murders" (5 results found):

The Xtra Factor
Downton Abbey
The Only Way Is Essex (twice!!)
Coronation Street

I don't think much of their search facility!
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Old 20-10-2010, 08:59
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Really? I have never been able to find Midsomer Murders on ITV player.
I didn't appear until a few days afterwards - I thought it wasn't coming on as well.
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Old 20-10-2010, 09:55
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I didn't appear until a few days afterwards - I thought it wasn't coming on as well.
Well, it's a week after and it's not there - nor are the previous episodes.
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