DS Forums

 
 

Failed to stop recording? TF5810


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 27-12-2010, 16:23
skrjones
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Keighley, West Yorkshire
Posts: 2,395

Yesterday I think the wife set a recording for Spykids on BBC1 but it wasn't until the evening that we noticed that it had recorded the whole days programs and was still going.
Also a jump key press moved it back maybe half an hour rather than the 4 mins it should have done.

It resulted in a 15Gb recrding size

It was either the Toppy getting rather confused or a failure to bookmark the end of the program that caused the issue. After a reboot the machine seems to be fine again.

Any ideas?
skrjones is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 28-12-2010, 09:38
parthena
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SW London, Crystal Palace Tx
Posts: 2,769
No, but it happened to me for a period of time this year, when a late-night series always carried on recording until I stopped it the next day. It was just the one programme I think.
parthena is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-12-2010, 11:05
MarkPax
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 132
I have had a case where the Toppy changed its internal time away from GMT without me doing anything. All recordings started and end at the wrong times. For me it was only about 20 minutes, it could have been that your Toppy's clock reset itself making the end time hours wrong.

Check in the Toppy menus that you have time zone etc set to "Auto", maybe.....
MarkPax is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2010, 20:11
nvingo
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: wisbech, cambs / norfolk
Posts: 3,834
Shrek at 14:25 on 23/12 for me resulted in a runaway recording, ending 17GB later at about 23:30 when I stopped it manually. Every programme transition was bookmarked.
I've not experienced this prior or since, on 5800t/MyStuff 6.2

Edit: weren't both Shrek and Spy Kids on BBCONE ?
nvingo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2010, 20:41
parthena
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SW London, Crystal Palace Tx
Posts: 2,769
I don't think my over-run was a BBC channel cos it was a regular well-after-midnight setting. It was MyStuff6.2 though.

I think I deleted the timer and it's never happened since.
parthena is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2010, 21:25
skrjones
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Keighley, West Yorkshire
Posts: 2,395
Shrek at 14:25 on 23/12 for me resulted in a runaway recording, ending 17GB later at about 23:30 when I stopped it manually. Every programme transition was bookmarked.
I've not experienced this prior or since, on 5800t/MyStuff 6.2

Edit: weren't both Shrek and Spy Kids on BBCONE ?
They were, I'm not sure how the Toppy stops. if it is a signal from BBC or based on time. If it is the BBC that is missing the signal then at least it is not the boxes fault
skrjones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-12-2010, 22:40
nvingo
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: wisbech, cambs / norfolk
Posts: 3,834
I can't understand how the Topfield can have overrunning recordings.
MyStuff "sets" the timer.
Extend keeps recording until the tuner is needed for another recording, or six minutes (default) after the transition to the following programme.
It must be Extend that failed.
nvingo is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:48.