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Old 15-05-2014, 22:30
angelafisher
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I love my Humax YouView box but can't figure out if you can set it up to start and finish a recording five minutes after the start and finish time of a programme. I've noticed that a number of programmes don't start on time and I can often miss the end of a programme because seemingly the box sticks to the record times.

Hope this makes sense. Many thanks,
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Old 16-05-2014, 07:39
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Unfortunately you can't do this (it is a very much requested feature so may hopefully come in a software update at a later time). You view uses accurate recording which is supposed to adjust automatically to the programme time but this relies on the broadcast output adjusting properly which (as you have found) doesn't always happen.
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Old 16-05-2014, 23:45
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Thank you so much !
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Old 16-05-2014, 23:58
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This and many other features were requested by the original testers when YouView was first released (about 2 years ago) after Alan Sugar was brought in to finally get it released, very little of what was requested was ever offered and the testers were as good as ignored.
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Old 17-05-2014, 00:03
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Sorry, but never missed the start or end of any of my recordings on BT Youview using default settings.
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Old 17-05-2014, 23:02
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Sorry, but never missed the start or end of any of my recordings on BT Youview using default settings.
Neither have I. Always starts exactly at the beginning of the show even if it is late.
I have to say though that most of my recordings are on BBC channels. It may be that the channels you record are not so good at sending the signals when they should. Angelafisher - Do you find it worse on any particular channels?
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Old 17-05-2014, 23:25
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I have to say though that most of my recordings are on BBC channels.
Try recording BBC's 'In Search of Ourselves...' at 21:00 next Friday. That slot on the BBC more often than not stops early on recorders that cannot use padding.
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Old 19-05-2014, 23:13
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Try recording BBC's 'In Search of Ourselves...' at 21:00 next Friday. That slot on the BBC more often than not stops early on recorders that cannot use padding.
Was going to try that but it's not showing on the You View EPG.


Edited about 10 mins later:
Oh found it - it's on Radio 4.

Can't comment on recording radio as I've never done it. My comments were referring to TV recordings.
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