Problems with Fall Update?

shaped the electrons to say:
wanted to record 30 Rock/Earl/UB, I couldn't record Chuck because
Chuck conflicts with How I Met Your Mother. But Chuck and HIMYM are on
an entirely different night than 30 Rock et al.

Did it say it *conflicts*, or did it say the other show would not be
recorded due to space, or would be deleted early, etc?

There are a number of different messages you can get when scheduling a
recording, not just a direct conflict. If the unit is tight on space
- including PLANNED use over the next two weeks - you may get a
warning that scheduling something else may bump a future recording due
to insufficient space, etc.

That's what these sound like to me.

Read the messages carefully.

-MZ
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Does a manual recording of the data/time/channel cause the problem
also? Maybe you can work around the problem using that....

On Oct 12, 4:02 am, (MegaZone) wrote:
shaped the electrons to say:

wanted to record 30 Rock/Earl/UB, I couldn't record Chuck because
Chuck conflicts with How I Met Your Mother. But Chuck and HIMYM are on
an entirely different night than 30 Rock et al.

Did it say it *conflicts*, or did it say the other show would not be
recorded due to space, or would be deleted early, etc?


In my case, I'd get one of those messages you get when programming in
a recording, stating something like "the Tivo can only record only
cable box program at a time, and the second program requested cannot
be recorded due to the conflict," even though it had done the exact
same recording the week before, and is scheduled to do the same thing
the week later. And just to make sure, I'd manually try to punch in
a recording on the "cable" channel (as opposed to the "box" channel),
and it still wouldn't accept it.

My drive has two huge drives, so space isn't a problem.

As in the case of the other poster, we were getting messages clearly
stating that recordings on Night X were conflicting with recordings on
Night Y, which makes no sense whatsoever.

Fortunately, the bottom line seems to be that this was some bizarre
glitch in the created by the Fall Update affecting only the first week
of the update and that everything seems to be back in order for the
following weeks. At least for me, that is.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:02:44 +0000 (UTC),
(MegaZone) wrote:

shaped the electrons to say:
wanted to record 30 Rock/Earl/UB, I couldn't record Chuck because
Chuck conflicts with How I Met Your Mother. But Chuck and HIMYM are on
an entirely different night than 30 Rock et al.

Did it say it *conflicts*, or did it say the other show would not be
recorded due to space, or would be deleted early, etc?

There are a number of different messages you can get when scheduling a
recording, not just a direct conflict. If the unit is tight on space
- including PLANNED use over the next two weeks - you may get a
warning that scheduling something else may bump a future recording due
to insufficient space, etc.

That's what these sound like to me.

Read the messages carefully.

-MZ

I'm seeing what you describe about disk space. My question is when I'm
scheduling a new show and it says a show won't be recorded (within the
next two weeks) because I'm out of space (because of planned
recordings) will it record the show if there is space available by
that time? Or does it not record the show it canceled because of the
space issue even if there is space? I watch shows on a daily basis and
I know there'll be space available but if canceling just means
canceling without "reinstating" if space is available - that sucks!

I hope that makes sense.

*D*

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Gad Zoox writes:

I'm seeing what you describe about disk space. My question is when I'm
scheduling a new show and it says a show won't be recorded (within the
next two weeks) because I'm out of space (because of planned
recordings) will it record the show if there is space available by
that time?

I haven't run into that specific case, but it should record it if
there is space. I'm guessing you have lots of stuff set up as "keep
until I delete," and it is totaling that (predicted) space.

A couple versions back, I'd get that "are you sure? something will
be deleted early" warning every time I scheduled something. It was
very annoying, and I'm glad it became less frequent.

Or does it not record the show it canceled because of the
space issue even if there is space? I watch shows on a daily basis and
I know there'll be space available but if canceling just means
canceling without "reinstating" if space is available - that sucks!

I hope that makes sense.

As I said, I don't know the specific case you are getting. But I'd
guess that it isn't canceling it, but warning you that it might
be canceled. For exactly your case, having it preemptively cancel
the schedule would be a bad user interface decision.


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On Oct 12, 7:14 am, Chris F Clark wrote:
Does a manual recording of the data/time/channel cause the problem
also? Maybe you can work around the problem using that....

I really wish that had a Monday through Thursday option since Comedy
Central is really bad about marking episodes as repeat when they're
not the 11PM showing.

Gad Zoox shaped the electrons to say:
next two weeks) because I'm out of space (because of planned
recordings) will it record the show if there is space available by
that time? Or does it not record the show it canceled because of the

Yes, it regularly regenerates the To Do List.

-MZ
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megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me.
http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -- Hail Eris
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171