Freeview Playback doomed?

"Dickie mint" wrote in message
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There are several weeks old threads on Digital Spy - Usenet for Dummies
;-) on this topic.

I think Series Link has mixed blessings. Try to record only each
Wednesday BBC2 9pm Torchwood programme, for example. You can't. Thanks to
SL every variant in the week is recorded, included the dumbed down kiddies
version at 7pm!

Well complain to BBC that they aren't setting the programme tags properly.

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Max Demian

"Wilf" wrote in message
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Paul Evans wrote:


In my experience, it seems to me that only the BBC and Virgin 1 use
Freeview Playback.. None of C4's range of identikit, timeshifted,
space-hogging channels do, and ITV, one of the organisations that pushed
for FP in the first place, haven't bothered either.

Paul.


Not so. I've been using Freeview Playback successfully to record the ER
series on Thursday nights on More 4


And I have a series link setup for Primeval on ITV1 and Numbers on ITV3.

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Wilf

"Max Demian" wrote in message
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"Dickie mint" wrote in message
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There are several weeks old threads on Digital Spy - Usenet for Dummies
;-) on this topic.

I think Series Link has mixed blessings. Try to record only each
Wednesday BBC2 9pm Torchwood programme, for example. You can't. Thanks
to SL every variant in the week is recorded, included the dumbed down
kiddies version at 7pm!

Well complain to BBC that they aren't setting the programme tags properly.


I've not tried Torchwood but Primeval on ITV1 has a repeat showing on a
Saturday afternoon and so far the Hummy hasn't recorded that.

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Max Demian

Paul D.Smith wrote:
That has everything to do with broadcasters misusing it and nothing to do
with SL per se. Each variant should be a series of its own. Personal
judgement as to whether that is better or worse than no SL at all ;-).

Paul DS.


But the Freeview Playback Spec would suggest that it *should* link all
variants.

Richard

WCZ wrote:


"Wilf" wrote in message
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Paul Evans wrote:


In my experience, it seems to me that only the BBC and Virgin 1 use
Freeview Playback.. None of C4's range of identikit, timeshifted,
space-hogging channels do, and ITV, one of the organisations that
pushed for FP in the first place, haven't bothered either.

Paul.


Not so. I've been using Freeview Playback successfully to record the
ER series on Thursday nights on More 4


And I have a series link setup for Primeval on ITV1 and Numbers on ITV3.

These channels broadcast CRIDs:

All BBC channels (but only limited coverage of News24)
C4 / E4 / M4 / Film4 and their +1 channels
ITV 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and their +1 channels
CITV

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Dave

Dickie mint wrote:
There are several weeks old threads on Digital Spy - Usenet for Dummies
;-) on this topic.

I think Series Link has mixed blessings. Try to record only each
Wednesday BBC2 9pm Torchwood programme, for example. You can't. Thanks
to SL every variant in the week is recorded, included the dumbed down
kiddies version at 7pm!

Richard
That was true last week but seems to have been fixed this week. I
removed my series set up for Torchwood and set it up again and all is ok
this week.

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Wilf

"Wilf" wrote in message
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You just have to accept, for now, that Five and others are not using
series link and so you have to use the other facilities of the Hummy to
record a series.



not to be rude, but am i the only one who finds it really sad when people
refer to their topfield manufactured machine as a toppy, and a humax as a
hummy?
it's almost an attempt to anthropomorphise their machine into being their
special friend.


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Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

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These channels broadcast CRIDs:

All BBC channels (but only limited coverage of News24)
C4 / E4 / M4 / Film4 and their +1 channels
ITV 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 and their +1 channels
CITV


Where did you get this list?

Thanks,
Paul DS.

"Dickie mint" wrote in message
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Paul D.Smith wrote:
That has everything to do with broadcasters misusing it and nothing to do
with SL per se. Each variant should be a series of its own. Personal
judgement as to whether that is better or worse than no SL at all ;-).

Paul DS.
But the Freeview Playback Spec would suggest that it *should* link all
variants.

Richard

Can you point me at the Freeview Playback spec please? That would seem to
be rather odd, especially given the Channel, Channel+1 type channels.
Does this mean I should get two copies of everything :-(. ?

Paul DS

Wilf wrote:
Dickie mint wrote:
There are several weeks old threads on Digital Spy - Usenet for
Dummies ;-) on this topic.

I think Series Link has mixed blessings. Try to record only each
Wednesday BBC2 9pm Torchwood programme, for example. You can't.
Thanks to SL every variant in the week is recorded, included the
dumbed down kiddies version at 7pm!

Richard
That was true last week but seems to have been fixed this week. I
removed my series set up for Torchwood and set it up again and all is ok
this week.

Goody! I'll try again.

Richard