What controls the time a program starts?

On 21/08/2012 11:39, Roger Wilmut wrote:
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Andy Burns wrote:

Norman Wells wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:

just
wondered what controls the switching, is it the actual time a show is
started, or just the preset guide

It used to be a thing called Programme Delivery Control, or PDC

Now it's called 'Accurate Recording' but not all Freeview+ branded
recorder use it, let alone generic DVB-T recorders.

It depends on your PVR. For example, I have three Humax PVRs. The
HDR-FOX-T2 reliably starts up during the run-in announcement. The older
PVR-9200-T picks up the start cue but is slower to operate and clips the
first few seconds of the programme. The much older PVR-8000-T which was
their first PVR) doesn't have this facility and so starts and stops at
the exact times given in the EPG - usually clipping one or other end in
the process. As there is no auto-padding you have to go into the
recording list an manually add padding on each end to be safe.


When we first got our HDR-FOX-T2, we used accurate record, but gave up
after six weeks as we were often missing the start of programmes -
sometimes starting up to 20 minutes late and mainly on BBC channels.
Now set at 5 mins pre and 10 mins post padding, which works 99.9% of the
time. And series record still works.

Phil M

This is not a recorder just a box with reminders that ask you to hit ok to
change or something else to cancel.
Brian

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Norman Wells wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:

just
wondered what controls the switching, is it the actual time a show is
started, or just the preset guide

It used to be a thing called Programme Delivery Control, or PDC

Now it's called 'Accurate Recording' but not all Freeview+ branded
recorder use it, let alone generic DVB-T recorders.

On Aug 21, 7:42*pm, phil m wrote:
When we first got our HDR-FOX-T2, we used accurate record, but gave up
after six weeks as we were often missing the start of programmes -
sometimes starting up to 20 minutes late and mainly on BBC channels.

We always use Accurate Recording on our HDR-Fox-T2 and I don't think
there's been a single failure on BBC programmes.

Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/