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wiggers – 6 minutes ago »
-gonzo- – 23 minutes ago »
Of coarse they care as them getting it right or wrong can affect those viewing figures.
Talking from a recent experience with IITVHD when the clocks went forward, for some reason the double Corrie episodes on a Monday and Friday had recording issues.
Maybe with a high-profile, revenue-generating programme like Corrie, but not repeats of Pie in the Sky!
But then regardless of the program, if they don’t get told they won’t know there’s a problem.
wiggers – 1 hour ago »
In any case, the padding setting doesn’t affect the instant recording, which apparently needs some other remote control button presses to extend past where the TV station decides to press the ‘end of programme’ button.
No that isn’t right. Instant records will end at the scheduled end of program; far too many broadcasters pay scant attention to the scheduled times which is why it is usually necessary to extend the instant record.
Martin Liddle – 1 hour ago »
wiggers – 1 hour ago »
In any case, the padding setting doesn’t affect the instant recording, which apparently needs some other remote control button presses to extend past where the TV station decides to press the ‘end of programme’ button.
No that isn’t right. Instant records will end at the scheduled end of program; far too many broadcasters pay scant attention to the scheduled times which is why it is usually necessary to extend the instant record.
The thing is though and as handy as this function was when I had my 9200T, you cannot actually do this on the HDR1000/1010s so doesn’t actually help wiggers with that particular issue with instant recordings.
-gonzo- – 15 minutes ago »
The thing is though and as handy as this function was when I had my 9200T, you cannot actually do this on the HDR1000/1010s so doesn’t actually help wiggers with that particular issue with instant recordings.
So it is broken! The padding setting doesn’t affect instant recordings and there is no other way of extending the finish time to ensure you get the end. I did try pressing the record button again but all I got was the option to cancel the recording.
wiggers – 22 minutes ago »
So it is broken!
No, it’s not broken!
What you want it to do was never written in the specification in the first place so was never a function of the software.
If it was a function but didn’t work then yes I’d agree that it was broken, but you can’t brake a function that was never added in the first place.
Perhaps you should contact both Humax and Freesat and request for it to be an added feature for a future update.
If you press the instant-record button, to be able to watch the rest of a programme at a later date, and it fails to record right to the end then it is broken. I can’t believe the spec says it is optional whether the whole programme is recorded or not.
wiggers – 35 seconds ago »
If you press the instant-record button, to be able to watch the rest of a programme at a later date, and it fails to record right to the end then it is broken. I can’t believe the spec says it is optional whether the whole programme is recorded or not.
The specification is for the unit to record the remaining program until the scheduled end time which the EPG states, if the broadcaster doesn’t stick to the schedule then that’s an issue you need to take up with them.
As already said, if you think the box should work differently then send a request to Humax and Freesat to see if it’s something they could apply to the software.
My 1000s records the beginning it records the end, it records the beginning it records the end and goes on ad-infinitum.
This has led me to the startling conclusion that I must be tuned into a totally different broadcast system to yourself?
Or it could be that I have padding set to auto like other posters have suggested. The information is out there, you simply have to let it in.
I have tried auto and end padding and have often missed end of program when selecting instant recording …
This never used to happen with our Sky box, we did have 5 minutes padding selected, so if Sky can include padding with instant record why cant the Humax 1000s box.
With all the other niggles like the flashing banners, dark shading etc we have been very disappointed with this box, just hoping for an update soon to fix all or some of the problems.
Faust – 9 hours ago »
My 1000s records the beginning it records the end, it records the beginning it records the end and goes on ad-infinitum.
This has led me to the startling conclusion that I must be tuned into a totally different broadcast system to yourself?
Or it could be that I have padding set to auto like other posters have suggested. The information is out there, you simply have to let it in.
This is presumably using the EPG to do recordings, which also works for me. (Except for follow-on recordings.) The problem has been with instant recordings, which regularly stop before the end of the film/programme.
-gonzo- – 13 hours ago »
The specification is for the unit to record the remaining program until the scheduled end time which the EPG states, if the broadcaster doesn’t stick to the schedule then that’s an issue you need to take up with them.
As already said, if you think the box should work differently then send a request to Humax and Freesat to see if it’s something they could apply to the software.
I can think of at least five ways they could have implemented the instant recording feature:
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Keep recording until the available space is full
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Allow repeated presses of the record button to add blocks of, say, 30 mins to the recording time,
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Record for the published duration of the programme,
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Record until the start of the following programme,
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As 3 or 4 but add the user-set padding to the end.
Humax seem to have chosen the least effective IMHO. I have purchased a Humax box and I expect the instant record feature to do what it says on the tin, i.e. let me see the whole programme at a later date. It doesn’t do this and I can’t see how it is down to me to start lobbying Freesat et al to make it work!
Instead of pressing the instant record you could have set up a manual recording which would give you exactly what you want.
wiggers – 17 minutes ago »
It doesn’t do this and I can’t see how it is down to me to start lobbying Freesat et al to make it work!
Your the one moaning about it, but as with other forum users you’d rather moan about it and list how you’d like it to work via an Internet forum rather than giving feedback directly to those that are in a position to do something about it.
The whole point of the forum is to ask about problems and see if anyone knows of a solution. You have all been very helpful. Well, some of you…
Quote:I have purchased a Humax box and I expect the instant record feature to do what it says on the tin, i.e. let me see the whole programme at a later date. It doesn’t do this and I can’t see how it is down to me to start lobbying Freesat et al to make it work!It’s not likely to get Freesat’s attention anyway, if you’re the only one who complains. Why don’t you just work around it, by checking the listings more carefully for programmes of interest, and setting timers?
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