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[ColinB]

Is it possible to automatically save "Timeshift" before a timer starts ?

 

Senario:

 

I was watching a Film with adds every 15 minutes. I paused the Film. went for lunch, then resumed playback. However I forgot about a timer that was scheduled to run. The timer started and I missed the end of the Film. 

 

OSD "Tuner has switched to ...." or words to that effect.

 

I am talking here as a single tuner box (XP1000) with 32GB USB. Which is quite happy staying on timeshift for more than 6 hours.

 

TIA Colin

 

[littlesat]

You can store a timeshift as recording.... When you move beside pause perfrom that... But then still you can get a timer conflict ...

[ColinB]

Is it possible to automatically save "Timeshift" before a timer starts ?

 

 

You can store a timeshift as recording.... When you move beside pause perfrom that... But then still you can get a timer conflict ...

 

Sorry littlesat,

 

thanks for your time, but I cant understand your english (translation maybee ?)

 

col

[ColinB]

BUMP 

[littlesat]

When you move to the kitchen...

[ColinB]

When you move to the kitchen...

 

 

I'm "Up" for a cryptic challenge, but you have got me here.

 

 

col

[erkman]

when i'm understand him right, you have to change timeshift to record when you leave the room. but this can conflict with other timer records

[ColinB]

@erkman, thanks

 

this (dialogue) is getting more bizzare, by the minute.

 

"Is it possible to automatically save "Timeshift" before a timer starts ?"

 

 

(Yes) or (No) imo would be good enough.

 

cheers col

[ColinB]

when i'm understand him right, you have to change timeshift to record when you leave the room. but this can conflict with other timer records

 

Not correct.

 

Timeshift is running.

 

then

 

Timer starts (the one I forgot)

 

Lost current timeshift program

 

Question: Is it possible to automatically save "Timeshift" before a timer starts ?

[littlesat]

It is better to create a recording until the end of the program then using timeshift....

Edited by littlesat, 29 March 2015 - 15:29.

[Pr2]

Hi,

 

Please check this one:

 

http://forums.openpl...ording-service/

 

This is the same bug!

 

In multituner setup the STB only use tuner A (and not tuner so it always zap.

 

In your bug description the problem is the same, instead of recording on tuner B since tuner A was busy with your timeshift, recording is forced on tuner A.

 

Pr2

[erkman]

@PR2 he wrote he has a single tuner box

 

@ colin what did you mean with save automaticly the timeshift? save automatic your timeshift as record to watch them later or should the box prefer your timeshift and ignore the timer record

[littlesat]

Just to be short.... A timeshift start, which started a timer recording basically already exists.... Start an instant recording....

[jeanclaude]

so in fact what littlesat is saying is never to use timeshift again, just start an instant recording and use this for time-shifting.

if there is some timer set which blocks the instant recording, then you know that you will have a viewing conflict.

in that case you can decide either to change/delete the timer, or not to watch the programme as you won't be able to see the end anyway.

one thought, though : this makes any timeshift pretty useless.

wouldn't it be better to start a timer sanity check when the user starts a timeshift, informing him/her of an upcoming timer event ?

[ims]

have fun

[ColinB]

@PR2 he wrote he has a single tuner box

 

@ colin what did you mean with save automaticly the timeshift? save automatic your timeshift as record to watch them later or should the box prefer your timeshift and ignore the timer record

 Yes this is what I'm meaning

 

"save automatic your timeshift as record to watch them later"

 

Thanks everyone

[Pr2]

Hi,

 

When you start a timeshift you never know how long it will last before starting over the playback,

 

but to implement this this will mean a new option:

 

When a timeshift conflict with a timer action:

- stop timeshift and start timer action (default)

- save current timeshift and  start timer action

- keep timeshift active and ignore timer action

 

(timer action: zap, record or zap & record).

 

Pr2

[ColinB]

Hi,

 

When you start a timeshift you never know how long it will last before starting over the playback,

 

but to implement this this will mean a new option:

 

When a timeshift conflict with a timer action:

- stop timeshift and start timer action (default)

- save current timeshift and  start timer action

- keep timeshift active and ignore timer action

 

(timer action: zap, record or zap & record).

 

Pr2

 

That sound excellent.

 

And seeing how the existing menu for when you stop timeshift has the option to "save timeshift in movie directory"

 

 timeshift-timer-01.jpg   118.09KB   2 downloads

 

If this option could be activated / deactivated as a default somewhere ?

[littlesat]

If this option could be activated / deactivated as a default somewhere ?

 

->

 

Then better start an instant recording.... a timeshift is not intended to store at all...

 

But anyone could suggest improvements....-or- offer us some improvement code as we're opensource...

[nietgiftig]

 a timeshift is not intended to store at all...

 

 

eh
Not intended ?

Is it not incredible nice that a feature has more possibility's than it was designed for

 

Maybe it is hard for you to consider that there are people who want save something that they just have been watching.

But then you are to late with an instant record.

 

But think of it !! Not only to see it back at that moment with timeshift, but save it, so you can watch it again and again.

Just imagine

But not intended, thats true.