Whenever there is a preemption usually by sports running long the network programming gets delayed. Is there a way for a DVR or any recording device to be able to offset the recording start time. With all networks having some sort of automation would it be possible for a signal to be sent to DVRs and headends allowing for the time shift. Does this technology exist and can current equipment do it?
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Is it possible for a DVR to time shift.
- Thread starter Don CT
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The best solution I know of is with TiVo, which allows one to add time to the end of an event. I generally do that for anything that follows a sporting event, a debate or an awards show.
And I noticed with the new model TiVo this season that shows that ran late due to sports were recorded on time and with the correct time adjustment for the end.
So the answer is "yes" this is possible.
It would be nice if program guides had the ability to automatically adjust the offsets.
If you can if you are looking to record a sports game, see if you can extend the coverage and see what highest time you can extend by, or record the following programs that follow
I want a way for the program guides to auto adjust for overruns. If the show starts at 8:20 have the DVR adjust in real time.
Like I said look to see if you can extend or have the program you want run later then its nornmal schedule dtime, or record whatever programs that are coming up jut to be on the safe side, I don't know who your cable provider is, so I can't much help you there.
On Spectrum's DVR you can set the recording of sports for an extended time when you program it, but it won't add time later. Also it won't correct the programming if the schedule changes. Earlier this month I attempted to record Star Wars Episodes 4,5, and 6 on TNT, but there were schedule changes because of their carrying the overrun on NLDS baseball playoffs. Episodes 4 and 5 were rescheduled to start earlier, which was followed by overrun from one playoff game, and even with that Episode 6 started earlier than was originally scheduled. The DVD canceled recording episodes 4 and 6, and episode 5 recorded, but the timing was off. So the DVR didn't reset for the new schedule.
It would seem more logistically challenging than it might appear on the surface. How many programs do you then back up? If the station or network makes decisions based on the circumstances of the moment, how do you account for that? Do you assume the local programming time, whenever it next comes, will be contracted?
There’s a near limitless set of variables that can’t always be factored in.
Sometimes that’s just life.
There’s a near limitless set of variables that can’t always be factored in.
Sometimes that’s just life.
I usually try to add a few minutes on both ends of what I record to allow for any kind of error on timing, but in the case of when I was trying to record Star Wars TNT had changed the schedule drastically enough that for most of what I had originally set that the DVR programming was automatically canceled. I was able to get most of what I wanted from On Demand though.
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You'd have to rely on the network to put out a timely update. Imagine one of CBS's NFL overruns. Patriots-Jets goes to overtime and CBS bails as quickly as possible to start "60 Minutes". A DVR vendor would have to receive an update from the network, update their listings for the evening, and push that data to all their receivers, within 2 or 3 minutes in order to record the entirety of "60 Minutes" for customers who request it.
It's not impossible, but a substantial logistical challenge.
And it’s just not going to be something prioritized.
Program guides are usually updated around 4 am. How long does it take for the upload to happen? Is the system designed to be pushed more often or is it only every 24 hours?
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