Sky + copy function recording interrupted

greendom

Does anyone have any idea of what's happening when I attempt to use the copy function on Sky+. The first recording goes ahead fine. The problem seems to occur when the sky box switches from the 1st to the 2nd recording. Instead of the 2nd recording a blue screen comes up with the message recording interrupted, please wait. This stays on screen until you hit select.

Any ideas people ?

fat-tony

Can you tell us what programmes you are trying to record? A number of people are reporting copy issues with certain programmes - see this post http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055717691

Have you tried just recording the second programme on its own?

greendom

fat-tony wrote: »

Can you tell us what programmes you are trying to record? A number of people are reporting copy issues with certain programmes - see this post http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055717691

Have you tried just recording the second programme on its own?

Yes and it works when you record the second programme seperately

fat-tony

Ok - well, ignore my previous post - it's not related to copy protection.:)

Can I take it you are trying to record two programmes onto one file? What are you recording to? What length are the programmes?

greendom

fat-tony wrote: »

Ok - well, ignore my previous post - it's not related to copy protection.:)

Can I take it you are trying to record two programmes onto one file? What are you recording to? What length are the programmes?

Yes; last night it was 2 films totalling 4 hours so i set the DVD recorder to record ELP which is for 4 hours recording. The DVD has the first film recorded and then 2 hours of the Sky box message "RECORDING INTERRUPTED, Please wait".

I set the box to record last night and when I checked this morning the message was still showing.

fat-tony

You don't have auto-standby enabled on the SKY box by any chance? It kicks in after a couple of hours inactivity. Just a thought.

manutd

fat-tony wrote: »

You don't have auto-standby enabled on the SKY box by any chance? It kicks in after a couple of hours inactivity. Just a thought.

It will not cause the Sky+ Recording to stop, i think.

fat-tony

Did a bit of googling - this error message seems to be related to cards not being paired correctly to SKY boxes. It's a bit confusing in that you can view and copy the second film manually, but not in combination with the first film
Is there any chance you changed cards recently or changed packages and the second film you're trying to copy was originally recorded when you had a different package line-up?

The thing about SKY+ is that it will let you record stuff, but won't let you play it back if you're not subscribed to that package.

Have a google yourself and you may find someone who has reported your exact symptoms;)

greendom

Thanks Tony I've had a look and nothing seems to match my problem - looks like I'm going to have to get a loan and phone Sky :rolleyes:

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Thanks Tony I've had a look and nothing seems to match my problem - looks like I'm going to have to get a loan and phone Sky :rolleyes:

I couldn't face the wait or the money hemorrhaging, so I tried it again a couple of times and it worked both times.

I wonder whether the problem happens when a show is pin protected ?

fat-tony

greendom wrote: »

I couldn't face the wait or the money hemorrhaging, so I tried it again a couple of times and it worked both times.

I wonder whether the problem happens when a show is pin protected ?

Could very well be a PIN protection issue - did you have to key in a PIN;)
After the watershed, you don't have to key in a PIN (depending on your settings), but if you were copying during daylight hours it might have stopped after copying the first film, if the second one needed a PIN.