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Why does Walker Saorview approved box record repeats of shows on series link??

  • 29-01-2017 02:06AM
    #1
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭
    GDY151


    I have a Walker WP6500TTR.

    Why when you select series link does if record the repeats of the same bloody show? This happens on RTÉ and TV3. What kind of an idiot system does that? So much for Saorview Connect when basic lego land recording can't even be managed, joke system. Typical Irish sheite.


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I have a Walker WP6500TTR.

    Why when you select series link does if record the repeats of the same bloody show?
    Flashback, this series of posts from a few years ago comes to mind - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056788729&page=25

    Either the broadcasters submitting the wrong info regarding repeats to Red Bee for metadata compilation or Red Bee assigning the wrong CRIDs to repeat programming. Looks like it's not a hardware problem but a people problem. As you say if they can't even get the basics right what hope for Saorview Connect. Amateurs.


  • #3
    decor58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭decor58


    Atlantic Dawn wrote:
    I have a Walker WP6500TTR.


    I have one of these, about a month now, and thankfully don't have that issue. I have done about 25 recordings so far with no duplication, just checked the software version and it is 1.2, could that be an issue.


  • #4
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    decor58 wrote: »
    I have one of these, about a month now, and thankfully don't have that issue. I have done about 25 recordings so far with no duplication, just checked the software version and it is 1.2, could that be an issue.

    Yes running this version too. I'm going to try cancelling and resetting any that it occurs on and see if that sorts it.


  • #5
    MBSnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    That v1.20 is a fairly recent update. I checked in Nov or Dec and the latest was still v1.19 at the time.


  • #6
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I tried cancelling recordings that were recorded by the repeats and then re-recording again fresh and the result was the same, random repeats, bloody joke of a system if they can't manage a basic as fook system and then want to go in to a Saorview Connect interactive system.


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  • #7
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,768 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I have a Walker WP6500TTR.

    Why when you select series link does if record the repeats of the same bloody show? This happens on RTÉ and TV3. What kind of an idiot system does that? So much for Saorview Connect when basic lego land recording can't even be managed, joke system. Typical Irish sheite.

    According to Google this is a known issue or has been in the past with BBC, Sky, Channel 5, Virgin, Eir and broadcasters / IPTV providers in Australia and New Zealand amongst others.

    So it is not a particular Saorview problem or even a particular Irish problem.


  • #8
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    According to Google this is a known issue or has been in the past with BBC, Sky, Channel 5, Virgin, Eir and broadcasters / IPTV providers in Australia and New Zealand amongst others.

    So it is not a particular Saorview problem or even a particular Irish problem.

    I have a Humax Freesat box and this has never happened with it.


  • #9
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,768 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I have a Humax Freesat box and this has never happened with it.

    In the way of things the internet would mostly only have reports from people with a complaint.


  • #10
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Again tonight it's recording the repeat of the Ray D'Arcy Show, whoy? Clearly whoever is inputting the epg data that the box records from is doing it wrong, how bloody complicated can it be?


  • #11
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Have the same problem on Virgin Media Horizon box too. Its worse because your schedule stored in the cloud in your account, so even if you delete a series it often comes back on a different box.
    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I have a Humax Freesat box and this has never happened with it.

    Perhaps they've added some code to prevent dups.


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  • #12
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    beauf wrote: »
    Have the same problem on Virgin Media Horizon box too. Its worse because your schedule stored in the cloud in your account, so even if you delete a series it often comes back on a different box.



    Perhaps they've added some code to prevent dups.

    Yes in that case has to be RTÉ supplying the wrong data.


  • #13
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I think some of it is from the station, but a lot of it is sloppy programming on the boxes.


  • #14
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,582 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    It's the same kind of sloppy programming that puts twitter links and HTML code on Aertel text. Whether it's lack on knowledge or laziness (don't mention cut & paste) I don't know.


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