how to cancel a recording in progress

[m.clizzle]

on sunday i had a football game. my local provider said the eagles were playing on channel 215. so i scheduled gbpvr to record said game when it started. when i returned home, i notice that said game was changed to channel 214. now i was unable to cancel the recording to watch the game which was still in progress. in a fit all i could do was cancel the service (end task) and watch the remainder of the game straight from the cable box to the tv, bypassing the pvrbox.

now, i would like to know if there is a proper way to cancel a recording that is currently in progress.

thanks.

[garyeuph]

You can cancel a recording from the pending recordings button of the recordings screen

[Carlito]

also if you just started a new recording I beleive it would give you the option to cancel the old one in order to start the new one

[m.clizzle]

see the problem was.....i would try and start gbpvr to attempt those options, but the interface would not appear. thus the "end task" option was the one i pursued.

*edit*

should one be able to watch the program while it's being recorded? because whenever i record a show, gbpvr seems to lock me out. which led to the above senario.

[Carlito]

You should definitely be able to watch a program being recorded..especially with the specs you seem to have.
You would just go into the pending recordings page and choose the show being recorded.

[m.clizzle]

Thanks Carlito, I will test this tonight. I will also try cancelling the show while it is being recorded