Recordings

[rickgillyon]

Hi,

Sorry, I'm a noob here and I've just started playing with GBPVR. I'm sure my questions are already answered, but buggered if I can find where...

I bought SageTV, but I'm unhappy because first, it doesn't handle DVB, second, it seems to lose a lot of frames when capturing to SATA2. So I'm thinking of ditching it, but my main concern with GBPVR is Recordings: will GBPVR automatically skip programmes it has already recorded? If I tell it to record all instances of Lost on C4 (no timeslot), will it still skip the Sunday repeat?

Also, is there a way to make it always use 13:9 aspect ratio by default? It's a PITA to have to tell it *again* after changing channel...

Thanks,
Rick

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So I'm thinking of ditching it, but my main concern with GBPVR is Recordings: will GBPVR automatically skip programmes it has already recorded?

It depends where you are, and if episode information is available. It does try to do this for USA users with zap2it.

Also, is there a way to make it always use 13:9 aspect ratio by default?

No, not at the moment.

[rickgillyon]

Sorry, didn't really give enough info! I'm in the UK, using XMLTV from the RT website, which does provide Episode Ids. If the ID is the same, will GBPVR ignore programmes it has already recorded? Even if I have deleted them from recordings?

And is the default Aspect Ratio planned? I kind of assumed almost everyone with a PC PVR is using 13:9 now, perhaps I'm mistaken.

Rick

[sub]

Sorry, didn't really give enough info! I'm in the UK, using XMLTV from the RT website, which does provide Episode Ids.

Sorry, no it wont be able to detect duplicates for you using XMLTV. Episode information seems to be presented in very different ways in the those few countries with XMLTV that include it, so in general I just ignore it (easier than writing specific code for each country).

You can always do a season timeslot recording if you only want it record on a specific day.

And is the default Aspect Ratio planned?

Yes, this will be added in a future release.

[rickgillyon]

It's a shame about the duplicates - I've been using Sage, and if I tell it I want all eps on a channel, it uses the "Episode Id" in the XMLTV feed to decide if I've recorded it before. This means that if an extra show is scheduled on a different day, I still get it, but not if it's a repeat that I *have* previously recorded.

I realise Sage is a commercial product, and I'm amazed what you've done with this one, it's better than Sage in many ways, but the Sage Favourites is great. The DVB support in yours is a cracker though!

Thanks,
Rick