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Instant Record

Instant Record
Kudzu
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#1
2012-08-18, 02:56 AM
Is there a way to simply say "start recording right now" and for x hours?
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2012-08-18, 03:08 AM
In the recordings screen there is a hidden menu at the top either mouse to ttop or info button on a microsoft remote man-rec will give you a menu to set up manual recordings although setting recordings from the program guide is much simpler once you have an epg
It's not an overly complicated system - it's more - overly simple operatives  Huh
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2012-08-18, 03:11 AM
Maybe Im dense - but where is the recording screen? While watching all I can find is a right click menu and no recording options there. Im using a desktop right now, so no remote....

Also no EPG because Im using a set top box which is fixed to output at 3 and I manually have to change channels.
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#4
2012-08-18, 04:37 AM
You really need an EPG setup to get proper operation. With an EPG, in live tv if you hit the record button on your remote, it record the show you're currently watching (until it's end time). This is really aimed at digital devices though, where it can record multiple streams at the same time, and (from your other thread) it sounds like you've just got analog with a single channel setup - NextPVR might not be the right type of software for how you're trying to use it.
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2012-08-18, 04:53 AM
yeah, honestly if you need a set-top-box and you're not going to setup an IR Blaster so that NPVR can change the channels automatically, then I don't really see the point of using NextPVR. The whole thing is based around the idea of recording TV shows and movies using tuners or STB's under the program's control using EPG data to find shows to record.

that said, you can do manual recordings with no EPG if you exit LiveTV, and then on the menu select Recordings; once in Recordings press the Up arrow or move the mouse to the top of the screen and the hidden menu will appear; there select "Man Rec" and you can then specify a recording however you want it. Even then it's going to want a start and stop time though, you can't just say "start now and record for 2 hours".

I think if you're watching live TV and you just press Ctrl-K it will record to the end of the hour without an EPG. I'm not sure though, I've never tried it... maybe it does nothing if there's no EPG data to schedule against.
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2012-08-18, 10:33 AM
As well as three digital tuners I have an analogue card which I use to record channels from my cable STB. I have setup 6 EPG "Channels" for the ones I want to record and download the data to populate the EPG which are mainly Discovery channels. I can schedule a recording from the EPG in the usual way but it does rely on me changing the STB to the correct channel. Its not very practical for more than an occasional recording but is ok if most is on one channel. Of course you have to be careful when you watch from the cable box to return it to the correct channel so you do sometimes end up recording the wrong channel!
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2012-08-18, 07:17 PM
jcjefferies Wrote:As well as three digital tuners I have an analogue card which I use to record channels from my cable STB. I have setup 6 EPG "Channels" for the ones I want to record and download the data to populate the EPG which are mainly Discovery channels. I can schedule a recording from the EPG in the usual way but it does rely on me changing the STB to the correct channel. Its not very practical for more than an occasional recording but is ok if most is on one channel. Of course you have to be careful when you watch from the cable box to return it to the correct channel so you do sometimes end up recording the wrong channel!
The safest is to use a ir-blaster of some kind to change channel on the stb. Personally I like the USBUIRT.

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2012-08-18, 08:46 PM
Thanks. Setting up multiple "fake" channels which alias all to Tuner:3 will work kind of. I dont do a lot of recording and its usually a few channels to catch some TV show while Im away.....

In the future I might get an IR blaster, but that stuff isnt generally stocked in our small country and generally I have to ship such items in which gets expensive for shipping, taxes etc.

Id like to make a feature request for a old time VCR "OTR" option though... press a button and it starts recording immediately, at a scheduled time, and until you press stop or for a defined period... should be pretty easy to add and I think it would be a welcome feature by others and allow it to be used as more than a PVR and expand its use as a general purpose TV watching app.
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2012-08-18, 08:53 PM
once you setup a epg source you get a quick record option (its because you only have it half set up you are missing this)

if you go to recordings screen there is manual record at top (should really be in tv guide dont ask me why its not)
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#10
2012-08-18, 09:15 PM
Trying to set up EPG now, but that doesnt appear to be a small feat with an analog source (ie getting XML data from internet).
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