Hello Gurus,
How do you setup a pass to record the same episode being broadcast at the same time on multiple channels?
When this situation arises, it currently only records the episode on the higher numbered channel, but I want it to record all of them. I don't always know what channel number/station the show will be broadcast on, so I have the passes set to record "Any" channel, so setting up multiple passes for specific channels won't help.
Thanks!
Using a pass, Channels will only record one instance of an airing, regardless of how many different channels it airs on.
In order to record multiple instances of the same airing, you must select each one manually from the guide to be recorded. One-time recordings scheduled from the guide will always record, even if that airing has already been recorded in the past or is currently scheduled to record from a different channel.
At the moment, there is no way to change this behavior and have multiple recordings of the same airing when using a pass.
Ugh, thanks for the confirmation. Yeah, that's what I've been doing, setting up one-time recordings for the other channels; but I don't always remember to check and see if this situation is going to happen, so I end up missing the other broadcasts.
What's the use case? Why do you want all the channels recorded?
For me it was for a atsc3 season pass. Sometimes the station would flake out and I wouldnt have anything usable to watch. Being able to record both would give me some flexability.
The use case is sports programming. A recent example was this past Saturday, the Ravens v. Washington football game was being broadcast on Fox, CBS, and MASN. In my case, the channel numbers are 510, 511, 576, respectively, so it only recorded the MASN broadcast on 576. My preference would have been for it to record the Fox or CBS broadcasts because they were "my" local broadcasts, from a Ravens perspective, whereas the MASN broadcast was from the Washington perspective. However, since I wouldn't really know which broadcast would be "my" local one (without actually putting eyeballs on each broadcast), it would just be easier to have them all recorded. Then when I go to watch, I can pick which broadcast I want to watch and delete the others.
Now, where it gets worse is for those times where the guide data shows a game being broadcast on multiple channels, but one of the channels will actually be showing something else at that time due to, I assume, various blackout restrictions. I see this more often with Orioles or Capitals games. For example, Orioles vs. Yankees, and it will show the game as being broadcast on MASN and YES networks, where YES is the higher channel number. But because the O's are being broadcast on MASN, my YES broadcast will end up broadcasting something completely different and therefore I end up not getting the game at all. This same scenario happens most frequently with Capitals games. It'll show as being broadcast on MASN and ESPN and/or NHL network, but again, since it's actually being broadcast on MASN, then ESPN/NHL network will broadcast a wholly different show.
So, yes, to work around all the stupid sports broadcasting shenanigans, I setup manual recordings, when I remember. I was just hoping there was a way in the series pass to say 'Hey, I don't care how many different channels it's broadcasting on at the same time, just record them all and I'll deal with them after the fact'
Thanks!
I know this isn't great if you're using favorites a lot, but if you favorite 510 and 511 and not 576, it should prioritize recording on those channels.
Thanks Eric. Yeah, it's not great. While yes, it will prioritize the favorited channels, I'd still end up having to look at each broadcast to see what's what. Would multiple instances of the DVR server get around this? Although I'm not sure how I'd install multiple instances on my NAS.