Unwatched vs up next recordings

Thanks I mean.

Thanks for asking the question, I didn’t know the difference either.

Hah, I just posted about this same thing on a thread about UI optimization. I’ll try the setting and see if that helps (though the optimization is about more than that).

This is the kind of odd behavior to me, but I understand it’s hard to fix in a way that pleases everyone. For example, I never watch Colbert to the end, so it’s always considered unwatched and the wrong episode is presented to me as “next”. (Similar happens for when you skip the credits at the end of something.) I’ll try the tips in this thread.

If I’m keeping the recording, I just scrub to the end, takes 1 second. I do the same on HUlu and Netflix to ensure it records as watched.and did the same thing on DVDs and blue rays, it’s annoying when it starts up and takes me to credits.

I don’t ever finish talk shows either, but I immediately delete them anyway.

Netflix now has the watch next episode function, and l really like that since I don’t auto play. Wish we could do that on Channels.

Agreed, it’s just one of those “but you have to remember to do it” things that I think is great for UX optimization. That said, I don’t have a solution to it :slight_smile:

Yes. This still confuses me unless I go though everything and mark as watched or delete? Maybe it’s not that hard. Still I would be happy to see something a bit more user friendly.

For “daily” shows I have them sort in reverse order and remove them from Up Next. This way they only show in Recently Recorded, and when you click into them, the first episode in the list is always the most recent episode.

You can adjust a Show’s watch order in the web admin.

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Ummm exactlry where in the web admin?

It’s the web app used when you originally set up Channels DVR. Where did you install it?

If you enabled Remote DVR you can reach it at https://my.channelsdvr.net

It's kind of hard to find...

Sorry I may be being dim but that’s the web ui I use on the Mac where channels is installed. I can’t actually see that option.

So sorry. Just read your post again …with helpful illustration. Got it.

sorry I totaly misread your question as “where is the web admin” :roll_eyes: ignore me!

Ha :grinning:

@tmm1 - I see how to get to this setting for a show that has already been recorded by clicking Recordings > All > [Your show]. But if the show has not yet been recorded, it is not displayed under Recordings. Is there another way to get to this? It would be convenient if it was also on the Edit Series Pass screen.

That setting is currently only available once an episode has recorded.

Thanks for the reply. Would it make sense to include all settings in the Edit Series Pass screen?

The problem is that these settings are not associated with the series pass, because one pass can technically match more than a single show if you use advanced rules.

Interesting. I wasn’t aware of that. Thank you for the explanation!