I want to say that you guys have done an amazing job with Channels over the past year. It is allowing me to retire several legacy programs in my very complex home theater system. I am wondering if an old request I made to you about a year ago would be a better fit now. I will re-post it below and let me know what you think. It is an amazing option and is the only thing that is making me continue to run WMC.
I would like to see the "Prime Time Anytime" feature that is built into Dish be added. I worked with Krustyreturns and he added it to his ServerWMC code.
Basically it allows you to select which channel and when and then single show timers are auto created each night at midnight for the next day for that channel and time. All the programs during the specified time are recorded. There is also a blacklist to exclude specific programs from the bulk record. It is an amazing function as you no longer have to remember to set timers and if there is a special show during primetime it is also recorded.
As an example, I have it set for me to record everything between 7pm and 9pm on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and CW, with a blacklist to skip programs I do not like. The recorded programs are dropped into my MCE Buddy folder, comskipped, properly re-named and placed into my library folder where they are imported.
The value to this is that you do not have to remember to add a timer for a one - off prime time program nor do you have to create a bunch of timers/passes. It is highly powerful and would be a great addition here.
Rob