Once upon a time sanr shaped the electrons to say... > This happened to me just last night when a movie I recorded stopped > before the ending. I don't know how much was cut off because I don't > know how long the movie actually was. But I believe the reason may > have something to do with the Status Bar being in the wrong place > (not at the start) when the program begins its recording. Sometimes > it's already set in the center or so when the recording begins and > just gets to the end before the program is fully taped. If it > reaches the end of the line, the taping ends whether the movie is > over or not. I don't know why this happens nor how to adjust it.
This doesn't really make sense. What do you mean the status bar is in the middle? The status bar reflects the recording. If there is any 'blank' area in the bar that means something happened in the recording, usually that the video signal was lost. The bar should always be as long as the recording was *supposed* to be - but if the green area doesn't fill the bar, then something was lost - could not be recorded. This can happen if the video signal drops out during the recording period. When you start playback of a recording, the 'current' time indicator should start at the beginning of the status bar. If you see some other content and not what you intended to record, then it just means the channel wasn't keeping to their published schedule. If you ever see the green bar doesn't fill the full status bar area (on a completed reocrding, it is normal to see it not filled it on one in progress) then something disrupted the recording process. The TiVo doesn't know if a program is over or not, just what the guide data says. If the guide data says the movie ends at 22:00, and the network runs it until 22:05 - the recording ends at 22:00 and you lose 5 minutes. There isn't a way for the TiVo to know the network lied in their published guide data. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
