programming a Replay

[Quintin]

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has anyone figured out how to program a replay?
I mean actually program it with code,
not just select a show to record.

I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
or to set bookmarks at certain points,
or to be able to delete certain sections of a recording,
or not to play audio when it starts recording something
when it's just sitting there,
or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
or to convert recordings to a lower quality (and size),
or at one time to select a few shows to play in order,
or to alert me that a show has shifted it's scheduled time,
etc. etc.

I'd love to get into the programming language
and program it just the way I want it.

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 03:17:46 GMT, "Quintin" <fred@fred.frd> wrote:

>has anyone figured out how to program a replay?
>I mean actually program it with code,
>not just select a show to record.
>
>I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),

Why are you recording Teletubbies when you don't want to?

>or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
>or to set bookmarks at certain points,
>or to be able to delete certain sections of a recording,
>or not to play audio when it starts recording something
>when it's just sitting there,
>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
>or to convert recordings to a lower quality (and size),

Standard would be OK, without the A/V sync problems.

>or at one time to select a few shows to play in order,
>or to alert me that a show has shifted it's scheduled time,

After using the Replay for awhile, I find that I usually don't CARE
when a show comes on. I just watch it when I'm ready.

>etc. etc.
>

A few more desired changes:

Add a list of already-recorded shows, so as to be able to avoid
duplicates.

Make it resolve conflicts in theme channels between different Repaly
units.

Change search to allow EXCLUDING certain words, like to record
"enterprise" but not "free enterprise".

Make search like it used to be, where it would search for all words,
rather than exact phrase like it is now. Note that "sabrina witch"
used to find "Sabrina the teenage witch". Now it fails.

Allow remote creation and deletion of theme channels.

Make the "network meter" and other such displays more configurable
(such as horizontal, in lower-left corner).

Indicate progress of uploads in "internet show sharing".

>I'd love to get into the programming language
>and program it just the way I want it.
>
>

Maybe they think that if you could, it would lead to a situation like
Windows 9x, where it crashes a lot.

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[Quintin]

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> >I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>
> Why are you recording Teletubbies when you don't want to?
>
Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of months,
for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.


> A few more desired changes:
>
> Add a list of already-recorded shows, so as to be able to avoid
> duplicates.
>
EXCELLENT idea


> Make it resolve conflicts in theme channels between different Repaly
> units.
>
> Change search to allow EXCLUDING certain words, like to record
> "enterprise" but not "free enterprise".
>
> Make search like it used to be, where it would search for all words,
> rather than exact phrase like it is now. Note that "sabrina witch"
> used to find "Sabrina the teenage witch". Now it fails.
>
> Allow remote creation and deletion of theme channels.
>
> Make the "network meter" and other such displays more configurable
> (such as horizontal, in lower-left corner).
>
> Indicate progress of uploads in "internet show sharing".
>
Yeah, those are some more good ideas.


> >I'd love to get into the programming language
> >and program it just the way I want it.
> >
> >
>
> Maybe they think that if you could, it would lead to a situation like
> Windows 9x, where it crashes a lot.
>
Possible.
It would take more effort on their part to set it up to be programmable, but
the user community would doubtless provide huge amount of free programming
skills to perfecting the program. If it were that way I bet these features
we just talked about would already exist in, say, the "Mike Menard ReplayTV
plug-in."

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:09:17 GMT, "Quintin" <fred@fred.frd> wrote:

>> >I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>>
>> Why are you recording Teletubbies when you don't want to?
>>
>Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
>few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of months,
>for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
>something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.
>

You mean that you're automatically recording something that is not
'teletubbies', but contains a word or phrase that is sometimes in a
'teletubbies' episode (like if you search for "football" and it finds
"teletubbies: the football game")?

It would be an advantage to have better search flexability, but
there's a few things you can do:

Deselect the channel with 'teletubbies' on it (works if you don't want
to record anything on that channel).

You may also want to change your search string. Sometimes that avoids
the problem. For example, I've been recording "early edition" (the
fantasy about tomorrow's paper) and get too many unwanted news shows.
I improved that somewhat by changing the search to "kyle chandler" (an
actor in the show I want).

I had another with "enterprise". The Replay kept recording "black
enterprise report". I fixed that by having DVArchive
(http/www.dvarchive.org/) periodically deleting the unwanted show
(you could have it delete "teletubbies").

>> A few more desired changes:
>>
>> Add a list of already-recorded shows, so as to be able to avoid
>> duplicates.
>>
>EXCELLENT idea
>
>
>> Make it resolve conflicts in theme channels between different Repaly
>> units.
>>
>> Change search to allow EXCLUDING certain words, like to record
>> "enterprise" but not "free enterprise".
>>
>> Make search like it used to be, where it would search for all words,
>> rather than exact phrase like it is now. Note that "sabrina witch"
>> used to find "Sabrina the teenage witch". Now it fails.
>>
>> Allow remote creation and deletion of theme channels.
>>
>> Make the "network meter" and other such displays more configurable
>> (such as horizontal, in lower-left corner).
>>
>> Indicate progress of uploads in "internet show sharing".
>>
>Yeah, those are some more good ideas.
>
>
>> >I'd love to get into the programming language
>> >and program it just the way I want it.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Maybe they think that if you could, it would lead to a situation like
>> Windows 9x, where it crashes a lot.
>>
>Possible.
>It would take more effort on their part to set it up to be programmable, but
>the user community would doubtless provide huge amount of free programming
>skills to perfecting the program. If it were that way I bet these features
>we just talked about would already exist in, say, the "Mike Menard ReplayTV
>plug-in."
>

Yes, there would be a lot of add-ons to improve things.

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[Guest]

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>>>I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>>
>>It does that now. You have to tell it to record Teletubbies.
>>
>
> Huh? ... I said 'never record'....

I know, like I said you have to TELL it to record Teletubbies. It
doesn't record it on it's own.

>
>
>>>or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
>>
>>It does that now.
>>
>
> mine doesn't, what version do you have?

All Relays list shows in the order they were recorded. If you have an
old model and select "preserve this show", it will save them in the
order you selected them.
>
>
>>>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
>>
>>You can do this somewhat with dial up. It connects roughly every 24 hrs.
>>Force a connect at the time you want. Net connects are every 25 hrs
>>though so you're screwed there.
>>
>
> Again, when I'm on the phone around 2 or 3 am, it picks up and tries to call
> out.

So force a net connect at 4am OR put one of those $15 Radio Shack
gadgets on it so that if a phone is off-hook in the house it will not
get a dial tone, OR in the modem panel select "check for dialtone".

 

[Guest]

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John in Detroit wrote:

> >>
>>
> It is my understanding that the programing language is well known
> (Linux) but I've never tried to get into it

It's not. It's VXWorks.
>
> I do understand there are some hidden feature modes. But again....
>
> I keep asking if there is any unofficial documentation and everybody
> keeps not answering. Seems those who know are keeping secrets

Anything replay can be found on the replay forum at avsforums.com.
Nobody likes answering the same questions 50000 times when it's in the faq.

 

[Guest]

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> Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
> few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of months,
> for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
> something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.

Almost no one uses keyword searches. You might have a keyword search
theme for "poker" for example but you would not use a keyword search
like "Law" to record "Law & Order" because you'd get a million hits. You
highlight "Law & Order" in the guide and "create theme channel". This
way you DON'T get SVU or Criminal Intent episodes.
>
>
=
>>Make it resolve conflicts in theme channels between different Repaly
>>units.

How is it possible to have a "conflict" with different machines?
>>
>>Change search to allow EXCLUDING certain words, like to record
>>"enterprise" but not "free enterprise".

not necessary, see above.
>>
>>Make search like it used to be, where it would search for all words,
>>rather than exact phrase like it is now. Note that "sabrina witch"
>>used to find "Sabrina the teenage witch". Now it fails.

It never searched for all words on a Replay. It's always been the exact
string.

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:47:38 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>> Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
>> few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of months,
>> for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
>> something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.
>
>Almost no one uses keyword searches. You might have a keyword search
>theme for "poker" for example but you would not use a keyword search
>like "Law" to record "Law & Order" because you'd get a million hits. You
>highlight "Law & Order" in the guide and "create theme channel". This
>way you DON'T get SVU or Criminal Intent episodes.
>>
>>
>=
>>>Make it resolve conflicts in theme channels between different Repaly
>>>units.
>
>How is it possible to have a "conflict" with different machines?

Read what I said. Not a CONFLICT but a RESOLUTION of conflict. That.
is resolve the conflict by recording one thing on this Replay and the
other on a different Replay.

>>>
>>>Change search to allow EXCLUDING certain words, like to record
>>>"enterprise" but not "free enterprise".
>
>not necessary, see above.

Maybe you didn't read that right. That is one of the features I wish
the Replay had.

>>>
>>>Make search like it used to be, where it would search for all words,
>>>rather than exact phrase like it is now. Note that "sabrina witch"
>>>used to find "Sabrina the teenage witch". Now it fails.
>
>It never searched for all words on a Replay. It's always been the exact
>string.

It used to be 'all words'. Maybe you weren't using Replay then. I
actually had that theme channel I used in the example.

BTW I had (and still have) one of the first 2020 Replays (it came with
version 1 software).

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[ME]

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> >>>I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
> >>
> >>It does that now. You have to tell it to record Teletubbies.
> >>
> > Huh? ... I said 'never record'....
>
> I know, like I said you have to TELL it to record Teletubbies. It
> doesn't record it on it's own.
>

Actually, it COULD record Teletubbies and you've never told it to. For
example, you put in a record for a specific keyword and it just happens it
will record "Teletubbies" because that keyword happens to be in the
description of Teletubbies. Now, if you wanted to scan for this keyword and
Teletubbies happens to be on tv 3 times a day, you're gonna run into a
problem.
I can see how this could be a useful feature, you tell it a show that it
will never record.

> >
> >
> >>>or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
> >>
> >>It does that now.
> >>
> >
> > mine doesn't, what version do you have?
>
> All Relays list shows in the order they were recorded. If you have an
> old model and select "preserve this show", it will save them in the
> order you selected them.

My replay lists shows in the alphabetically from the show name, they are
then shown in the order they were recorded.


> >>>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
> >>
> >>You can do this somewhat with dial up. It connects roughly every 24 hrs.
> >>Force a connect at the time you want. Net connects are every 25 hrs
> >>though so you're screwed there.
> >>
> >
> > Again, when I'm on the phone around 2 or 3 am, it picks up and tries to
call
> > out.
>
> So force a net connect at 4am OR put one of those $15 Radio Shack
> gadgets on it so that if a phone is off-hook in the house it will not
> get a dial tone, OR in the modem panel select "check for dialtone".

Nice workarounds, but there should be some option to tell it when to dial
out, for example, 4-6am, 6-8am, 8-10am, etc. etc. Someone who works
different hours might not like being interrupted every night between 2am and
4am because it needs to make a connection. Even if you "FORCE" a net
connect during the day, it will attempt to dial again between 2am and 4am.
If you cancel it, it tries again within the next half hour or so. This
should be selectable.

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:35:57 -0400, "Me" <me@me.com> wrote:

>> >>>I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>> >>
>> >>It does that now. You have to tell it to record Teletubbies.
>> >>
>> > Huh? ... I said 'never record'....
>>
>> I know, like I said you have to TELL it to record Teletubbies. It
>> doesn't record it on it's own.
>>
>
>Actually, it COULD record Teletubbies and you've never told it to. For
>example, you put in a record for a specific keyword and it just happens it
>will record "Teletubbies" because that keyword happens to be in the
>description of Teletubbies.

If you set the Replay to search descriptions, as well as names. I
usually don't.

> Now, if you wanted to scan for this keyword and
>Teletubbies happens to be on tv 3 times a day, you're gonna run into a
>problem.
>I can see how this could be a useful feature, you tell it a show that it
>will never record.
>

How about something like:

football .NOT. teletubbies

Using the NOT logical operator, the above search would record
"football greats" but not "teletubbies: watching football".

>> >
>> >
>> >>>or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
>> >>
>> >>It does that now.
>> >>
>> >
>> > mine doesn't, what version do you have?
>>
>> All Relays list shows in the order they were recorded. If you have an
>> old model and select "preserve this show", it will save them in the
>> order you selected them.
>
>My replay lists shows in the alphabetically from the show name, they are
>then shown in the order they were recorded.
>

Is this somehow automatic? How are you getting the Replay to select
the show that was recorded first?

>
>> >>>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
>> >>
>> >>You can do this somewhat with dial up. It connects roughly every 24 hrs.
>> >>Force a connect at the time you want. Net connects are every 25 hrs
>> >>though so you're screwed there.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Again, when I'm on the phone around 2 or 3 am, it picks up and tries to
>call
>> > out.
>>
>> So force a net connect at 4am OR put one of those $15 Radio Shack
>> gadgets on it so that if a phone is off-hook in the house it will not
>> get a dial tone, OR in the modem panel select "check for dialtone".
>
>Nice workarounds, but there should be some option to tell it when to dial
>out, for example, 4-6am, 6-8am, 8-10am, etc. etc. Someone who works
>different hours might not like being interrupted every night between 2am and
>4am because it needs to make a connection.

I think it won't interrupt if you're already on the phone.

> Even if you "FORCE" a net
>connect during the day, it will attempt to dial again between 2am and 4am.
>If you cancel it, it tries again within the next half hour or so. This
>should be selectable.
>
>
>

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:31:48 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>>>>I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>>>
>>>It does that now. You have to tell it to record Teletubbies.
>>>
>>
>> Huh? ... I said 'never record'....
>
>I know, like I said you have to TELL it to record Teletubbies. It
>doesn't record it on it's own.
>
>>
>>
>>>>or to list shows in the order in which they were recorded,
>>>
>>>It does that now.
>>>
>>
>> mine doesn't, what version do you have?
>
>All Relays list shows in the order they were recorded.

Only within a single Replay channel, not the global list that seems to
imply.

>If you have an
>old model and select "preserve this show",
>,it will save them in the
>order you selected them.

Maybe on the older models (with old software). On the newer ones,
they're alphabetized.

>>
>>
>>>>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
>>>
>>>You can do this somewhat with dial up. It connects roughly every 24 hrs.
>>>Force a connect at the time you want. Net connects are every 25 hrs
>>>though so you're screwed there.
>>>
>>
>> Again, when I'm on the phone around 2 or 3 am, it picks up and tries to call
>> out.
>
>So force a net connect at 4am OR put one of those $15 Radio Shack
>gadgets on it so that if a phone is off-hook in the house it will not
>get a dial tone, OR in the modem panel select "check for dialtone".

If a phone on the same line is in use (off-hook), there won't be a
dial tone. No gadget needed.

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[Quintin]

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> >> >I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
> >>
> >> Why are you recording Teletubbies when you don't want to?
> >>
> >Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
> >few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of
months,
> >for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
> >something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.
> >
>
> You mean that you're automatically recording something that is not
> 'teletubbies', but contains a word or phrase that is sometimes in a
> 'teletubbies' episode (like if you search for "football" and it finds
> "teletubbies: the football game")?
>
right


> It would be an advantage to have better search flexability, but
> there's a few things you can do:
>
> Deselect the channel with 'teletubbies' on it (works if you don't want
> to record anything on that channel).
>
yep, can't do that


> You may also want to change your search string. Sometimes that avoids
> the problem. For example, I've been recording "early edition" (the
> fantasy about tomorrow's paper) and get too many unwanted news shows.
> I improved that somewhat by changing the search to "kyle chandler" (an
> actor in the show I want).
>
> I had another with "enterprise". The Replay kept recording "black
> enterprise report". I fixed that by having DVArchive
> (http/www.dvarchive.org/) periodically deleting the unwanted show
> (you could have it delete "teletubbies").
>
hmmmm, periodically?, you mean like once a week or something?

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:04:11 GMT, "Quintin" <fred@fred.frd> wrote:

>> >> >I'd love to tell it to 'never record' Teletubbies (for example),
>> >>
>> >> Why are you recording Teletubbies when you don't want to?
>> >>
>> >Keyword searches -- they come back with many false hits that pop up every
>> >few months. I get the same episode of Teletubbies every couple of
>months,
>> >for example. Not only is it useless wear on the machine, but it makes
>> >something I might have wanted 'roll off' the top of the list.
>> >
>>
>> You mean that you're automatically recording something that is not
>> 'teletubbies', but contains a word or phrase that is sometimes in a
>> 'teletubbies' episode (like if you search for "football" and it finds
>> "teletubbies: the football game")?
>>
>right
>
>
>> It would be an advantage to have better search flexability, but
>> there's a few things you can do:
>>
>> Deselect the channel with 'teletubbies' on it (works if you don't want
>> to record anything on that channel).
>>
>yep, can't do that
>
>
>> You may also want to change your search string. Sometimes that avoids
>> the problem. For example, I've been recording "early edition" (the
>> fantasy about tomorrow's paper) and get too many unwanted news shows.
>> I improved that somewhat by changing the search to "kyle chandler" (an
>> actor in the show I want).
>>
>> I had another with "enterprise". The Replay kept recording "black
>> enterprise report". I fixed that by having DVArchive
>> (http/www.dvarchive.org/) periodically deleting the unwanted show
>> (you could have it delete "teletubbies").
>>
>hmmmm, periodically?, you mean like once a week or something?
>

Isn't that what "periodically" means?

>
>

--
Mark Lloyd
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

[Quintin]

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> >> I had another with "enterprise". The Replay kept recording "black
> >> enterprise report". I fixed that by having DVArchive
> >> (http/www.dvarchive.org/) periodically deleting the unwanted show
> >> (you could have it delete "teletubbies").
> >>
> >hmmmm, periodically?, you mean like once a week or something?
> >
>
> Isn't that what "periodically" means?
>
Do you just like to be difficult?
'Periodically' means repeating something at some time interval.
That interval could be daily, weekly, monthly, every year....
If you love manaul labor so much why don't you just go back to a VCR?

 

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wa8yxm@do.not.spam.arrl.net shaped the electrons to say:
>It is my understanding that the programing language is well known
>(Linux) but I've never tried to get into it

Linux isn't a programming language, it is an operating system. TiVo
is built on Linux, ReplayTV varies - newer units are built in VxWorks
IIRC.

That's why there are more hacks for TiVo, VxWorks is a proprietary
embedded operating system.

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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:50:51 GMT, "Quintin" <fred@fred.frd> wrote:

>> >> I had another with "enterprise". The Replay kept recording "black
>> >> enterprise report". I fixed that by having DVArchive
>> >> (http/www.dvarchive.org/) periodically deleting the unwanted show
>> >> (you could have it delete "teletubbies").
>> >>
>> >hmmmm, periodically?, you mean like once a week or something?
>> >
>>
>> Isn't that what "periodically" means?
>>
>Do you just like to be difficult?
>'Periodically' means repeating something at some time interval.
>That interval could be daily, weekly, monthly, every year....

Of course, that repeating is being done by a computer. I set up the
thing once.

>If you love manaul labor so much why don't you just go back to a VCR?
>

What? I was describing a way of AVOIDING manual labor.

--
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http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

 

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Tony D wrote:

> John in Detroit wrote:
>
>> >>
>>
>>>
>> It is my understanding that the programing language is well known
>> (Linux) but I've never tried to get into it
>
>
> It's not. It's VXWorks.
>
>>
>> I do understand there are some hidden feature modes. But again....
>>
>> I keep asking if there is any unofficial documentation and everybody
>> keeps not answering. Seems those who know are keeping secrets
>
>
> Anything replay can be found on the replay forum at avsforums.com.
> Nobody likes answering the same questions 50000 times when it's in the faq.

I've been looking for the FAQs, Thanks.

 

[ME]

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> How about something like:
>
> football .NOT. teletubbies
>
> Using the NOT logical operator, the above search would record
> "football greats" but not "teletubbies: watching football".
>

Yeah, that would be a good feature!

> >My replay lists shows in the alphabetically from the show name, they are
> >then shown in the order they were recorded.
> >
>
> Is this somehow automatic? How are you getting the Replay to select
> the show that was recorded first?

I'm using a 2020 Replay. It displays the recorded shows in the Guide in
alphabetical order, and then the oldest recorded show first. For example,

8 Simple Rules --> Episode 3
--> Episode 4
Band of Brothers-> Episode 10
--> Episode 11
The Office ---> Episode 3

etc..etc..

> >> >>>or to change the default time it connects to the mother ship,
> >> >>
> >> >>You can do this somewhat with dial up. It connects roughly every 24
hrs.
> >> >>Force a connect at the time you want. Net connects are every 25 hrs
> >> >>though so you're screwed there.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Again, when I'm on the phone around 2 or 3 am, it picks up and tries
to
> >call
> >> > out.
> >>
> >> So force a net connect at 4am OR put one of those $15 Radio Shack
> >> gadgets on it so that if a phone is off-hook in the house it will not
> >> get a dial tone, OR in the modem panel select "check for dialtone".
> >
> >Nice workarounds, but there should be some option to tell it when to dial
> >out, for example, 4-6am, 6-8am, 8-10am, etc. etc. Someone who works
> >different hours might not like being interrupted every night between 2am
and
> >4am because it needs to make a connection.
>
> I think it won't interrupt if you're already on the phone.
>
> > Even if you "FORCE" a net
> >connect during the day, it will attempt to dial again between 2am and
4am.
> >If you cancel it, it tries again within the next half hour or so. This
> >should be selectable.
> >


No it won't interupt if your on the phone (it will pick up, then just hang
up), but it does interupt viewing. You get that annoying bottom bar that
says "Connecting to the Replay server in 200 seconds.." or something like
that. You cancel that, about 1/2 hour later it shows up again, and you
cancel that. If you're watching TV between 2am and 4am, expect to cancel
that at least three times.

 

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MegaZone wrote:

> wa8yxm@do.not.spam.arrl.net shaped the electrons to say:
>
>>It is my understanding that the programing language is well known
>>(Linux) but I've never tried to get into it
>
>
> Linux isn't a programming language, it is an operating system. TiVo
> is built on Linux, ReplayTV varies - newer units are built in VxWorks
> IIRC.
>
> That's why there are more hacks for TiVo, VxWorks is a proprietary
> embedded operating system.
>
> -MZ, RHCE #806199299900541, ex-CISSP #3762

Thanks... I finally got the FAQ pages to work... Seems they do not like
Fire Fox (my primary browser) Wonder if they would work in Mozilla

They do work with MSIE though.

Read a bunch and got most of the answers I'm looking for.

Now... If I could just get myreplaytv to work (I know what the problem
there is... COmpuer is kind of busy for hte next 20 minutes or so and
the request times out, this too shall pass)