"Rewind" function

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Lenroc (lenroc@NOSPAMFORYOU.hotmail.com) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:55:03 +0000, Jack Ak wrote:
>
> > "Lenroc" <lenroc@NOSPAMFORYOU.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> No, certainly not when 30sec skip is _enabled_, but if it is _disabled_
> >> (as the macro I posted ensures, assuming that 30sec skip is normally on),
> >> 2xAdvance will get you to the beginning.[...]
> >>
> >> The only problem that I know of with the macro I posted is that it assumes
> >> 30sec skip is always on (and would fail miserably otherwise).
> >
> > You macro cannot *ensure* 30 skip is on or off.
>
> It can, as I stated, ensure 30 second skip is off, if and only if the mode
> is already on.

It doesn't matter if 30 second skip is on or off...if you know the right
macro to use.

Set up a macro on your programmable remote that consists of a lot of
repetitions of the following:

Rew (<<)
Advance (->|)
Play (>)

If you repeat this sequence enough times, you will end up at the beginning
of the recorded show.

This is because "advance" *always* does "skip to previous tick" when
rewinding, whether the 30 second skip "hack" is enabled or not.

I tried just "Rewind" followed by a lot of "Advance", but that left you
a few minutes into a short show if you are in 30 second skip mode, and in
an unpredictable place if you are not. Still, I don't see why anybody
would need a macro if they don't enable 30s skip (and who does this only
sometimes?).

The sequence above always guarantees that TiVo is in "Rewind" mode before
the "Advance" is hit. When TiVo hits the start of the recording, "Advance"
doesn't wrap around to the end...you just drop into "Play" at the start.
Hitting "Play" while already in "Play" mode does nothing but toggle the
timer bar. So, you are left at the beginning in "Play" mode.

Depending on your remote and your TiVo, you might have to adjust the timing
between the button presses.

--
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| when he collapsed. On the way down he yelled
| 'call an ambulance!', but no one moved."
| -- Wings

 

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Jeff Rife (wevsr@nabs.net) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
> I tried just "Rewind" followed by a lot of "Advance", but that left you
> a few minutes into a short show if you are in 30 second skip mode, and in
> an unpredictable place if you are not. Still, I don't see why anybody
> would need a macro if they don't enable 30s skip (and who does this only
> sometimes?).

Another macro that works very well if you have 30s skip enabled:

Rewind (<<)
Advance (->|) eight times
Play (>)
Rewind (<<)
Advance (->|)

This will get you to the beginning of any recording, since TiVo spreads out
the tick marks as the recording gets longer. There should never be more
than 8 tick marks in a single recording.

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>With the 30 second jump programmed simply push
> fastforward once or rewind once and then hit the 30 second jump and
the
> recording will jump to the next white hash mark forward or backward
> depending on whether you pushed ff or rw.

Great. Shows how little I know about these things. I thought I had to
skip skip skip....

>
> I also have the MX 500 It is fully programmed for Tivo. I use the
skip to
> chapter hard button for 30 second skip. If I want to skip more than
30
> seconds I do what I described above.

What is "Skip to Chapter" button? Is this on the TiVo remote or the
MX-500?

Thanks again.

Ed

 

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> Why so complicated? The MX-500 comes ready to roll. The 30 second
skip
> works for advancing by tick as well. Just make the MX learn the
advance
> button on the skip to chapter button and you will have full Tivo
> fuctionality all centered around your thumb. Is pressing FF and then
30
> second skip a couple of times a chore?

Not for someone who understands it, no. But I'm trying to get to a
point
where I can tell house guests how to operate the system with minimal
difficulty. Now, I have to go through about 5 remotes in my
explanation.
And when I go to use the system myself after they've left I find the
system in some strange state it was left in before they finally gave
up
and went to bed!

Thanks.

Ed

 

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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:06:49 +0000, Jag Man wrote:

> Not for someone who understands it, no. But I'm trying to get to a
> point where I can tell house guests how to operate the system with
> minimal difficulty.

But why is a "rewind to beginning" function important?

If someone else plays a recording on your TiVo, and finds it in the
middle, wouldn't they just press "Rewind" once and wait?

--
Lenroc

 

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"Jag Man" <Jag_Man653R-E-MOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >With the 30 second jump programmed simply push
>> fastforward once or rewind once and then hit the 30 second jump and
> the
>> recording will jump to the next white hash mark forward or backward
>> depending on whether you pushed ff or rw.
>
> Great. Shows how little I know about these things. I thought I had to
> skip skip skip....
>
>>
>> I also have the MX 500 It is fully programmed for Tivo. I use the
> skip to
>> chapter hard button for 30 second skip. If I want to skip more than
> 30
>> seconds I do what I described above.
>
> What is "Skip to Chapter" button? Is this on the TiVo remote or the
> MX-500?

MX500. It's on either side of the play button. I programed those as my 30
second skip and instant replay buttons. Now other than the TiVo button
everything is clustered and easy to use without even looking at the remote.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Ed
>
>