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The 20.2.1 changelog thread

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Intro
This is meant to be a changelog/buglist from 20.2 to 20.2.1.X (and prior carry-over issues) for the TiVo Premiere (Series 4). Also called the "Spring 2012 Update." I will try to keep this #1 posting updated with all the issues as they are listed. The previous changelog threads are as follows:

14.9 is here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=480226
20.2 is here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=481338

Summary
This release contains a few new features and fixes several bugs. The primary changes from 20.2 to 20.2.1 were to add new versions of the Netflix and Youtube applications plus the addition of parental controls in the HDUI. The rollout started on 05/10/2012. Margret from TiVo provided a "release notes" posting, which can be found at the following thread: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=487165 A tiny update from 20.2.1.1 to 20.2.1.2 rolled out starting 06/20/2012, mostly to address VOD for Comcast.

This changelog will incorporate the data from the release notes, user reports, and previous changelogs (for issues not resolved).

1 Non-UI or Both UI
1.1 Both/Non-UI Postive
1.1.1 Netflix App Related:
1.1.1.1 Support for 1080p video streaming playback, where available.

1.1.1.2 The ability to add to your instant queue was added.

1.1.1.3 Subtitles can now be displayed in Netflix streaming playback.

1.1.1.4 Audio options now include playback of Dolby Digital Plus 5.1.

1.1.1.5 You can now "search" for content to watch while inside the Netflix app.

1.1.1.6 Personalized categories and recommendations were added.

1.1.1.7 A recently watched list is available.

1.1.1.8 An entry named "Netflix ESN" now appears in the System Information menu, just under "TiVo Service Number"​

1.1.2 YouTube App Related:
1.1.2.1 A Directory of YouTube channels has been added.

1.1.2.2 Links to related videos are available.

1.1.2.3 Will automatically play next video.

1.1.2.4 Video playback resolution and framerates have been drastically increased​

1.1.3 Fixed ability for Cox plus customers to tune/receive "Plus Pak" channels. [CONFIRMED]

1.1.4 Amazon video pixelation in downloads playback is fixed.

1.1.4 Previously, HME (Home Media Engine SDK) programs might have incorrect text display or crash. This has been reported as fixed.

1.1.5 There were some metadata issues in the previous version with programs transferred via network to the TiVo. Further, there are some reports of extended metadata missing from programs pulled back from the Premiere, even in a .TiVo format file. In 20.2.1 this is partly fixed- the .TiVo data is being received and used, although the TiVoVideoDetails stuff still isn't. For pyTivo's purposes, this means browsing shares is still a bit off, but transferred programs seem to have their complete data.

1.2 Both/Non-UI Negative
1.2.1 Netflix App Related:
1.2.1.1 There can be an unusual delay and "blackout" when loading the Netflix app. This is partially due to HDMI connection renegotiation. It can be minimized by going into "Settings" and then "Video". Under "Video Output Formats", set the formats only to 1080i and 1080P/24 (pass-through).

1.2.1.2 Sub-menu text disappears while scrolling sometimes coming back and then going away again. Sometimes the episode title list won't fully populate. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=9088382#post9088382

1.2.1.3 The key/button mappings in the new Netflix app are very inconsistent with the TiVo user interface. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=487218

1.2.2 YouTube App Related:
1.2.2.1 The YouTube app loads slowly, taking 22 to 26 seconds to launch.

1.2.2.2 The key/button mappings in the new YouTube app are very inconsistent with the TiVo user interface.​

2 SDUI
2.1 SDUI Positive
2.1 The reporting of the program size disk space has been fixed. Prior, it was changed it to read "GB" but the reported numbers were 100 times smaller than the actual space it is using. However, in the HDUI, it is correct. First discovered in 14.9.

2.2 SDUI Negative
(empty)

3 HDUI
3.1 HDUI Positive
3.1.1 Guide Related:
3.1.1.1 If you bring up the Guide over a recording, it now highlights the channel on the foreground tuner, rather than the lowest channel in the Guide.

3.1.1.2 The "First Air Date" should now be correct in all locations. (It had been off by one day in some situations.)

3.1.1.3 When pressing RECORD in the Guide and selecting "Season Pass & Other Options" you are now taken to an episode-specific screen instead of a series-specific screen. (Makes it easier to change recording options for that specific episode.)

3.1.1.4 When pressing "clear" on the guide, it no longer displays the info banner on the screen from Live TV (although not while playing back a recording). http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=9088289#post9088289

3.1.2 Parental Controls Related:
3.1.2.1 New parental controls are now available for customers using the HD Menus. From TiVo Central -> Settings & Messages.
3.1.2.2 You can set up a four-digit code, and specify which TV and movie ratings will require that code in order to watch or record the show.​

3.1.3 Video Output settings are now respected in video when running the HD Menus. You can now check on all video formats if you prefer "native" resolution pass-through. The TiVo will no longer automatically up-convert to 720p when you are watching full-screen video and using HD Menus.

3.1.4 SELECT-PLAY-SELECT-9-SELECT now displays an on-screen clock (without seconds) in the upper right corner during video playback. (Make sure you press SELECT once first, to bring up the Mini-Guide, before you enter the code.)

3.1.5 Fast Forward return: 20.2 changed the fourth press of Fast Forward to be ignored. The user can now select to re-enable the use of the fourth press of fast forward to cycle back to PLAY by entering the following programming sequence: SELECT-PLAY-SELECT-8-8-SELECT. (Make sure you press SELECT once first, to bring up the Mini-Guide, before you enter the code.)

3.1.6 Deleting programs from another Premiere while using multi-room streaming at the end of viewing a program has been fixed.

3.1.7 Fixed: When deleting a recording that is the lowest menu entry in a folder,the cursor will be placed at the highest menu entry, when it should have moved up by only one entry. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8953358#post8953358

3.1.8 Fixed: There were times when "Stop and Delete" in the HDUI will stop the program recording but will not delete the program. This appears to be fixed now. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8892799#post8892799

3.1.9 Fixed: There are times when it was seemingly impossible to delete a program. Such programs will not delete on the TiVo Suggestions screen (the "x" will sit there forever or it just makes the "x" disappear without deleting), nor if selected then deleted. When played back, there is an error displayed about the channel and forces an exit. Sometimes it can be deleted at that point. If played a SECOND time, it will play normally, the user can exit and then delete it. This often happens when trying to stop two recordings and it frequently causes the first to become undeletable/unplayable.

3.1.10 Fixed: Some people report that their play/pause location is lost when switching back and forth between watching two recording programs. It is unclear if this was only HDUI.http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8895588#post8895588

3.1.11 Fixed: There were occasions when trying to delete a program, the popup delete menu menu would have no option highlighted and any key press resulted in a very low-tone "bong". Usually after a minute, the entire HDUI would restart, complete with the TiVo intro animation. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=9025455#post9025455 http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=9026619#post9026619

3.1.12 Fixed: The "This group is empty" bug that previous changelogs reported as "fixed" in the SDUI, were actually occurring in the HDUI with 20.2. This bug caused the display of the above message if one deleted programs in the suggestion list too rapidly, then it would kick the user back one level in the menu. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=470339

3.1.13 Fixed: In the HDUI Guide and On-Screen banners, programs marked as "new" showed their first aired date as 1 day before the actual date the program is airing. Also, the "new" labels would sometimes disappear when switching to/from grid style to/from live style. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8897804

3.1.14 Fixed: When performing a one-time record of a show from the Guide and try to add time to it, if the show was not the next airing, you had to scroll through "upcoming" to find the episode you want to record. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8909900

3.1.15 Fixed: When selecting and recording a season pass from the guide, the Premiere would select the channel of the first airing of that program, rather than the channel on the selected program. Do not know when this started or if this has been that way forever.

3.2 HDUI Negative
3.2.1 At the very start of a recorded program, it is no longer possible to use the replay button or rewind in any way until 5 seconds of the program has elapsed. Introduced in 20.2.1.

4 Unresolved/Carry-Over
4.1 There are times in the HDUI when deleting a program from suggestions, using the clear button, then moving the cursor down a few menu entries, will result in two or more screen redrawings after a delete. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8901062

4.2 The HDUI is still not requesting icons for HME apps (except TiVo's own). Since 20.2.

4.3 On only the Elite/XL4, all cable channels can be lost with the only fix being to remove and re-insert the cable card. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8908623 CLARIFICATION NEEDED- when did this start?

4.4 The HDUI is still not fluid, mostly due to the delayed, live, internet-based loading of certain information, such as the discovery bar, and program graphics. Some screens take up to 6 seconds to finish drawing/updating everything. Also, initial drawing of "My Shows" takes considerably longer on versions after the 14.9 update. User expectations and reporting of performance are widely varied. Since first Premiere release.

4.5 In the HDUI guide: When the guide is visible, pressing the "guide" or "clear" button to dismiss the guide while playing back a recording results in the display of the medium-sized info banner, instead. This is unexpected behavior. (Note, it was fixed for live TV viewing, however). Since 20.2.

4.6 The HDUI guide has no way to turn off or stop the live preview in guide. This is consistent with the old (14.9 and prior) guide behavior, but it does not match the rest of the HDUI, which honors a user preference or allows the user to press "|>" to temporarily stop it. Since 14.9.

4.7 It is still no longer possible to turn on any type of filter based on content type while in the HDUI guide. Since 20.2.

4.8 It is still no longer possible to thumbs up or down on items in the HDUI discovery bar. Since 20.2

4.9 TiVoVideoDetails metadata is still not being transfered with programs via network to the TiVo. Since 20.2.

4.10 Recordings on the Premiere, transferred to a computer, then transferred back and played on the Premiere still no longer display closed captions. The captions do exist in the .TiVo files and can be seen on a computer. Since 20.2. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8958577#post8958577

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5 Awaiting Reports
This section holds all the carryover items from the previous version and most of the negatives from the previous version that are awaiting confirmation that the problems have been resolved or that they still exist. Please note that the section will not be renumbered as things are removed. Our goal should be to remove all items from this section and delete the section.

-Both UI-

5.1 The Select-Play-Select-9-Play code for displaying the on-screen clock and play-time-remaining during replays is gone and there is no replacement. Play-time-remaining is available by pressing Play or Pause but the clock is available only by returning to the main menu. It also display seconds, which some people find distracting and unnecessary, and it displays the clock in the center of the screen on HDUI (but lower right corner in SDUI). One person reported having the clock display on HDUI will cause performance and screen drawing issues.

5.4 With repeating manual recordings setup, it is possible that multiple duplicate entries will appear in the recording history as "will not record" with reason of not being in program guide. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=481547

5.7 There are reports that the network transfer speed is not as fast as it was in 14.9, although it is still faster than it was before 14.9. (It is perhaps 12% slower) http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8909374#post8909374

-SDUI-

5.9 Occasionally, when trying to delete a program from Now Playing using the clear key, it will refuse to delete and offer a "bong" sound, instead. If one goes into the program details, it can be deleted. Or if one leaves Now Playing and returns, it can be deleted.

5.10 From "my shows", select a program to view description, then back out of it, then play another show using the play button. When using the left arrow to back out of the playback, the cursor/select is not returned to the program that was just played. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8911517#post8911517

-HDUI-

5.11 HDUI Guide related:
5.11.2 When scheduling a recording from the HD Program Guide, the guide switches to "SD" mode to display "Please Wait" and then back to HD for the confirmation dialog.

5.11.4 When performing certain actions on programs from the guide, like scheduling or canceling a recording or changing recording options, the live preview window might jump to full screen for a few seconds, then go back to the preview window size again.

5.11.5 After selecting a show to record from the guide, the guide is reloaded and the cursor is placed back at the beginning of the list instead of being restored where it was.http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8895588

5.11.6 It is no longer possible to select an entry that is scheduled for recording and press clear to cancel the recording as was possible in the previous version of the guide, if other showings will be recorded. In such cases, it is only possible to cancel through the todo list. CLARIFICATION NEEDED

5.11.9 After selecting a program to record from the grid guide or mini guide, while watching a recording, when it redraws the guide, it places the cursor on the lowest channel instead of on the channel you just were, or on the channel the foreground tuner is using. Curiously, it doesn't do that when in the live guide. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8902409#post8902409

5.12 It is no longer possible to use the right arrow to cycle through the different versions of the channel/program info display.

5.14 HDUI On-Screen-Banner Related:
5.14.2 When entering channel numbers in "live" TV viewing, on the info banner or mini guide, they stop at 4 digits and do not wrap around as they used to do. So there is no way to correct a typo, you have to wait for the incorrect channel or exit the info banner/mini guide.​

5.17 When transferring network video to the Premiere (from, for example, PyTiVo), some users have noticed the HDUI menu screen can "quiver" or "shake" vertically, rapidly, by a pixel or two. It can also cause light stuttering in HD video playback during the transfer. Confirmed, but not known if this started in 20.2 http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8974053

-Unresolved/Carry-Over-

5.25 The KidZone SDUI dialog bug for the "Please Wait" dialog when selecting KidZone is still present. The dialog displays almost completely off the screen. This bug was introduced in 14.9.

5.26 When scrolling through wishlists, it can be very slow when using the channel down button, and presents a "Please Wait" dialog each time. Issue first occurred in 14.9. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8871667#post8871667

5.30 Over-the-air digital broadcasts that contain audio-only programming (with no video) will not tune on the Premiere.


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#102 ·
Is this what everyone else is seeing?
Nope.

Someone mentioned a while back that the message no longer had the word "suggestion" in it, and I replied that I hadn't even noticed, because I always went by the "would like" (suggestions) vs. "needs to" (scheduled recordings) wording, which was still there. (It comes earlier in the message.) I saw "would like" as recently as yesterday.
 
#104 ·
Tivo really needs to get rid of the redundant "HD Recordings" folder. It never served a purpose other than to single them out and show them off - but now that every channel in most packages is available in HD, it's completely unnecessary and annoying.
For those of us who record some programs in SD to conserve hard disk space, a list of HD recordings (which can be viewed and deleted first to free up the most space) is very handy.

I don't understand how the folder is "annoying" to persons who don't use it, but an option to disable/enable it should satisfy everyone.
 
#105 ·
For those of us who record some programs in SD to conserve hard disk space, a list of HD recordings (which can be viewed and deleted first to free up the most space) is very handy.

I don't understand how the folder is "annoying" to persons who don't use it, but an option to disable/enable it should satisfy everyone.
I also like it, for different reasons. There's a lot of stuff that is recorded on that TiVo, but the stuff I want to watch I record in HD and almost all of the HD is stuff I wanna watch.
 
#106 ·
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=476581

Echo:
Sometimes, when I fast forward through a program and come to a stop, the audio has an extremely echo sound. When I hit the 8-second back button the audio returns to normal.

I too have noticed this in 20.2.1 as well as the previous version. pause will not get you out of the echo mode, but a 8 second rewind or a quick fwd will as well.
 
#107 ·
i haven't seen this addressed altho it maybe a removed feature in the old S3 formats and intentionally not in the Elite's software.

Can't toggle threw shows

select a folder
goto first show
press the channel down button
in the S3versions, it would take me to the second show, in the S4's i go no where.
 
#108 ·
i haven't seen this addressed altho it maybe a removed feature in the old S3 formats and intentionally not in the Elite's software.

Can't toggle threw shows

select a folder
goto first show
press the channel down button
in the S3versions, it would take me to the second show, in the S4's i go no where.
Yes, this has been noted previously. It is a feature/bug/design flaw in the HD menus.
 
#112 ·
When I go into a show's folder and press channel down, I jump down one page. Behavior is consistent in both SD and HD menus.
That's not what he's talking about. Go into a folder. Select an episode, not just highlight it. Now hit channel up or down. If you're using the SD menus, it navigates up or down within the folder. If using the HD menus, it does nothing.
 
#113 ·
ipwcomp, yeah that's exactly what i'm talking about.

i agree, i don't think it's ever worked in the s4's. Getting the onscreen clock back got me hoping the episode jump would work... My spouse still complains about that loss of functionality (almost on a weekly basis, <sigh>).

thks for the explanation
 
#114 ·
ipwcomp, yeah that's exactly what i'm talking about. i agree, i don't think it's ever worked in the s4's. Getting the onscreen clock back got me hoping the episode jump would work... My spouse still complains about that loss of functionality (almost on a weekly basis, <sigh>).

thks for the explanation
It has never worked on the HD menus. And yes, I very much miss that when I changed from the SD menus. It greatly simplified/sped up some of my decision making.
 
#115 ·
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=476581

Echo:
Sometimes, when I fast forward through a program and come to a stop, the audio has an extremely echo sound. When I hit the 8-second back button the audio returns to normal.

I too have noticed this in 20.2.1 as well as the previous version. pause will not get you out of the echo mode, but a 8 second rewind or a quick fwd will as well.
Guess we have to wait to see if this is something about the TiVo or something about the audio hardware. Personally, I have never experienced that. I am using optical out (TOSLINK) to an older Pioneer VSX-S810S.
 
#116 ·
ipwcomp, yeah that's exactly what i'm talking about.

i agree, i don't think it's ever worked in the s4's. Getting the onscreen clock back got me hoping the episode jump would work... My spouse still complains about that loss of functionality (almost on a weekly basis, <sigh>).
Hopefully TiVO will implement this feature in the HD menus at some point. Until then, the next time your spouse complains, just switch back to the SD menus and say "There. Fixed it. Happy now?". :D

thks for the explanation
You're quite welcome. My apologies for using the incorrect pronoun. Lately, most of my energy has been expended in a , um, discussion in another thread.so I looked neither at your name nor your photo.
 
#117 ·
Guess we have to wait to see if this is something about the TiVo or something about the audio hardware. Personally, I have never experienced that. I am using optical out (TOSLINK) to an older Pioneer VSX-S810S.
I have only experienced it via the Analog RCA outs on the tivo. So far it appears isolated to the tivo analog output for me. I haven't experienced it so far via hdmi audio/out.
 
#118 ·
Hopefully TiVO will implement this feature in the HD menus at some point. Until then, the next time your spouse complains, just switch back to the SD menus and say "There. Fixed it. Happy now?". :D
The problem is, he'd *like* that... :rolleyes:

You're quite welcome. My apologies for using the incorrect pronoun. Lately, most of my energy has been expended in a , um, discussion in another thread.so I looked neither at your name nor your photo.
i must have missed that pronoun..no harm, no foul
 
#119 ·
I often play a group of episodes on my premiere (hit play on the folder in the my shows menu). It's supposed to start with the oldest recording and move through the group automatically. Recently (after the update?), I've noticed a couple of instances where, after it starts playing a second episode in the group, it pulls up the main menu. The second episode continues playing in the corner of the screen. Anybody experience this?
 
#120 ·
I often play a group of episodes on my premiere (hit play on the folder in the my shows menu). It's supposed to start with the oldest recording and move through the group automatically. Recently (after the update?), I've noticed a couple of instances where, after it starts playing a second episode in the group, it pulls up the main menu. The second episode continues playing in the corner of the screen. Anybody experience this?
My only problem with groups is after playing a group I delete the group. Since the update the group deletes except for the last one. So I have to delete the last show separately.
 
#122 ·
Dunno how long this particular HD menu problem has been around.
Since it is just for one show, and works on SD (as they say), then it is probably an unusual error in TiVo's show/search info database. I would not consider that a bug (other than the whole design of being dependent on their servers instead of having that data local).
 
#123 ·
Since it is just for one show, and works on SD (as they say), then it is probably an unusual error in TiVo's show/search info database. I would not consider that a bug (other than the whole design of being dependent on their servers instead of having that data local).
I agree. IMNSHO, it is a design flaw. Also possibly a problem with the servers themselves.
 
#124 ·
I do have an actual new bug to report. Or maybe a couple - Transfer Show "from beginning" not working. It transfers from the pause point, even if you select "Transfer from beginning".

Investigation of this has led to another problem. While the source of the transfer doesn't matter for the basic problem, if the source is another Premiere, the "Pause Point" can be the point at which you stopped streaming. I had a program I had been streaming and saw this behavior.

So I tried streaming from the beginning and that apparently didn't reset the pause point unless I got a little way into it. So I went about a minute, exited the stream, and tried the transfer again. The transfer appeared to start but nothing actually got transferred. Play simply had the "Waiting for ..." message. Transfer LED went off and there was no sign of the show in the local NPL nor the todo list. I do however have a "ghost" transfer. Any new transfer requests from any source get queued up waiting for the ghost transfer to complete.

I have pulled the plug on the Ethernet switch to which the TiVo is connected and am doing a soft boot, hoping that this will exorcise the ghost. If not, next step will be a hard boot.

Soft boot worked. Plugged the switch back in and a transfer (from computer via pyTivo) I had queued up started.

I looked in the "Recently Deleted" folder and the show that caused all of the problems was there. I recovered it and started to play. Got a brief flash on the screen then got this message:
Error playing a recording

The Tivo Box was unable to record this program because
there was no video signal on the channel. You may have been
trying to record on a channel that you don't receive.
Any subsequent attempt to play it gets the same message immediately.

If TiVo inc. needs more data or for me to investigate further, let me know. In this thread, via PM, or you can get my contact information from my TiVo.com account. Same ID. :)
 
#125 ·
There's been a problem for a few builds where if you try to transfer the same recording twice in a row, it won't transfer the second time. I'm not sure when that bug was introduced, but it's been there awhile. If you want to transfer the same recording multiple times, you need to transfer a different recording in between (you can cancel that transfer once it starts). Transfer recording A, then B, then A will work, but transfer recording A then show A will not. That explains why your second transfer didn't happen.

The Premiere always transferring from the pause point is a different bug, the above just makes testing it tricky.
 
#126 ·
There's been a problem for a few builds where if you try to transfer the same recording twice in a row, it won't transfer the second time. I'm not sure when that bug was introduced, but it's been there awhile. If you want to transfer the same recording multiple times, you need to transfer a different recording in between (you can cancel that transfer once it starts). Transfer recording A, then B, then A will work, but transfer recording A then show A will not. That explains why your second transfer didn't happen.
No, it doesn't. The transfer actually started, it just failed and left a ghost transfer. I couldn't transfer anything until I got rid of the "ghost" transfer. And it is back. I cannot transfer anything. Trying a hard boot now. No time for much else until later tonight.
 
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