Transfering to and from Tivo while Tivo is Recording

[TivoZorro]

Is it okay to transfer a recording from the Tivo to my laptop or vice versa while the Tivo is recording another program? It seems like the other day I transfered a show back to the Tivo while it was recording another show and when I played it back later it had a glitch at the 1:25 point and would jump to the end of the 2 hours and I never could get the end to play.

[jeff92k7]

I've done it without any problem.

I used to have a D* R10 that would frequently be recording two shows while we were watching a prerecorded third show. The drive was dealing with data for three shows simultaneously.

With a standalone, it can also deal with three shows at a time max. Watch recorded show, while new one is recording, while transferring to/from computer. It may even be able to deal with more at a time depending on how many computers or MRV tivos are trying to access it, but in those cases, each machine would only get a fraction of the available network bandwidth thereby reducing the strain on the tivo drive by the same amount. In other words, no matter how many shows are being transferred across the network, the tivo can only go as fast as its hardware limitations or the network limitations.

Jeff

[megazone]

Yes, you can do transfers while recording and/or watching. The transfer may just slow down as it has a lower CPU priority than the local functions.