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goodtrips
08-13-2008, 02:46 PM
Was curious if anyone had any suggestions about inconsistent auto transfers that I have set-up to transfer from my TivoHD to my PC. I am using Desktop 2.5.1.

The issue seems to happen most, sadly, on episodes of The Daily Show & the Colbert Report. I have them set to record on the TiVo with a manual time & channel set-up (versus a season pass, which tends to record all 3 reruns on any given day).

I found this threat, but am wondering if there are any other ideas out there.
http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=340751

The auto transfers seem to work for a week, then not work for 2 weeks, then work again for a week, etc. It usually works/not works on a weekly basis versus being intermittent on a daily basis.

I'm wondering if it could be a combination of two things: the meta data for these two shows tend to be funky -- sometimes they have show descriptions, sometimes they include guest names in the show title, etc. Also, I'm wondering if a newer version of Desktop would work better...

msmart
08-17-2008, 04:14 AM
I think this thread will help:
http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=374869

It's the cache files that I think are messing you up. Use the batch file mentioned in the thread that also deletes the cache files.

I have 2.6.2 and, while it handles cache files a little better, I still have inconsistent auto-transfers. Run the batch file every few days and I think you'll see better results.