Suggs: hack to create suggestions

[Tim L]

I also found/remembered a useful backdoor code:

Thumbs Down, Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up, Instant Replay -
If done in the ToDo List, it will turn on the display of Suggestions in the todo list.

Very useful for suggs which doesn't show pending suggestions in the GUI anywhere else... !

Thanks - that's really useful!

[mikerr]

Well since tivo suggestions are now working again:

Good news. We have successfully identified and tested a fix for the issue with TiVo Suggestions. It will be rolling out via the service over the next few days

This means suggs is no longer really needed, but as mentioned in another post, suggs and tivo suggestions will work fine alongside each other.

Tivo suggestions are days ahead, but only ever 2-3 per day - suggs will fill in the gaps in the schedule.
Since suggs only schedules a few hours ahead, tivo suggestions will take priority since they would already be in the todo list.

It won't do any harm leaving suggs installed, and you may want to do this to keep up the volume of suggestions - normal tivo siggestions will only schedule 2-3 per day.

[Johnbyte]

Well since tivo suggestions are now working again:



This means suggs is no longer really needed, but as mentioned in another post, suggs and tivo suggestions will work fine alongside each other.



Hi Mike,

Good to see suggestions working again - I have about 50 today! But actually I've come to prefer your suggs hack :D, which I've modified slightly so that it only records suggestions from my Freeview box, not from my Sky box. I don't want Tivo interfering with Sky when it might be in use by other members of the family. I still want to have Sky included in the Channels I Receive, however. All of which leads me to a question: is there any way at all your hack can be modified to record its suggestions, even though the recording suggestions option is turned off in Tivo? This would enable me to continue to use suggs without automatically recording Tivo's suggestions.

[mikerr]

I've modified slightly so that it only records suggestions from my Freeview box, not from my Sky box.
post or PM source so it can be added in to suggs proper ?

is there any way at all your hack can be modified to record its suggestions, even though the recording suggestions option is turned off in Tivo?

It's actually done that all long - suggs does its thing regardless of whether suggestions are turned on or off in the GUI

[DanielB]

I also found/remembered a useful backdoor code:

Thumbs Down, Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up, Instant Replay -
If done in the ToDo List, it will turn on the display of Suggestions in the todo list.


Now when I do this I do see a list of suggestions however, when I go to 'TiVo Suggestions' I am told once more that my TiVo is new so still dependant on mikerr's great fix, any ideas why I am seeing no suggestions on this page?

[gaz8292]

Whats the easiest way to remove Suggs now that suggestions are working?
I have entered rm /var/log/suggspid.xxxx but after power cuts etc it starts up again? I'm a unix newb so easy instructions please

[Pete77]

Whats the easiest way to remove Suggs now that suggestions are working?

I have entered rm /var/log/suggspid.xxxx but after power cuts etc it starts up again? I'm a unix newb so easy instructions please

You need to remove the executable file. Presumably this is in /var/hack?

Alternatively remove the command in rc.sysinit.author or similar that is starting up Suggs when the Tivo reboots.

[gaz8292]

You need to remove the executable file. Presumably this is in /var/hack?

Alternatively remove the command in rc.sysinit.author or similar that is starting up Suggs when the Tivo reboots.

What happens if I remove it and the tivo reboots and can't find it!
Will it just ignore it?
Just that I know the command to remove it, but can't remember how to edit the rc.sysinit

[Pete77]

What happens if I remove it and the tivo reboots and can't find it!

It just won't run if the program no longer exists in /var/hack

Its easy to edit your rc.sysinit.author/rc.sysinit/author.edit Startup file if you install Sanderton's Startup Editor add on module for Tivoweb 1.9.4 or use the startup editor in the www.tivohackman.com module for Tivoweb 1.9.4 or TivoWebPlus 2.1.0

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoweb for more information. Or www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo and www.planetbuilders.org/tivo/tivo_upgrade_diary.html