ARCHIVE THREAD: Old TiVo Programme Listings/Schedule Errors

[pmk]

Station: C4
Prog: The Simpsons
Times: weekdays 18:00, Fri 21:00 (occ. 21:30), Sundays 18:00
The schedule isn't easy to track, poor old TiVo appears to have given up trying. Sunday's 18:00 was originally a repeat of Friday 21:00.
Unless C4 have missed/are going to miss some epsiodes the Sunday 18:00 repeat is a "couple" of weeks behind I think but it should still be caught by the 28 day rule. I certainly do not remember the Fri / Sun episodes just gone being a match.

Sunday Just Gone = The One With A Tramp On A Train this was definately a "couple" of weeks ago when this was shown on a Friday.

[slinkoff]

Strictly Dance Fever
Shown on BBC1 and BBC3

Tivo lists three seperate programmes:

Strictly Dance Fever (BBC1)
Strictly Dance Fever (BBC3)
Strictly Dance Fever on Three (BBC3)

All three appear to have different series IDs.


Also Location, Location, Location (C4) series ID isn't picking up all epsidoes.

Eastenders Omnibus
Simialr to Strictly Dance Fever. Tivo lists several different programs with the same or similar names and the series IDs are different.

[britcub]

BBC4
Saturdays 19:30
Fortunes of War

Does not appear to have a season pass

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Paramount Comedy 2
Daily 23:00, 02:00
Jongleurs Unleashed

Is regularly recording the same episode twice.

[ozsat]

Strictly Dance Fever
Shown on BBC1 and BBC3

Tivo lists three seperate programmes:

Strictly Dance Fever (BBC1)
Strictly Dance Fever (BBC3)
Strictly Dance Fever on Three (BBC3)

All three appear to have different series IDs.There are only two IDs - the fact it has (BBC1) and (BBC3) after 'Strickly Dance Fever' shows it has the same id.

But this title shouldn't be used on BBC3.

[pmk]

Anyone using a Title Wish List of "The Games" should note that the main show that starts tomorrow is called "Games 2005" so you will need to use an advanced wish list to catch both or add another. According to Channel 4's TV Guide web site it should not have changed title. HTH.

[hornist]

Today my TiVo told me that TV5 (TV5EU) is no longer available on Telewest digital, and has removed it from the list of channels. As far as I can tell it is still available (on channel 825 in the Supreme package), and Telewest technical support aren't aware of intentions to remove it. At the moment I'm assuing this is a Tribune/TiVo error, not a change to TW service.

[brital]

Broken season pass (Channel 4-Freeview). Have been manually adding missing episodes. Decided to cancel SP, clear to do list and re-establish SP. The result was Ok for latest episodes but missing several of the earlier ones (24/03, 29/03 and 30/03)

[ozsat]

There has been (or still is) a problem with TV5EU and UKTVDOC - it should be fixed by Saturday.

[gwgw45]

Postcode WA16
Service Provider Tererstiral
Channel Name BBC2
Programme Ikea Drives me Crazy
Time/Date of airing 10.30pm, Monday 28th March
Problem encountered Tivo schdule shows this as starting at 9.30

[ozsat]

Postcode WA16
Service Provider Tererstiral
Channel Name BBC2
Programme Ikea Drives me Crazy
Time/Date of airing 10.30pm, Monday 28th March
Problem encountered Tivo schdule shows this as starting at 9.30Check you calls are up-to-date. Guide data should run to Thursday 14 Apr.

My data has this programme starting at 10.30pm.

[LJ]

gwgw45, are you using TiVoWeb to check the showing time? Clocks go forward this Sunday so TiVoWeb will be showing times an hour out after Sunday morning. The only known fix is to restart TiVoWeb after the time change.

[ozsat]

There has been (or still is) a problem with TV5EU and UKTVDOC - it should be fixed by Saturday.UKTVDOC and TV5EU were restored on Saturday's download.

[steveroe]

Postcode HU1
Service Provider Sky
Channel Name ITVYOR (103)
Programme Formula One Racing
Time/Date of airing Sunday 3rd April
Problem encountered :

Something is very wrong here, my TiVo shows 3 seperate programs dotted about in the afternoon split up by other programmes. As all three have the same ID only the first is set to record

ITV website says:

Bahrain GP on ITV1 and ITV2

Qualifying 1: Sat 02 April 1030-1210

Live race: Sun 03 April 1140-1435

Highlights: Mon 04 April 0015-0110 (ITV1)

http://www.itv-f1.com/TVSchedule.aspx

[Mike B]

Postcode HU1
Service Provider Sky
Channel Name ITVYOR (103)
Programme Formula One Racing
Time/Date of airing Sunday 3rd April
Problem encountered :

Something is very wrong here, my TiVo shows 3 seperate programs dotted about in the afternoon split up by other programmes. As all three have the same ID only the first is set to record

ITV website says:

Bahrain GP on ITV1 and ITV2

Qualifying 1: Sat 02 April 1030-1210

Live race: Sun 03 April 1140-1435

Highlights: Mon 04 April 0015-0110 (ITV1)

http://www.itv-f1.com/TVSchedule.aspx

...not according to my TiVo. Everything seems as it should be (except for tivoweb being an hour out due to the clock changing tomorrow night)

[steveroe]

Mike,

I agree, it's correct for ITVLON but not for ITVYOR - I have not checked all the other regions.

[ozsat]

ITVULS
ITV1WCY
ITV1YOR
ITV1WE
ITVSCO

all seem to have the same problem - it has been reported.

[steveroe]

ITVULS
ITV1WCY
ITV1YOR
ITV1WE
ITVSCO

all seem to have the same problem - it has been reported.

Now okay for ITVYOR

[ericd121]

Channel Channel 4
Programme Friday Night with Jonathon Ross
Date/Time Friday April 1st :rolleyes: 10:35pm
Problem Spurious Entry

Alternative Titles

It's all fun and Games or...
April Foolish or...
Friday Night with Jonathon Ross - you can't avoid him!

There is a spurious entry for Friday Night with Jonathon Ross in Friday, 1st April's Channel 4 evening listings.

Allow me to illustrate.

Two listings on different channels.
http://www.dixon.ws/img/tivo/C4.J.Ross.012.jpg

The spurious entry on Channel 4
http://www.dixon.ws/img/tivo/C4.J.Ross.014.jpg


The spurious entry's details
http://www.dixon.ws/img/tivo/C4.J.Ross.015.jpg

The correct entry's details
http://www.dixon.ws/img/tivo/C4.J.Ross.019.jpg

As you can see, this shortens The Games: Live Final by 35 minutes, so you won't know who won.

[Mr Hat]

Service Provider: Sky
Channel Name: ITV1WE (103)
Programme Name: Flying High
Date/Time: Thur 14 April 2005 / 7:30PM
Problem: Existing Season Pass for last series of same name is not picking up the new series.

[ozsat]

Service Provider: Sky
Channel Name: ITV1WE (103)
Programme Name: Flying High
Date/Time: Thur 14 April 2005 / 7:30PM
Problem: Existing Season Pass for last series of same name is not picking up the new series.Anything beyond 8th April is not a part of the real schedule - it will not be until next weekend.

[Gadgeteer]

Seems to be a common problem now.

One example;-
Channel: FX289
Series: JAG.
Showing as 2005 when they are series 6 (couple of years old)

[sjp]

Seems to be a common problem now.

One example;-
Channel: FX289
Series: JAG.
Showing as 2005 when they are series 6 (couple of years old)

jumping on the above... there are many shows that are listed as 2005 that are not even close (can't remember which show particularly but it was appraoching 30 years old). some even have the repeat tag at the end of the data.

those that are incorrectly listed as 2005 that have the repeat tag can have the correct OAD which makes the 2005 incorrect date "deliberate" i.e. not an accident - if they trust their OADs how come the 2005 appears?

whilst this is starting to sound like a discussion this problem causes extra effort in proving the data to be correct, we see 2005 and think it's new only to find, by historical digiguide or tvtome searching, that it isn't.

[Adder]

Platforum: BSkyB

Channel: 413: MOTORS

Problem: No listings since Saturday 19th March, can we have them back please?

There was a notable improvement in quality of Motors listings when we changed over to Tribune EU, but there's been no listings at all for over a week. :(

[sanderton]

some even have the repeat tag at the end of the data.

The [R] isn't used by TiVo, and as it will appear on a same-day repeat of a show, it's no use for OAD checking..

[sjp]

The [R] isn't used by TiVo, and as it will appear on a same-day repeat of a show, it's no use for OAD checking..

but the [R] denotes a repeat which contradicts, on the whole, the 2005 date. i was attempting to show that there is an easy way of figuring out if 2005 was valid or not, if the broadcaster provides an [R] tag then there is a good chance that the show is not from 2005. obviously as we move through the year this will not be as valid a check.

i thought i'd seen an [R] tag on shows that are true repeats i.e. on shows that are not part of a 3 time per day broadcast pattern - this is certainly the case with the Friday repeat of desert island discs. the use of the [R] tag did seem like the whole of the radio times type data was being used by tribune though the lack of other tags does go against this theory.

here endeth this mornings discussion :)

[pmk]

Countdown still has not been fixed.

C4 at 15:15 on weekdays

It is still only selecting the first programme of the week and when you tell it to record the programme the next day the first programme is set to not record this is on top of setting the other showings in the week to record because of the 28 day rule problem. Then near the end of the week when the guide data is updated it sets a following week that did look like it was going to record to not to record either.

FIXING OF GUIDE DATA HAS BEEN RUBBISH EVER SINCE TRIBUNE EU HAS TAKEN OVER - MUST BE SIX WEEKS AND COUNTING NOW

[Holster]

Callsign: Sci-Fi
Programme Name: Medical Investigation
Date/Time: 28/03/2005 20:00
Problem: TiVo has not taken into account the new schedule where only one episode of Medical Investigation is shown on Monday nights at the new time of 20:00 rather than the previous scheduling of the previous weeks episode at 20:00 with the new episode showing at 21:00.

[Holster]

Callsign: Sci-Fi
Programme Name: From the Earth to the Moon
Date/Time: 28/03/2005 21:00
Problem: This programme has not been listed on TiVo at all, this it seems is due to the error with the Medical Investigation scheduling problem.

see previous posting

[Holster]

Callsign: Sky One
Programme Name: 24
Date/Time: All episodes of season 4 (current)
Problem: All actors mentioned are from the first season with only Kiefer Sutherland being correct.

[=CM=]

Default listings for the 2 nightly showings on ITV2, defaulting to 1993 but these are definitely 2005 (but some recent repeats, still of this year's vintage).

[pmk]

New episodes of 8 Simple Rules started today/Tuesday at 17:05 on ABC1 (it certainly looks like Goodbye by the first 30 seconds) so thank the absolutely rubbish guide data if you missed it. I thankfully went through all 17:05 epsiodes this week and forced them to record just in case (Friday may have the correct title). I think they are repeated over the weekend (episode titles are present for these at the moment whether they are correct I do not know). HTH.

[sanderton]

Could be worse; Media Center 2005 has no listings at all for abc1!

[browellm]

Postcode NG13
Service Provider: Freeview
Channel Name: C4
Programme: ER
Time/Date of airing: Monday 28th March & 4th April

Problem encountered :

Whilst the year and programme description appear correct, the cast list is from the early ER seasons, e.g. Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julie Marguiles, Eriq la Salle etc. etc.

[slimjime17]

Callsign: Euro Sport
Programme Name: World Cup Qualifer
Date/Time: 30th March, 8:00am - 10:00am
Problem: It's not Football it's Snooker, China Open.

[manolan]

Channel 5
Saturdays (time varies, I think)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Has changed series id. First episode of the series was shown on the old one, but it changed last weekend.

[Mike B]

Channel 5
Saturdays (time varies, I think)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Has changed series id. First episode of the series was shown on the old one, but it changed last weekend.

Are you sure? My SP picked up both episodes without a problem, and is showing them both as having an SeriesId of 3408.

Which platform is this for?

[ozsat]

Are you sure? My SP picked up both episodes without a problem, and is showing them both as having an SeriesId of 3408.

Which platform is this for?The platform will make no difference - FIVE on any platform is the same.

The only difference can be different download days.

[=CM=]

Station: C4
Date: Tues 5 April and weekly
Prog: Supernanny 2nd series

Series 1 season pass doesn't pick up next week's 2nd series of the scowling nanny but the prog. description is correct with a 2005 year stamp.

Naughty step for the Tribune people.

[aerialplug]

Station: E4

Prog: Point Pleasant
(all future episodes in the schedule, unless E4 can get the show again)

Due to the series being suddenly cancelled by Fox due to pretty dire ratings in the States, E4's showings for Point have also suddenly been pulled as Fox, instead of letting the show play out the 13 completed episodes here, have actually withdrawn the series from all broadcasters currently showing it (including E4 and one in Canada).

It's now moot, but there was a probability it would have been bumped here anyway this week as we were only a week behind the States, and their showing got bumped last week for American Idol being re-shown due to a mixup with wrong telephone numbers being given out.

[cwaring]

So not technically an *error* then? :)

[lcsneil]

Station: E4

Prog: Point Pleasant
(all future episodes in the schedule, unless E4 can get the show again)

Due to the series being suddenly cancelled by Fox due to pretty dire ratings in the States, E4's showings for Point have also suddenly been pulled as Fox, instead of l.

Which is now causing confusion....

Sun schedules showing as follows:-

E4 website

18:00 The OC
19:00 Point Pleasant
20:00 Smallville
21:00 ER


Tivo
18:00 The OC
19:00 Point Pleasant
20:00 Smallville
21:00 ER

Yet Digiguide suggests the line up is now.....

18:00 The OC
19:00 Smallville
20:00 Friends (S6Ep4)
20:30 Friends (S6Ep5)
21:00 ER


Just a word of warning if you are a Smallville fan to keep your eyes open this weekend!

Neil

[gyre]

Oh LOL. I've just rebuilt my database as when I clicked on a smallville episode it gave me that point pleasant one.

-- gyre --

[AMc]

So not technically an *error* then?

I set another recording last night because the episode of Point Pleasant 'Waking the dead' turned out to be Wife Swap.

The fact that the show is listed but isn't being shown is an error in the listings. Though for once it's not a Tribune mistake but something forced on C4 by Fox. Thanks to aerialplug for the information, now I know what happened.

[sanderton]

Show: Super 12 Rugby
Channels: Sky Sports 1/2/Xtra

A bunch of European Cup and Europena Challenge Cup games this weekend have been coded under Super 12. I thought this was the kind of thing having a European office do the listings would help with! (Super 12 is the southern hemisphere competition).

[Holster]

Callsign: Living/+1
Programme Name: Charmed
Date/Time: All episodes of current season
Problem: The actor list is from a previous season when Shannon Doherty was still a cast member and as such makes no mention of Rose McGowan.

[stevelup]

Hi

A lot of people were caught out last week with a failed recording of Holby City.

It's done it again this week. A new season pass needs to be created. The old season pass contains only repeat episodes on UK Gold and UK Gold 2.

Steve

[bradleyem]

Quick heads up - Charles and Camilla's wedding will now be on Saturday instead of Friday. As the BBC were going to show the blessing, expect schedule changes on Friday and Saturday lunchtimes. Hopefully this can be resolved in time.

[Adder]

The British Eurosport schedule (EUROGB) on TiVo for Sunday April 10 is different comparing TiVo and the Sky Guide/British Eurosport website, can this be looked into please?

TiVo:

4.45pm Marathon
5.30pm Moto GP Series
7pm Serie A Football
9.45pm FIA World Rally Championship
10.15pm Moto GP Series
11.30pm Curling
12.30am Teleshopping

Sky Guide/British Eurosport Website:

4.45pm Marathon
5.30pm FIA GT Championships
6pm Moto GP Series
8.15pm Motorsports Weekend
8.45pm Champ Car World Series Racing
11pm FIA World Rally Championship
11.30pm Curling
12.15am Eurosportnews Report
12.30am Teleshopping

[slimjime17]

EUROGB

Tivo
6th April 07:30 Snooker China Open -- Final

British Eurosports Web Site
07:30 XTREME SPORTS YOZ Xtreme
08:00 ADVENTURE Escape

I can find an error in the TIVO's listing for this channel everyday this week.

[pmk]

Countdown still has not been fixed.

C4 at 15:15 on weekdays

It is still only selecting the first programme of the week and when you tell it to record the programme the next day the first programme is set to not record this is on top of setting the other showings in the week to record because of the 28 day rule problem. Then near the end of the week when the guide data is updated it sets a following week that did look like it was going to record to not to record either.
I am not posting this again (after this time) as it is clear Tribune are either unable or looking increasingly more likely unwilling to fix this problem for some reason. Anyway it is still not working.

[cashew1970]

Heads up People

Channel 4 this evening.

Both You are what you eat and 10 Years Younger are not being picked up by the season Passes.... I know that they are the last ones in the runs.... but they are not auto recording..

[lcsneil]

Heads up People

Channel 4 this evening.

Both You are what you eat and 10 Years Younger are not being picked up by the season Passes.... I know that they are the last ones in the runs.... but they are not auto recording..

Yes I have just spotted that - according to 'recording History'

Wed 6th Apr 20:00 C4 You Are What You Eat not an episode no longer in programme guide
Wed 6th Apr 20:30 C4 10 Years Younger not an episode no longer in programme guide

Yet they ARE in the programme guide.

Neil

[ericd121]

I've deleted my old, now non-functioning, You Are What You Eat Season Pass and set up a new one which does pick up tonight's episode.

Maybe we should have set up a separate thread
Broken Season Passes - Delete the Old, Set up the New ?

[kitschcamp]

Careful... You never know when the original will come back again.

[ericd121]

Careful... You never know when the original will come back again.I have no faith that the original SP will come back. :rolleyes:
(Aren't EuroTribune cleaning the data?)

Anyway, I find having two Season Passes for the same prog unsettling.

Ozsat - Apologies for the discussion!

[dallardice]

BBC2 Newsnight
10.30pm Mon - Fri
Sky

Now has generic episode data so doesn't pick up nightly episodes because of the 28-day rule. New programme every night, there will also be a Saturday edition during the election campaign.

[AMc]

Channel: BBC2
Date: April 6th (Yesterday)
Time: 6.30pm
Title: Dick and Dom Ask the Family
Postcode: N16
Provider: Telewest

Programme was incorrectly listed as "Dick and Dom in da Bungalow". "Dick and Dom Ask the Family" was actually broadcast and was not picked up by a season pass for "Dick and Dom Ask the Family". This has been on every night this week on this channel in this slot - Thursday and Friday are showing correctly in my To Do at the moment.
Luckily I spotted this one with minutes to go or it would have been the dog house for me and Tivo.

[ericd121]

Head's Up - Match of the Day 2

Match of the Day 2, usually on BBC2 on Sundays, is on BBC1 at 11:00pm this Sunday, and so will not be picked up by a current Season Pass.

Oddly,TiVo and the paper Radio Times have the correct title,
yet http://www.radiotimes.com (http://www.radiotimes.com/) has Match of the Day

[roydonaldson]

Desperate Housewives
Channel 4.
10pm
Wednesdays.

Tivo says the program runs for 1hr 5mins. It actually runs for 1 hr.

This stops the Tivo picking up the 11pm showing on E4.

Roy.

[pmk]

Desperate Housewives
Channel 4.
10pm
Wednesdays.
Tivo says the program runs for 1hr 5mins. It actually runs for 1 hr.
This stops the Tivo picking up the 11pm showing on E4.


Have checked other sources for schedules (channel4.com and my paper based guide) and from what I can tell TiVo has it correct it finishes at 11:05pm. Channel 4 regularly does this e.g. ER on Monday is on 10pm-11:05pm.

HTH

[cwaring]

Digiguide confirms this as well. Once again, Tivo gets the blame for a correct listing :)

[the_hut]

I have no faith that the original SP will come back. :rolleyes:

This has happened on Bremner, Bird and Fortune. (EDITED TO ADD: ie: the original SP came back)

Can I seriously suggest a new Special Thread for broken Season Passes; this thread is more about broken Season Passes than schedule errors now.

[GarySargent]

Broken season passes are schedule errors really - it's less confusing for people to just have one thread (we have enough trouble getting people to post in one thread let alone two!)

[lcsneil]

Sun 10th April
Channel E4 & E4P1

These seem to be showing different programmes!!!

E4
20:00 Friends The One With Ross' Teeth
20:30 Friends The One Where Ross Got High
21:00 ER Just As I Am
22:00 Desperate Housewives Impossible
23:00 Playing It Straight UNKNOWN (1/6)

then delay it by an hour and you get....

21:00 Friends The One on the Last Night
21:35 Friends The One Where Phoebe Runs
22:05 Playing It Straight UNKNOWN (1/6)
23:20 Average Joe Adam Returns
01:05 The O.C. Second Chance


For heaven sakes it's NOT rocket science

(Tivo last updated Sat 00:43)

Neil

[Vish]

Callsign: STARPLUS, STARNEWS, ATN GLOBAL, SABTV

Problem: The guide data is just incorrect or shows no detail whatsoever for most of the asian channels. Any chance that it could just match up with the Sky EPG at least?

Also, during the week, any season passes set up for only record first new shown for any asian programmes added will record not only the first pass but also the 2 repeats show at various times of the night and following day.

TIA

Vish

[cwaring]

Vish. The difference with the Sky EPG is that it is the broadcaster themselves that is responsible for the data shown by the EPG whereas the Tivo EPG relies on broadcasters providing Tribune with programme information. If they don't do this (which it looks like these asian channels you speak of don't) then there is nothing that Tribun can do about it.

lcsneil. The only tine anyone uses the phrase "it's NOT rocket science" is when they have no idea exactly how complicated (or at least not as easy as they think) something actually is :D

[GarySargent]

Carl your last seven posts on my quick count in this thread are dicussion. Can you and others please try to refrain from this as much as possible.

Some people may subscribe to this thead and don't want lots of extra "noise".

It is also more difficult to find the real reports amongst the discussion.

I know you are just trying to being helpful, but in most cases a PM to the original poster would be more appropriate. Thanks.

[warrenrb]

Channel: NTL 502 CNNEU
Show: Daily Show: Global Edition
Postcode: BT4

Problem: The above mentioned Daily Show: Global Edition Season Pass won't record any new episodes - it seems it thinks that the weekly episode (which is repeated 4 times over each weekend) is the same episode that I have previously recorded. Therefore, 9 upcoming episodes, none of which are due to record.

I've manually recorded this weeks, it would be great if this was fixed for next week.

A pointer to the repeat pattern; next weeks show is on:
16/04 12:30am
16/04 8:30pm
17/04 11:30am
17/04 10:30pm

The following week's NEW episode cycle begins on 23/04 at the same time (12:30am).

Thanks.
Warren.

[Fishy]

101 BBC1, Politics Show,10/4

Yet again showing as available within 28 days. Same fault as always.

Given that its only 14minutes away, I think I will, *SHOCKER* watch it live!

[aerialplug]

Sky Digital, Sky One

Last Days of the Nazis appearing as two separate non-season pass episodes rather than having a season pass to book them both. I know that 2 episodes is stretching it to be described as a series, but it's been done before.

[Obo]

Callsign: E4
Programme Name: Fool around...
Date/Time: 22:00, Monday to Thursday (all new episodes)
Problem: Ever since the program name was changed from a specific "Fool around with X" to "Fool around...", the Tue/Wed/Thu episodes are flagged as repeats of the Monday show, so they don't record - the original air-dates of all are for the Monday show. Attemping to record the later ones cancels the first ones of course :rolleyes:

Callsign: E4
Programme Name: Hollyoaks
Date/Time: 19:00
Problem: The weekly show in this slot is flagged as a repeat, but it's actually a new episode. The original air-date is shown as 18/2/05 for all shows too - I think it's been happening since then :eek:

My missus will be chuffed if those can be fixed :D

[Mike B]

Postcode: RG6
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBC1STH
Channel Number: 1
Programme: Doctor Who
Date & Time of Airing: 23/04/2005 19:00
Problem: Incorrect OAD

Next weeks showing of Doctor Who (and the repeat on 24/04, 19:00, BBC3) both have an OAD of Sun 7th Apr 2002. It also has no episode title or description.

[ericd121]

Next weeks showing of Doctor Who (and the repeat on 24/04, 19:00, BBC3) both have an OAD of Sun 7th Apr 2002. It also has no episode title or description.Next week's listings, beyond Friday 23rd, have not downloaded yet;only a base generic (and not very accurate) schedule is provided that far in advance.Wait till Monday, and this will (or might!) correct itself.

The Chronicle of TiVo Listings

On Friday, 1st Tivo has valid listings up to Friday, 8th - 8 days worth.

On Saturday, 2nd Tivo has valid listings up to Friday, 8th - 7 days worth.

On Sunday, 3rd Tivo might have valid listings up to Friday, 15th - 6 or 13 days worth.

On Monday, 4th Tivo has valid listings up to Friday, 15th - 12 days worth.

Maybe the above, or a version of it, could be stickied somewhere.

[ericd121]

Channel BBC Radio 4
Programme The Unofficial Election
Date/Time Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 11:45pm
Problem No Season Pass and ...

No Season Pass and TiVo is missing the "The" from the title.

Incidentally, the programme is only 15 minutes long, so you could add 15 minutes padding to a Season Pass for
Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

[lcsneil]

Postcode: RG6
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBC1STH
Channel Number: 1
Programme: Doctor Who
Date & Time of Airing: 23/04/2005 19:00
Problem: Incorrect OAD

Next weeks showing of Doctor Who (and the repeat on 24/04, 19:00, BBC3) both have an OAD of Sun 7th Apr 2002. It also has no episode title or description.

Try forcing an update.
It's fine on mine.

World War Three Sat 23rd Apr 2005 BBC1LDN Sat 23rd Apr 19:00 45 Original Air Date Sat 23rd Apr 2005

World War Three Sat 23rd Apr 2005 BBC3 Sun 24th Apr 00:05 45 Original Air Date Sat 23rd Apr 2005

....possibly because up until 7 days in advance it isn't a 'proper' schedule.

Neil

[manolan]

Probably a bit late for most people.

The new series of William and Mary starting this evening (9pm) on ITV1 is NOT being picked up by a season pass for the previous ones.

[cwaring]

Platform: Telewest
Channel BravoD+1 (Assume also BravoD itself)
Ch. Number: 139 (138)
Programme Alias
Date/Time Sunday 10pm
Problem FROSP not picking it up for recording. The OAD of 02/05/2004 is probably not helping :eek: :)

Only just noticed this!

[browellm]

Postcode: NG13
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: C5
Channel Number: 5
Programme: Poker
Date & Time of Airing:18/04/2005 12:20am and daily for the next two weeks (approx)

Problem: Tivo thinks these transmissions are the same programme, so subsequent shows are not being recorded on a SP because of the 28 day rule

[johala_reewi]

Postcode: so45
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBC2
Programme: Have I Got News For You
Date: Saturday

Problem: The Saturday edition on BBC2 is a repeat of the previous night's showing (Friday) on BBC1. Tivo has both Friday (BBC1) and Saturday (BBC2) as different episodes and records/schedules both of them.

[bradleyem]

Postcode: so45
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBC2
Programme: Have I Got News For You
Date: Saturday

Problem: The Saturday edition on BBC2 is a repeat of the previous night's showing (Friday) on BBC1. Tivo has both Friday (BBC1) and Saturday (BBC2) as different episodes and records/schedules both of them.

IIRC it's because the BBC2 repeat is an extended version of the BBC1 showing. This means they are different epsiodes... or at least it was last year.

[sgni]

Now that RTE etc are on Sky for Northern Ireland viewers will Tivo be adding them to the channel listing as currently they are not.

[ozsat]

Now that RTE etc are on Sky for Northern Ireland viewers will Tivo be adding them to the channel listing as currently they are not.They should be there in tomorrow's update - if not then Wednesday.

[cwaring]

Postcode: WF1
Platform: Telewest
Channel Name: five
Channel Number: 105
Programme: Home And Away
Date: From Monday 25/04/05
Time: Weekdays 1800, repeated the following day, 1230
Problem: Incorrect OAD

Although a FROSP is not necessary for this show, anyone who has their set as such will probably not get any episodes after this week as the OAD used reverts to 19/5/1997 for every episode. This corresponds with the year shown in the 'Synopsis'; 1997.

[ash_bluewomble]

Postcode: HA4
Platform: Telewest
Channel Name: ITV1
Channel Number: 103
Programme: Hell's Kitchen
Date: From Sunday 17th April, every night for 2 weeks (?)
Time: 21:00
Problem: Bad guide data.

Some of the episodes of my season pass are not recording, with the following shown in TiVoWeb:
"Cancel Reason RecordDifferentShowing", but each ITV1 episode is unique.

[Adder]

This probably isn't TiVo's problem, but I'd like to offer some kind of reward for this, the most woefully inaccurate programme description I've ever seen:

Time: 24/4 10am
Channel: EUROGB
Title: NASCAR Racing
Episode: "Nextel Cup Series: GP2"
Description:
Action from the first race in the opening round of the Nextel Cup Series from Imola in Italy. This championship is a proven testing ground for future Formula One drivers.

Title should be: "GP2 Series"
Episode: "Round 1 Imola, Race 1"
Description:
The GP2 Series is the new single-seater competition in the Motorsports' world. It takes over from the past Formula 3000 International Championship.
The GP2 Series philosophy is to be the antechamber of Formula One and to prepare drivers to shine a few years later in the queen category. The 2005 calendar is based on the Formula 1's. Except for Bahrain (September 24th & 25th), all the GP2 Series rounds are held during the Formula 1's weekends and run on the same famous circuits.

---

It has no relationship with NASCAR or Nextel and can hardly be a proven testing ground when the first round hasn't even happened yet! :D

[juphill]

I'm a new member here, so as this is my first post I hope I'm supplying all the information correctly here:

Platform: NTL
Channel: E4
Programme: Scrubs
Date/Time: Wednesday 27/4 9:00pm and 9:30pm
Problem: FROSP not picking it up for recording

This has been the case since the new series started a couple of weeks ago.

John

[Milhouse]

From the now closed thread - 2 Feb 2005, 02:48 PM

Well here's a free clue for Tribune - it's not set in New York, it doesn't feature 16 candidates, and it doesn't offer the opportunity of working with real estate mogul Donald Trump. Nor is the show a repeat.

So the guide data is comprehensively wrong, and I don't think you can blame the BBC at all.

Saturday April 30 and May 7 BBC2LDN/STH on Telewest Analogue, post code CR0 is showing as the US version of The Apprentice (Donald Trump etc.) The time is also wrong - Tribune have the "US version" starting at 23:15 while Radio Times has the "UK Apprentice" commencing at 22:50.

Season Passes are obviously broken on this one as the wrong (US) episode data is being published.

Good to see Tribune learning from their mistakes. Er. Not.

[terryeden]

Postcode: RG14
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBCR2
Channel Number: 72
Programme: The Day The Music Died
Date & Time of Airing: 23/04/2005 13:00
Problem: Not in Guide - under wrong season pass

This series is being picked up by the "Jammin" season pass. While Jammin usually occupies the Saturday 1300 slot and is a musical comedy show - they are totally different programmes. This error is repeated on Sat 7 May guide data.

[ericd121]

Postcode: RG14
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: BBCR2
Channel Number: 72
Programme: The Day The Music Died
Date & Time of Airing: 23/04/2005 13:00
Problem: Not in Guide - under wrong season pass

This series is being picked up by the "Jammin" season pass. While Jammin usually occupies the Saturday 1300 slot and is a musical comedy show - they are totally different programmes. This error is repeated on Sat 7 May guide data.Odd, a similar thing is happening on my TiVo, (perhaps).

Channel Channel 4
Programme Relocation, Relocation
Date/Time Wednesday 27th April 8:00pm
Problem Programme being replaced by another Channel 4 SP

In my To Do List, I have
Wed 27th Apr 20:00 C4 You Are What You Eat
scheduled for 30 mins., but in TiVo's Channel 4 Listings, it has
Relocation, Relocation lasting an hour (the correct listing).

Anyone got a clue on this one? :confused:

[cwaring]

For what it's worth, DigigGuide lists "Relocation, Relocation" in that slot :)

[Rob Moss]

Postcode: NG13
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: C5
Channel Number: 5
Programme: Poker
Date & Time of Airing:18/04/2005 12:20am and daily for the next two weeks (approx)

Problem: Tivo thinks these transmissions are the same programme, so subsequent shows are not being recorded on a SP because of the 28 day rule


Same's happening with Countdown - Monday's pm episode is being recorded, but no others...

Can't believe I admitted that... :o

[pmk]

Same's happening with Countdown - Monday's pm episode is being recorded, but no others...

Can't believe I admitted that... :o

Its been broken for about 3 months nobody knows how to fix it.

See my previous posts.

I have given up reporting it now.

HTH

[Mark Bennett]

A bit late (but I only spotted it when it did not record...) Last nights 5th Gear was incorrectly dated (as 2002). For others who want to catch this, the REPEAT on Friday is correctly dated, but for some reason is not picked up by the season pass...

Postcode: GU14
Platform: SKY
Channel Name: CH5
Channel Number: 105
Programme: 5th Gear
Date & Time of Airing: 26/04/2005
Problem: Incorrectly labeled as 2002 - in fact a new 2005 episode

[sjp]

This coming Sundays Joey on C5 is NOT being picked up be the SP that picked it up last Sunday.

Another divorced/split SP instance perhaps?

[xxxx]

It's 19:15 on Tuesday April 26 and my Tivo is recording a season pass to "Watchdog" on BBC1 via Sky Digital. Or rather it isn't.

The recording details say "Watchdog 2001" but the actual programme being recorded (and the details given when looking at the Live TV/Guide) are for "Love me love my kids 2005".

How can Tivo think that two different things are on at the same time on the same channel? I've never seen it do anything like this before.

[sanderton]

Is padding involved? Live TV will show what's on now; Now Playing will show the padded programmme.

[carling]

Sunday 9:30
Breakfast with Frost
BBC1
Telewest

Season pass did not record this weeks programme - "previous programme available " etc

[xxxx]

Is padding involved?

Not at all. I don't use that in the early evening.

This was really a case of my Tivo saying that two things were on the same channel at the same time. "Watchdog" was the title/description of the recording and "Love me etc." was the title/description of what was in the guide and on Live TV. I could see both titles/descriptions just by switching from the recording to LiveTV and back. The guide still says "Love me...", for that matter, and the recording is still titled "Watchdog".

I don't understand this at all. :confused:

[ericd121]

How can Tivo think that two different things are on at the same time on the same channel? I've never seen it do anything like this before.This is the same error as my post above!

Is something weird going on? :confused:

[Paulg]

Footballers Wives - looks like the season pass has changed. It recorded up to last week, tonights and the next 3 weeks are not shown. Setting up a new season pass gets them.

This is getting silly.

[bobbymobile]

Postcode: E6
Platform: Sky
Channel Name: LBCFM
Channel Number: 927
Programme: A lot

Problem: A lot of the presenters have left and the programmes have moved about four months ago but tivo is really out of date

[Andy Leitch]

postcode- DG2
platform- sky
channel- 103 ITV1
time- Sun 1st May 3pm
programme name- World Rally Championship

SP is broken as programme name has changed to World Rally.

channel-103 ITV1
time- Sun 1st May 12:40pm
programme- he Crocodile Hunter Diaries

Programme title is missing the letter 'T' from the first word....should be 'The'

channel- 115 BBC3
time- Mon 2nd May 12am
programme- Spendaholics

No OAD or episode description...so a SP is recording every airing.....and I can't tell if I have already seen the episode or not.

channel- 127 Paramount
time- Daily 9am
programme- Kate & Allie

Sometimes has the correct OAD of 1987-89, (depending on series of course), but more often than not....it has 2005 or even a 2002 OAD. The episode on 10/5 has an OAD of 2004.

channel- 854 BBCRadio4FM
time- weekdays 12pm
programme- You & Yours

No or wrong OAD date....when this live programme does get an OAD, it's listed as 2004.

:(

[Andy Leitch]

Lots of TBA on ITV2 tonight until 1am so a SP for Hell's Kitchen won't record the Extra Portions/Live episodes. Good job I noticed this otherwise I'd be for the high-jump from Mrs Leitch. :eek:

My regional ITV station is Border, but I have the option of Border Scotland and Border England, (mainly for the increased choice of football which is broadcast)....on both channels, programmes listed as Granada regional news have started to appear, i.e. Cheshire area.

This shouldn't be happening.

Why is the data so flaky these days? :confused:

[Paul555]

postcode- DG2
platform- sky
channel- 103 ITV1
time- Sun 1st May 3pm
programme name- World Rally Championship

SP is broken as programme name has changed to World Rally.


Wish I'd seen this yesterday, missed it now. This is the third time they've changed the name, World Rally Championship, FIA World Rally Championship, now this.

[Andy Leitch]

Once again, tonight's Hell's Kitchen Extra Portions/Live shows on ITV2, are absent from the guide data and have been replaced with TBA.


:(

[nathan]

Postcode: HA8
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: ITV1
Channel Number: 3
Programme: "Formula One Racing" for the Spanish GP next weekend is now titled "Motor Racing". SP for Formula One Racing doesn't pick this up.

[csteinle]

Channel: NTL 502 CNNEU
Show: Daily Show: Global Edition
Postcode: BT4

Problem: The above mentioned Daily Show: Global Edition Season Pass won't record any new episodes - it seems it thinks that the weekly episode (which is repeated 4 times over each weekend) is the same episode that I have previously recorded. Therefore, 9 upcoming episodes, none of which are due to record.

I've manually recorded this weeks, it would be great if this was fixed for next week.

A pointer to the repeat pattern; next weeks show is on:
16/04 12:30am
16/04 8:30pm
17/04 11:30am
17/04 10:30pm

The following week's NEW episode cycle begins on 23/04 at the same time (12:30am).

Thanks.
Warren.


I reported this a month or so before Warren, and it's still not fixed yet.

[Andy Leitch]

Once again, tonight's Hell's Kitchen Extra Portions/Live shows on ITV2, are absent from the guide data and have been replaced with TBA.


:(

Same again for tonights shows.

[Andy Leitch]

The early evening regional news programmes on ITV1, (6pm), and BBC1, (6.30pm), have both failed to record properly.....probably due to the bank holiday. :down:

[lcsneil]

Postcode: W12
Platform: Sky
Channel Name: Skymix
Programme: Nip/Tick
Date & Time of Airing: Thur 5th May 05
Problem: Start time incorrect?

Tivo has Nip/Tuck starting at 23:00 whilst digiguide and sky.com (http://www.sky.com/skycom/tvguide/0,,574-2,00.html) have it starting at 22:45


Neil

[AMc]

Postcode: N16
Platform: TeleWest
Channel Name: BBC2
Programme: Mastermind
Date & Time of Airing: Tuesday 3rd May 8.00pm
Problem: Existing season pass misses this evening's episode

My Mastermind season pass is not showing any upcoming episodes.
The guide is showing Mastermind this evening as normal.
You can create a new season pass for this showing.
Looks like the series IDs are different.

Please put this back into the exisiting SP.

[warrenrb]

Channel: C4, E4, E4+1
NTL Digital
Postcode: BT4
Show: Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

My season pass for Derren Brown (E4) has died, mid series. I was scanning my to-do list, and it listed it as 'None Scheduled'. I knew there are more to go, so I looked at it's properties, and it says 'There are no upcoming episodes'.

When I search for it, with a keyword wishlist called 'Derren', I find a series called....
"Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind".

Is Derren is playing a trick with my mind? Or have the series listings gone crap?

Some Tivoweb investigation shows that the season pass I have is for series ID '939306'. The upcoming/remaining episodes are ID number '1546980'.

How/Why on earth would they change a series ID mid series?

I really like this show, and now I've missed one. Can't record it on Friday coz it clashes with HIGNFY. Can't record HIGNFY on Saturday, coz it clashes with 24. :(

[etrigan]

Postcode: M15
Platform: Sky Digital
Channel Name: Sky 1 & Sky Mix
Channel Number: 106 & 107
Programme: Revelations
Date & Time of Airing: from 17/5 2200

Episode numbers are not present, and descriptions are wrong or placeholder on all but the first ep, so season passes are being screwed up.

17/5 2200 S1, 18/5 2300 S1, 22/5 2100 SM, 23/05 2100 SM are all episode 1
24/5 2100 S1, are episode 2

and so on.

[leejordan]

Postcode: KT8
Platform: NTL Digital
Channel Name: DHL
Channel Number: 133
Programme: Men's Rooms
Date & Time of Airing: from 12/5 21.30

There seem to be two different series ids for this prog. The showing on 12/5 is different to that on 19/5.

BTW this is a make over prog aimed at gadget freaks.

Lee.

[pmk]

(1)
Freeview Channel 38
Men and Motors
Can the schedule be checked for this channel - it has recently been revamped. Generally the programmes appear to be correct but they are on at the wrong time / duration. I have set several manual recordings and a few suggestions have been recorded and not one has recorded a complete programme or even the correct programme yet.

(2)
Channel Templates
Can the channel templates be updated? ITV2 (Channel 6) has got Third Rock From The Sun in it 6 times every weekday. This is no longer shown. It is Married With Children instead. It is making the Recording History bloated with unnecessary items saying no longer in programme guide.

[nathan]

Postcode: HA8
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: CH4
Channel Number: 4
Programme: "The Explosive 80s". Two SPs exist for this series, one for the first episode, one for the second.

[SteveA]

Postcode: GU47
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: ITV1
Programme: F1: Grand Prix Live
Date & Time of Airing: Sunday May 8, 12pm
Problem: Incorrect program name and description

The program is listed simply as "motor sport", with no mention of "F1", which means that even Wishlists will fail to pick it up.

[browellm]

OK, the season pass for Grand Designs and Grand Designs Revisited is totally screwed.

This Wednesday, GDR is not picked up by an existing season pass.

The following 2 weeks Tivo has GDR down as GD, which is picked up by the original GD SP.

Nothing was recorded last Wednesday, so I presume the problem started then.

[aerialplug]

Sky Digital

Sky One season passes for old episodes of the Simpsons are being alocated 2005 dates, causing old episodes to be recorded as new episodes. This has been happening on and off for a while now as far as I can tell.

[aerialplug]

Some channels have chanded numbers on Sky Digital this morning according to Digital Spy (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds21110.html) . My TiVo's still listing the old numbers, though I'm currently forcing a download to see if they've changed this morning. My last download was just after midninght.

Edit: A forced download this morning didn't change the lineup order on TiVo, so there's currently a disparity between TiVo and Sky Digital channel numbers for 3 channels.

[ozsat]

If its the three music channels - mine all changed on TiVo this morning.

[dvdfever]

Just realised I missed the recording for today's The Wright Stuff (Five, 10.30am) since the billing's wrong and is causing it to state the reason as "This programme was not recorded because another showing was available... within 28 days of this programme."

Every day is a new programme. This happened previously when it used to be broadcast at 9am so I set a manual season pass too and let them fight it out so either way I'd still get the programme.

[SteveA]

Postcode: GU47
Platform: Freeview
Channel Name: 38/MM
Programme: Great Cars
Date & Time of Airing: Various
Problem: Every program listed as "Porsche"

Every program listed as "Porsche", in fact each program covers a different car. Monday's was the Ford Mustang.

[pmk]

Every day is a new programme..
This sounds like exactly the same problem as Countdown on C4. It must be approaching 4+ months since I first reported the problem and it still has not been fixed even though I posted every week for a good 4+ weeks.

I use a Title Wish List for Countdown and only the Monday show is recorded. As soon as I manually tell it to recorded other shows it removes the Monday one.

TIA

[woody]

Anyone with a SP set to record BAD GIRLS on ITV1 will find that the existing SP will not pick up the new series that starts tonight @ 9.

I guess it's the same problem that I reported when the new series of FOOTBALLERS WIVES started a few weeks ago.

[Andy Leitch]

Postcode - DG2
Provider - Sky
Programme Name - Formula One Racing
Channel - 103
Time - Sat 21/5 1130am & Sun 22/5

Both Saturday & Sunday airings have been cut in two.

On saturday the first programme is 1hr 5mins in length and is immediately followed by a 30 min programme.

On sunday, the actual race is split into a 35 min segment, then followed by a 2 hr 20 mins programme.

Can this be fixed, as this is a major guide error, I don't want tivo stopping then restarting recording mid-way through a live sporting event, such as the qualifing and the race.

Also the title is wrong....it should be Formula 1 (http://www.formula1.com/), not Formula One Racing.

[kitschcamp]

Hey, at least it's not lumped under "motor racing" this time...

[lcsneil]

Postcode - W12
Provider - Sky
Programme Name - Mile High or Limo Fever?
Channel - 107 SkyMix
Time - Fri 13th May 23:00 - 00:00


Tivo reckons "Mile High"
Digiguide reckons "Limo Fever"

Sky web site reckons Limo fever

http://www.sky.com/skycom/tvguide/0,,574-1,00.html


Neil

[steveroe]

Also the title is wrong....it should be Formula 1 (http://www.formula1.com/), not Formula One Racing.

Please don't change the title, I've already got 3 season passes from previous changes!

The problem here is that the data for the weekend of 21st is generic data which should be corrected before the weekend. Real data for that weekend should be downloaded over this coming weekend.

This is one major drawback about using generic data for unknown schedules (but I'm not discussing this here!)

[golden-one]

Post Code PR7.
Channel : sky 1
Program (according to Tivo) Buffy the Vampire slayer.
tivo says that it starts at 11:30, and finishes at 12:30.
It actually starts at 11, finishes at 12, and than alias is on from 12:00 till 1300.

Therefore my season pass gets the second half of buffy and the first half of alias.. then the SP for alias gets the second half of alias, and scrubs. (which for the record would have 4 thumbs down, if it'd let me)

[cwaring]

I'm sure this was fine the last time I checked it. It was certainly okay for last weeks show :(

Channel: Sky One
Title: Las Vegas
Day: Thursdays
Time: 20:00

Good job I noticed in time or there'd have been trouble ;)

[bignoise]

All Nickelodeon schedules and derivatives (e.g. Nick Replay, cable timeshares, etc) are completely wrong at the moment - it looks like the schedule for Nicktoons TV has been wrongly used instead. It's been wrong for the last week and is still wrong for as far ahead as I can see..

[steveroe]

Channel: BBC1 North
Date: 21/5
Time: 18:30

Programme Doctor Who :eek:

Problem: Incorrect Duration, TiVo shows 30 minutes, programmes is really 45 minutes. :down: :down:

[ozsat]

Channel: BBC1 North
Date: 21/5
Time: 18:30

Programme Doctor Who :eek:

Problem: Incorrect Duration, TiVo shows 30 minutes, programmes is really 45 minutes. :down: :down:All variations of BBC1 (including BBC1 North) are set to 40 minutes - which is what the BBC are listing!

[cwaring]

Sorry ozsat, but my Tivo currently shows the same as steveroe's; 30 mins duration for Dr Who next Saturday. Last call was 02:52 today. I suppose this may change before next Saturday :)

[lcsneil]

<AOL>
Me too
</AOL>

Dr Who (BBC1LDN)

21/5 30 mins duration - 18:30 start

Last update today 00:52


Neil

[ozsat]

All your download times are too soon for the latest release.

The BBC did change the times - at one point it was listing as a 6.25pm start.

[dvdfever]

BBC1 North Sky 101
Points of View (5.25pm today)
Season Pass states it was broadcast within the last 28 days. The same thing happened last week, and every episode is a new one.

Tried cancelling the Season Pass and doing a fresh one but it didn't accept that, and it's on at different times each week so not even a manual season pass would be viable.

[Andy Leitch]

Programme Name - Match Of The Day
Channel - BBC1 101
Time - 21/5 1pm

BEWARE!!

A SP for Match Of The Day, doesn't catch the FA Cup Final.....because Live has been added to the title but the SP catches the highlights airing, as it is plain, ordinary MOTD.


:down:

[steveroe]

All your download times are too soon for the latest release.

The BBC did change the times - at one point it was listing as a 6.25pm start.

18:25 would seem to be correct according to my Observer TV listings mag, which would make it a 45 minute episode (as normal) if it ends at 19:10 (which seems to be when Confidential starts on bbc3)

Anyway, 5 minutes start padding added just in case.

[sanderton]

MCE managed to cut the first 5 mins off the BBC3 showing yesterday and I gather some Sky+s didn't record it at all, so obviously confusion reins in EPG land on this one.

[Andy Leitch]

I've noticed some odd errors in my TDL.

Hell's Kitchen was scheduled to be recorded tonight at 9pm from ITV1. I know the series has finished so I left it, just in case it was an update programme....but it has disappeared from tonight's TDL.

Similarly, That's So Last Week on Channel 5, keeps appearing on Mondays...but never records....because the series has finished....it was in the TDL for 23/5...but it vanished.....now it has appeared again for the 30/5.

:confused:

[ericd121]

Programme Name - Match Of The Day
Channel - BBC1 101
Time - 21/5 1pm

A SP for Match Of The Day, doesn't catch the FA Cup Final.....because Live has been added to the title but the SP catches the highlights airing, as it is plain, ordinary MOTD.

:down:It's been this way for every round;
the live matches are caught by the Match Of The Day Live Season Pass and
the highlights, as you say, by the plain old Match Of The Day Season Pass. :up:

However, the final isn't being picked up by the Match Of The Day Live Season Pass, either. :down: :(

You'd think the yanks might have taken an interest this year... :rolleyes:

[cwaring]

I've noticed some odd errors in my TDL. :confused:
I believe this is because these programmes are in the 'channel template' that Tribune have started to use instead of 'To Be Announced' or 'Channel [name] Broadcasting'.

18:25 would seem to be correct according to my Observer TV listings mag, which would make it a 45 minute episode (as normal) if it ends at 19:10 (which seems to be when Confidential starts on bbc3)

Anyway, 5 minutes start padding added just in case.
Tivo and DigiGuide list it as 1830 and as they are more up-to-date than any paper guide (the time changed on Sunday), I think I know who I believe :)

Yeah, I'll be padding too though, just in case ;)

[sanderton]

Dr Who shows 40 min on BBC1 on Saturday on the BBC website. But the BBC3 repeat shows as 45 mins. Sommat's wrong!

[Andy Leitch]

I believe this is because these programmes are in the 'channel template' that Tribune have started to use instead of 'To Be Announced' or 'Channel [name] Broadcasting'.

Just found another 'phantom' entry in my TDL for the 22/5 at 10pm on ITV1. :(

http://img207.echo.cx/img207/5086/sp8jt.th.jpg (http://img207.echo.cx/my.php?image=sp8jt.jpg)

This could cause some confusion if there was a clash....how would I know which programme to record?? :confused:

Oh for a second tuner..... :p :)

[pmk]

My To Do List / Recording History is full of old programmes. Hells Kitchen, Celebrity Fame Academy and Third Rock From The Sun to name the ones that are causing confusion for me.

This together with the fact guide errors are no longer being fixed, duplicate programme names being listed and SPs not working (I mainly use Wish Lists to avoid this but I still need a few SPs) it is getting very annoying.

I am nearly at the stage where I wish an alternative was available to relying on Tribune.

TIA

[Ollie]

Channel: BBC1 (London)
Programme Name: Journey of Life
Date/Time: Thursday 19th May, 9pm-10pm
Problem: TiVo has this scheduled for 9:30pm-10pm.

[b166er]

Listings have Weeknights CNBC on Sky 510 as:

10pm Kudlow & Cramer
11pm Teleshopping

Sky & Radio Times website, and the channel itself have:

10pm The Tonight Show
10:45pm Late Night with Conan O'Brien

I've wished they'd show these programmes nightly forever. Now they finally do but I can't set a season pass :mad:

[browellm]

Channel: BBC4
Programme Name: The Thick of It
Date/Time: Thursday 19th May, 10:30pm

Problem: *Sigh*, An SP for this results in every repeated episode for the week being recorded as a new ep.
THEN, there is a second entry in the TiVo title list for next week's NEW ep. (26th May 10:30pm). Setting an SP for this also causes this full week of repeats to record too.

Come on chaps, this is getting beyond a joke.

[Andy Leitch]

Programme - Inside Grand Prix
Channel - 413 Motors
Provider - Sky
Time - 19/5 6pm

A SP doesn't record this edition of the preview of the Monaco GP.

A second SP has to be set.

Admittedly it's on a minor channel but a SP is a SP.

[cwaring]

Callsign: BBC1NTH
Programme Name: "Neighbours"
Date/Time: Mon 23rd to Fri 27th May, 2005
Problem: Won't record with current NEW SP. I think it's reverted to the old SeriesID (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=227651) :(

[gavinss]

They have now been on, but having programs marked as repeats is pretty poor! If you cannot be bothered to track repeats properly, then don't bother and record all - at least we can choose to delete it rather than miss it (This seems to happen for WMTBAM on ITV2, when all tape). Now to the point, first is a staple diet shown as a new episode every Friday (and previously Thursday) for the last 20 plus years - so you would think the guide people would not get it wrong, but yes, Tivo claims it is a repeat:

Program: Top of the Pops
Channel: BBC1
Date & Time: 7.30pm, 20 May
Issue: Claims it was already recorded

Also, achieved on the same night, may be not quite as popular but could still me annoying as you would miss the result of the competition:

Program: American Idol
Channel: ITV2
Time: 9.20pm
Problem: Thinks it is a repeat

While on this thread, I do not like the extra incorrect information which get filled in advance since europe took over doing tribune data. The information they keep putting in is for completed series, and when it later is removed the "Recording History" is cluttered with programs whose scheduled has changed (when they did not - it is just that incorrect data was put in), so you can easily miss the real problems like actual clashes and Tivo guide indicating repeats incorrectly. Would you believe that months after "Comic Relief does Fame Academy" finished they still think the program about it is on CBBC! Also, The Apprentice finished a few weeks back and it is still listed and then removed before it comes on. I was actually thinking it was the USA series, as the episode information was wrong, indicating "Donald Trump" which was done prior to the Alan Sugar UK version, but have found it has always been deleted before recording, so must just be a Tribune vapour-ware program.

Finally, for a few years I have been taping Formula One successfully, and still managed it the other week because this forum showed the foul-up. In fact it was indicated days before, but was still not corrected before the race. The foul-up was that Formula One did not have Formula One in the title or description. It was just Motor Racing! Now that has never happened before Europe took over. But do not worry, they tried to make up for not marking Formula One correctly - this time it was last weekend when they marked motor racing which was NOT Formula One as Formula One - it was actually GP2!

My Wife has also been moaning that some soap operas have not been taping properly due to the 28-day repeat rule, which has had bad data.

Basically the usefulness of the Tivo boils down to the data provided. If it cannot be relied on to record things correctly, it is like having an alarm clock which does not go off every morning - useless. If not sorted, then I will have to use the Windows Media Centre, where the data is usually better than Tivo despite currently being free and not the £10 a month a subscriber would pay! Or may be that is what Tivo want us to do - as there is no longer a UK manufacturer if the UK stop needing the program data it may save them money, as I guess most people have a lifetime service. The money paid which was supposed to cover not only program data but updates to software - when there has been no update done for years - which shows they are not committed to the UK! Yes, improvements in padding without having to DIY would be useful, and making "Recording History" more readable - i.e. highlight the real problems, such as clashes which result in a program being missed, rather than muddled with scheduled changes and 28-day rule - and you cannot see the reason for the entry unless you open it up.

Anyway, enough of a rant for tonight, yours hoping for improved software and data for my 2 subscribed machines.

Gavin

[Andy Leitch]

I'm still showing Hell's Kitchen in my TDL for Sun 22/5 @ 10pm...so upon checking with various other sources....if I had a SP for Celebrity Love Island....(which is the proper scheduled programme at that time)......it wouldn't record. :down:

Mrs L would *not* be happy about that! ;)

Errors on minor channels in the wee hours of the morning, I can live with....but peak time.....on a main channel.....on a Sunday night......is unforgivable!!

:( :( :(

[Gavin]

[QUOTE=cwaring]I'm sure this was fine the last time I checked it. It was certainly okay for last weeks show :(

Channel: Sky One
Title: Las Vegas
Day: Thursdays
Time: 20:00

[QUOTE]

Looks like Sky one are re-showing the 1st series and as I hadn't deleted my old SP they're appearing in that SP whereas the new are not being recorded by another new SP, (not sure why not there not in to do or recording history to say why they are not to be recorded). Will call it in when they are open but this is getting silly, season passes are meant to allow you to get a season not just a few ep's of a sereries till they change the ID.

OZSat: I know you may be an unofficial route, back but can this bad guide data problem be flagged back?

[cwaring]

Just in case anyone doesn't know :)

Due to the extended FA Cup coverage, the final of "Junior Mastermind" will now be shown tomorrow (Sunday) at 3.35pm on BBC1. Therefore the scheduled episodes of "Bargain Hunt" and "As Time Goes By" will not be show.

[LJ]

Just as well I got home in time! TiVo had recorded 15 minutes from 12:00 - 12:15 and then wasn't going to record any more as something else conflicted! :eek: :mad:

Just in case any one else is expecting it to record...

What's happened to the guide data lately? :down: :down: :down:

[LJ]

While I'm moaning about cr*p guide data, next week's Grand Prix data is stuffed too.

ITV.com says:
12:00 - 15:00 F1

TiVo says:
12:00 - 12:15 F1
12:15 - 12:45 Week
12:45 - 13:40 F1
13:40 - 13:45 London Today
13:45 - 15:00 F1

:(

[cwaring]

Just as well I got home in time! TiVo had recorded 15 minutes from 12:00 - 12:15 and then wasn't going to record any more as something else conflicted! :eek: :mad:

Just in case any one else is expecting it to record...

What's happened to the guide data lately? :down: :down: :down:

My Tivo has it as 12-3pm'ish, so how can it only record 15 mins *then* need to change channel? :confused:

[steveroe]

Agree with Carl here, my F1 data for today is correct (check you recent daily calls are working?)

Also agree with LJ however, next week's data is also wrong on ITV1YOR.

Also GP2 highlights have now been lumped in with the current "Forumla One Racing" season pass, they aren't Formula One and should have their own series (at least be in the "Motor Racing" series that a lot of other sport gets put in (GP2 on Eurosport is in this)).

[cwaring]

Callsign: BRAVOD
Programme Name: Alias
Date/Time: 22/05/05 / 2100
Problem: Won't record
Note: Also effects +1 of course!

Tivo thinks it's the same ep as last week, but it's not. Unusually, DigiGuide also lists this ep. :confused:.

Bravo's own schedule pages has the correct ep listed.

[LJ]

My Tivo has it as 12-3pm'ish, so how can it only record 15 mins *then* need to change channel? :confused:Looks like this week's data was originally similar to the way next week's data is at the moment - i.e. broken into three parts with two other shows in the gaps. My daily calls are working fine and the Channel Guide shows 12:00-15:20 so I don't know why TiVo still thought the first chunk was only 15 mins. Recording History is no help either. :confused:

Anyway, since we're not discussing things in this thread I'll just repeat that next week's data is wrong. ;)

[LJ]

This has two seasons passes for the same series.

[sjp]

maybe we're going to get a seperate SP for each type of flower shown at the CFS this year ;)

two SPs for any given show is currently quite "normal", where ya been man?

[LJ]

maybe we're going to get a seperate SP for each type of flower shown at the CFS this year ;)While I'm pruning out the dead wood from my SP list I just thought I'd point out the ones where there are future programmes in multiple SPs. Here're are some more:

BBCR3: Discovering Music
BBC2: The Next Big Thing
BBC2/UKGLD/UKG2: Have I Got News For You (This has three active SPs!)
BBC2: The Apprentice
C4/DISCRT: Room For Improvement ;)

two SPs for any given show is currently quite "normal", where ya been man?Normal in TribuneOrWhoeverTheyAreNow's world maybe!

Where's that smell of manure coming from...? :p

[Milhouse]

SKYSP1 and SKYSP2 - "Mourinho: The Special One" - Gary Lineker profiles Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Big Ears On SKY? I don't think so! Tribune have used the programme data from the BBC1 showing (on Monday evening at 22:35) for the SKY Programme (repeated 5 times on SKYSP1 and SKYSP2 on Sunday and Monday).

Fortunately the SKY programme is also about the manager of Gods football team, however it's a different programme entirely and only serves to ilustrate how lazy/incompetent the updated Tribune system now is when they can't even differentiate between BBC and SKY content. "Yeah, it's about the same bloke - just use the BBC1 data, nobody will notice"

Can we have the old Tribune system back? It's gone down hill since they tinkered with it. :(

[dvdfever]

Neighbours (BBC1, Sky 101) has disappeared because "it is no longer in the programme guide" (both 1.40pm and 5.35pm). Checked the guide and it's there, so I set up a new season pass and it's taken effect.

[cwaring]

Hey Dom! Check Post #164 above :)

[dvdfever]

Hey Dom! Check Post #164 above :)

Oh, strewth! :)

[b166er]

Listings have Weeknights CNBC on Sky 510 as:

10pm Kudlow & Cramer
11pm Teleshopping

Sky & Radio Times website, and the channel itself have:

10pm The Tonight Show
10:45pm Late Night with Conan O'Brien

I've wished they'd show these programmes nightly forever. Now they finally do but I can't set a season pass :mad:

Bump! I've had 4 daily calls since I posted this and it's still wrong. How long does it usually take for 'them' to take notice? Or is this thread just for our benefit so we can inform each other? Tonight TiVo shows 10pm Topic A with Tina Brown.

[RoyWatts]

Neighbours (BBC1, Sky 101) has disappeared because "it is no longer in the programme guide" (both 1.40pm and 5.35pm). Checked the guide and it's there, so I set up a new season pass and it's taken effect.


Seems to be same on freeview, BBC1SE (and so I take it all BBC1). Also looks like a season pass booked today will not get episodes after the 27th May??

[sanderton]

These shows have entries under more than one series ID, when they are all the same show. There is therefore a risk that some SPs will not pick up all episodes:

Have I Got News for You (3 IDs)
Horizon (2 IDs)
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005 (2 IDs)
Room 101 (2 IDs)
Andes to Amazon (2 IDs)


And, slightly Bizarrely, the guide data is showing two upcoming Six Nations Grandstands...

[AMc]

Another retrospective couple...
#1 Alias was going to miss because it thought it was a repeat. Next week is also missing in action. Changing from FRO to all showings has it scheduled (for now) and I had to manually push Sunday night's episode.

#2
BBC2 (102)
TeleWest
22nd May 05
Late evening
Lost in La Mancha (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308514/ was being shown. In the Tivo listings this was down as 'Storyville' with an episode of 'Lost in La Mancha'. My 'Terry Gilliam' wishlist missed it. No idea if it was strictly listed correctly but The Guardian Guide had it down under it's own title.

[AENG]

Could somebody kindly get a GRIP on this apparently random series ID nonsense, please? It's making a mockery of one of TiVo's crucial USPs. the change from US- to Europe-based EPG data seems to have been a markedly retrograde step, doesn't it?

[alanjrobertson]

More on the Neighbours problem - there now appear to be three possible season passes on the system - I searched for Neighbours in the TivoWeb and the 1st one (the one I had as current) doesn't list any episodes until 2 weeks in the future; the next one is for this week, and the one after is for the week after that (ie before the current SP kicks in again).

Simple question - what the heck are Tribune up to? It's not like Neighbours has changed in timing or channel for years (decades!) now, so why on earth are they mucking about with this? I'd happened to used my Fusion FVRT150 to record it today anyway, so I got most of it (the end was cut off as it had started late due to the BBC strike).

Alan

[sanderton]

Some more orphaned SPs:

London (1 ID, but it's different from the last time it was shown)
Bob The Builder (2 IDs)
Rough Science (1 ID, but different to last time it was shown)

[sanderton]

The following seried NAMES exist in the database twice or more. Some are genuinely two different series. Others are not. I'm having some TivoiWeb problems which stop me eliminating some. Suggest you check any programmes on this list for which you have a SP.


2 STUPID DOGS
25TH HOUR
28 DAYS LATER
3 MINUTE WONDER
3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN
4PLAY
A2Z
ABSOLUTE POWER
ACADEMY
ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH
AFTERNOON PLAY
AGATHA CHRISTIES PARTNERS IN CRIME
AIRLINE
AIRPORT
ALADDIN
ALEVELS
ALIENS AMONG US
ALISTAIR MCGOWANS BIG IMPRESSION
ALL ACCESS
ALL OR NOTHING
AN EARTH MADE FOR LIFE
ANASTASIA
ANDES TO AMAZON
APPRENTICE
ARMY OF DARKNESS
AROUND THE HOUSE
ARTHUR
ASSASSIN
ATHLETICS
ATP TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
AUTO MOTOR UND SPORT TV
BABECAST XXX
BALD
BANGKOK BOUND
BANK OF MUM AND DAD
BATTLEFIELD DETECTIVES
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
BEFORE THE PARTY
BEHIND THE SCENES
BEST
BEST IN SHOW
BETWEEN THE LINES
BIG BANG
BIG BROTHER LIVE
BIG QUESTION
BIRDS
BLOOMBERG ENCOUNTERS
BLOOMBERG MONEY
BLOOMBERG ON SPORT
BLUE JEAN COP
BOB HARRIS
BOB THE BUILDER
BOXING
BOXING CLASSICS
BREAKFAST
BREAKING THE SILENCE
BRITISH ISLES A NATURAL HISTORY
BUMP
CALAMITY JANE
CALL
CAPITAL FLOYD
CAR IS BORN
CASINO
CASTLE IN THE COUNTRY
CASUALTY AT HOLBY CITY
CHALLENGE
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEEKLY
CHANCERS
CHARLIES ANGELS FULL THROTTLE
CHILD SNATCHERS
CHRIS ISAAK SHOW
CHRISTMAS TALE
CINEMA IRAN
CIRCUS
CIVIL WAR
CLASSIC ALBUMS
CLOSE UP
CLUELESS
COLD CASE
COMIC RELIEF DOES FAME ACADEMY
COPS
CORE
COUNTERPOINT
CRIME PATROL
CRIME TEAM
CRIMEFIGHTERS
CROSSING JORDAN
CRUISE WITH STELIOS
DANCE DANCE
DDAY MEN AND MACHINES
DEEP IN MY HEART
DETECTIVES OF THE DEEP
DIARY
DIGITAL STORIES
DISCOVERING MUSIC
DNA
DOCTOR WHO
DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER
DONT BLAME THE KOALAS
DRAGNET
DREAM HOLIDAY HOME
E TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY
ELVIS THE GREAT PERFORMANCES
EMERGENCY
EMPIRE
EMPIRE RECORDS
END OF THE LINE
EXCESS BAGGAGE
EXTREME CLOSEUP
EYE FOR AN EYE
FA CUP CLASSICS
FARSCAPE
FLASH
FLASHBACK
FOLLOW YOUR HEART
FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE
FOOTBALL YEARS
FOREVER
FORMULA ONE RACING
FOUR FEATHERS
FREE VIEW
FROM FLAB TO FAB
FUNKY VALLEY
GAME
GARDEN OF STORIES
GARDENING WITH THE EXPERTS
GARY THE RAT
GET YOUR HITS OUT
GO FISHING SPECIALS
GOLDEN MOMENTS
GOLDEN RULES OF COMEDY THE BOSS IS NEVER RIGHT
GOLF
GOLF IRELAND
GOOD VS EVIL
GOSPEL TRUTH
GREEN ROOM
GUARDIAN
HALF AND HALF
HARDTALK
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
HEAT
HIGH STAKES
HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
HITLER
HITLIST UK
HOLBY CITY
HOLY GRAIL
HOME FRONT
HORIZON
HORSE RACING
HOT SPOTS
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
HOW TO SURVIVE
HUMAN BODY
I LOVE YOU
ILLUSTRATED MUM
IM SORRY I HAVENT A CLUE
IMPACT STORIES OF SURVIVAL
IN CONVERSATION WITH
IN SEARCH OF MYTHS AND HEROES
IN TOUCH
INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO
INSIDE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE
INSIGHT
INSPECTOR GADGET
INVASION
IRB RUGBY WORLD SEVENS
IS HARRY ON THE BOAT
IVORS AT 50
JACKIE COLLINS PRESENTS
JEET
JOEY
JOHNNY VEGAS 18 STONE OF IDIOT
JOURNAL
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
JUST CAUSE
JUST MARRIED
K9 BOOT CAMP
KING SOLOMONS MINES
KINO
KITEBOARDING
KOFFEE WITH KARAN
LA SEMAINE VERTE
LABIA WARRIOR PRINCESS
LAFFAIRE MARIE BESNARD
LAKE ESCAPES
LAND BEFORE TIME X THE GREAT LONGNECK MIGRATION
LANDSCAPE MYSTERIES
LAS VEGAS
LAST OF THE MOHICANS
LATE EDITION
LE DIVORCE
LE MIROIR DE LEAU
LEADING EDGE
LEGENDS
LIGHT ON THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK
LINE OF FIRE
LION IN WINTER
LITTLE ANTICS
LIVING WILD
LONG WAY ROUND
LOULOU
LOVE MATCH
LOVE SHACK
LYING GAME
M1X
MAA AUR MAMTA
MAD MIKE AND MARK
MADAME BOVARY
MADE
MADE IN GERMANY
MARK LAMARR
MASSIVE NATURE
MATCH
MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE
MEAN MACHINE
MECHANICK
MEDITERRANEO
MERI BIWI WONDERFUL
MICHAEL JACKSON TRIAL
MIRCH MASALA
MIX
MLB BASEBALL
MOB SCENE
MONEY BOX
MONKEY BUSINESS
MORONIC 21ST CENTURY IDIOTS
MOST DANGEROUS
MOTORCYCLE RACING
MOTORWAY PATROL
MRS JONES 2
MY UNCLE SILAS
MYSTERIES OF THE NILE
MYSTI SHOW
NASCAR RACING
NEIGHBOURS
NEW EVERY MORNING
NEW SCOOBYDOO MOVIES
NEWS
NEWSBEAT
NEXT BIG THING
NEXT JOE MILLIONAIRE
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
NIGHT TO REMEMBER
NORTH POLE 18
OAPS ON ASBOS
ONECLICKMAGAZINE
PANTIES
PARADISE HOTEL
PARKINSON
PAYBACK
PEMBROKESHIRE LAND OF DREAMS
PERFECT GETAWAY
PIN IT SQUASH IT PICKLE IT AND STUFF
PLACE IN THE SUN
PLAYER
PODGE AND RODGE
POINT PLEASANT
POSSESSION
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
PRERACE SHOW
PRIMARY FOCUS
PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK
PRINCE WILLIAM
PRINCIPLES OF LUST
PRISONER OF ZENDA
PROJECT X
PROPERTY MATTERS
QUADRIGA
QUIZ 9
RACING CAR IS BORN
RALLYMAXTV
RALLYZONE
RAMBLINGS
RAMPAGE
REX HUNTS FISHING ADVENTURES
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2005
RIDING ROUTE 66
ROAD TO NOWHERE
ROOM 101
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
ROOTED
ROUGH SCIENCE
RUGBY
RUSSELL GRANTS POSTCARDS
SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL
SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2005
SATURDAY SHOW
SCARECROW
SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE USA
SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS
SELLING HOUSES
SEX SENSE
SEXY GIRLS NEXT DOOR
SHOWDOWN
SIOE TYDDYN A GARDD
SKY VEGAS LIVE
SNICKERS GAME ON
SNOBS
SNOOKER EXTRA
SOCCER NIGHT
SORTED
SOUNDS OF THE 70S
SPEEDWAY
SPIDERMAN
SPIN AND WIN
SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
SPORTS WEEKLY
SPORTSCENE
STAR WARS FEEL THE FORCE
STARS PARADE
STEFANS ULTIMATE GARDENS
STORY SO FAR
STORYBOOK
STRICTLY SOHO
STUPID
SUNDAY BEST
SUNDAY LIVE
SUNRISE
SUNSHINE BOYS
SUPERNANNY
SURROGATE SISTER THE GREATEST GIFT
SWEET DREAMS
SYKES
TALKING MOVIES
TARGET EARTH
TEEN ANGEL
TELESHOPPING
TENNIS
TEST CRICKET
TEST THE NATION
THICK OF IT
THIN BLUE LINE
THIS WEEK
THRILL RIDES
TIMEWATCH
TMF TOP 10
TO BE ANNOUNCED
TOM JERRY KIDS
TOM MORTON
TOP 10
TOP 24 CLUBS
TOUCHING EVIL
TOURIST
TOURIST POLICE
TOWN THAT WANTS A TWIN
TRAVEL CHANNEL GUIDE
TRUTH ABOUT KILLING
TURNING POINT
TV5 LINVITE
TWILIGHT ZONE
TWISTED TALES
TWO FAT LADIES
UFO DOWN TO EARTH
UNCUT THE VILLA II
UNFORGIVEN
VALUES ADDED
VIPER
WAITING FOR GOD
WAY WE WERE
WEDDING STORY
WEEKEND BREAKFAST WITH SPOONY
WHATS ON
WHEELER DEALERS
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY
WILD CARD
WILDBOYZ
WITNESS
WORLD BUSINESS REPORT
WORLD COMEDY TOUR 2004
WORLD CUP
WORLD REPORT
WORLD SPORT
WORLDS GREATEST AUTO SHOWS
WORLDS WILDEST POLICE VIDEOS
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
XMEN
YOKO JAKAMOKO TOTO
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
ZOO

[donnap]

Platform: Freeview
Callsign: ABC1
Programme Name: Hope and Faith
Date/Time: various
Problem: All Actors listed are incorrect (from a TV series called "Hope Island"!)

[pmk]

Simple question - what the heck are Tribune up to?

I have been waiting for months (lost count now) for them to fix Countdown on C4 at 15:15 it only records the Monday show the rest are excluded due to the 28 day rule.

I posted at the time that the guide data was getting very poor when Tribune EU took over but as I was ignored everyone if paying the price now.

I wonder what will happen when all the really popular programmes start getting hit with this problem I wonder if we will get any action then!

[b166er]

Bump! I've had 4 daily calls since I posted this and it's still wrong. How long does it usually take for 'them' to take notice? Or is this thread just for our benefit so we can inform each other? Tonight TiVo shows 10pm Topic A with Tina Brown.

Evening listings for CNBC Europe Sky 510 are still wrong. From reading another thread here I know you can't take my word for it (even though the Sky EPG is correct) so here's a link to the CNBC website where it clearly shows that tonight at 10pm (11pm CET) it's NOT the show that the TiVo EPG lists:

http://www.cnbceurope.com/television/european/

CNBC seems to have permanently changed their evening line-up for weekdays to include 10pm (11pm CET) The Tonight Show and 10:45pm (11:45pm CET) Late Night with Conan O'Brien. These shows were previously only on at weekends, now they're on every day (with the weekends being as they were 8pm-10pm).

Is that good enough Tribune? I've told you exactly what the changes are and provided a link to the television channels website to prove it.

I've read in other threads that you have a 3-day turnaround on corrections. Why it's not 24-48 hours I don't know but there it is.

So can I expect that by the time my Friday daily call occurs (usually late morning) these changes will be incorporated?

[ozsat]

Please don't start discussions again in this thread - please use the existing thread for discussions.

All schedule errors in this thread are reported to Tribune - and the turn around time is up to 48 hours once in the system.

[b166er]

Please don't start discussions again in this thread - please use the existing thread for discussions.

All schedule errors in this thread are reported to Tribune - and the turn around time is up to 48 hours once in the system.

48 hours? Sorry, but 6 days is more than 48 hours.

[Crispin]

Platform: NTL
Postcode: CB4

Channel: BBC4
Program: The thick of it

This must be a record, there has been 1 episode in this series, and we have already got 2 season passes :-(

Channel: Sky one / Sky Mix
Program: 24

Each episode seems to be recorded twice, once on Sunday night on Sky one, and once on Sky mix on Wednesday evening, they are the same episode, so should only be recorded once.

[Cainam]

Not meaning to start a discussion, but...

IIRC, Season Passes are Channel specific. So, to respond to Crispin's post, it is correct that there are 2 Season passes, as Sky One is a different channel from Sky Mix.

As long as you only have one of the Season Passes in your list, it will only record one of the programs.

If you have both Season Passes in your list, it will record both of the programs

If you have a Title Wishlist set up, it will record the program no matter what channel it is on, so it will record both programs

:up:

[bradleyem]

Not meaning to start a discussion, but...

IIRC, Season Passes are Channel specific. So, to respond to Crispin's post, it is correct that there are 2 Season passes, as Sky One is a different channel from Sky Mix.

As long as you only have one of the Season Passes in your list, it will only record one of the programs.

If you have both Season Passes in your list, it will record both of the programs

If you have a Title Wishlist set up, it will record the program no matter what channel it is on, so it will record both programs

:up:

No, that's wrong. If you have both SPs it will only record one of the showings if the guide data is correct as the episode IDs are (or rather should be) the same.

As to which showing is recorded, it will show any recording from the highest priority SP, so in the event of your SP order being:

1: 24 (skymix)
2: 24 (skyone)

and the showing are:

Thur 10pm 24 (sky one)
Sat 11pm 24 (sky mix)

Then assuming both slots are free, the Saturday showing will be recorded as it is a higher priority. Only one will (should) be recorded.

The Thick of It is certainly wrong, multiple SPs for a start, unsure of 24.

[browellm]

Channel: BBC4
Programme Name: The Thick of It
Date/Time: Thursday 19th May, 10:30pm

Problem: *Sigh*, An SP for this results in every repeated episode for the week being recorded as a new ep.
THEN, there is a second entry in the TiVo title list for next week's NEW ep. (26th May 10:30pm). Setting an SP for this also causes this full week of repeats to record too.

Come on chaps, this is getting beyond a joke.

Already raised, not fixed yet.

[Mr 999]

Already raised, not fixed yet.

But it was reported (far) more than 48 hours ago! ;)

To stay on topic: my Tivo is trying to record Hell's Kitchen on ITV1 :D

[cwaring]

To stay on topic: my Tivo is trying to record Hell's Kitchen on ITV1 :D

Why? It's nowhere to be seen in my listings :confused:What I am getting it, assuming that HK is used in the ITV1 Generic Template, why is it still in your TDL? Surely it should have been replaced last week sometime?

Are your daily calls happening ok?

[ozsat]

From today, you should no longer see the generic titles for the five major channels based on a previous schedule. Instead you should just get a repeating channel name for the period where schedules have not been release.

Be assured that Tribune are receiving (and noting) your comments.

[bradleyem]

Good.

Although it is a pity because if was done properly, with some planning and knowledge of the schedules, it could be a useful feature.

[sjp]

Sky One - 24
Sunday June 12th 9pm and 10pm

There seems to be a confusion over the episodes (note the plural) of 24 according to TiVo. Sunday June 12th has an episode 10pm as well as the normal 9pm showing.

At the moment the 9pm showing is untitled while the 10pm one seems to have skipped an hour from the previous Sundays episode...

9pm Sunday June 5th 2am - 3am
9pm Sunday June 12th untitled
10pm Sunday June 12th 4am - 5am

This could well be up for correction in due course but as it stands at the moment it is confusion at best and, possibly, episode skipping at worst.

[Stainless Steele]

Where should I start?

[cwaring]

Sky One - 24
Sunday June 12th 9pm and 10pm

There seems to be a confusion over the episodes

You don't think it could possible be that they will be showing TWO episodes on one night? May I remind you of the Hours 1&2 :)

9pm Sunday June 5th 2am - 3am
9pm Sunday June 12th 3am - 4am
10pm Sunday June 12th 4am - 5am

Also...
Where should I start?
Could you please be a little less vague :D

[b166er]

Be assured that Tribune are receiving (and noting) your comments.Well I guess I should be pleased after today's daily update. :)

Now CNBC Europe (Sky 510) shows The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien airing back to back after 10pm. Trouble is the data is slightly wrong. :down:

To repeat what I said last week:

Monday -> Friday:
10pm - 10:45pm = The Tonight Show
10:45pm - 11:30pm = Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sky EPG is showing the correct information as is http://www.cnbceurope.com/television/european (although they're showing it in european time +1 hour because cnbc europe website always talks in central european time).

At least if I have SP's for both of them I'll get all 90 minutes although the split between shows will be out by 15 minutes :D

[cwaring]

Sky EPG is showing the correct information ...
I think it's worth repeating that the Sky EPG will *always* show the correct info because:

1. Each channel is responsible for their own EPG data
and
2. They get fined if it is wrong

I'm just saying that I think it is un-fair to compare the Sky EPG with Tivo's.

(PS. I'm not "discussing", I'm giving info :p :D)

[woody]

my tivo shows that ER on chanel4 on 30th May is on at 9pm. It's not, the announcement at the end of this weeks show said it would be on at 9.30, and is confirmed by digiguide (see below)

DRAMA: ER
Channel: C4 4
Date: Monday 30th May 2005
Time: 21:30 to 22:30 (starting in 5 days) (TIVO HAS THIS AS 21.00 to 22.00 whih isn't correct)
Duration: 1 hour.
VideoPlus: 70566
Carter Est Amoureux. Series 11, episode 21.
Drama series set in the busy emergency room of a Chicago hospital.
Pratt explodes at Neela for performing a complicated procedure on a baby, Abby misdiagnoses an emphysema patient, and Ray's procedural misstep on a stab victim has terrible results. Meanwhile, away from the Emergency Room, Carter dashes to Paris after learning that Kem's mother has been hospitalised.
Starring: Thandie Newton
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 4 Star)

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.digiguide.com. Copyright ©1999-2003 GipsyMedia Ltd. Information copied from DigiGuide cannot be re-distributed, sold or used without prior written consent from GipsyMedia Ltd. All rights reserved.

[ozsat]

I think it's worth repeating that the Sky EPG will *always* show the correct info because:

1. Each channel is responsible for their own EPG data
and
2. They get fined if it is wrong

I'm just saying that I think it is un-fair to compare the Sky EPG with Tivo's.

(PS. I'm not "discussing", I'm giving info :p :D)Actually, the Sky EPG is often wrong - especially on the minority channels.

[b166er]

This is both a question and info about some programs on sky channel 510 CNBCEurope.

I've tried creating a season pass to "The Tonight Show". When I look at upcoming programmes it says it's only going to record the first one (tonight's). Of course the SP is set to record first run and repeats. I guess the programs are all badly marked and the 28 day rule is incorrectly kicking in.

If I try instead to create a title wishlist to it, the wishlist only finds one episode - the first one. Now that freaks me out totally. They're all titled identically.

Again I'm having to resort to manual repeat recordings because neither a season pass or a wishlist is able to catch the shows.

The situation with Letterman on ITV 2 is equally odd. A season pass never worked (it missed too many shows) so I resorted to a title wishlist and have to get both recordings (the 1am-ish and the 5am-ish ones). Even the wishlist I have little confidence about based on the experience with the tonight show one. Just not finding shows that **DO** match the title.

Tribune - can you PLEASE just mark these three shows as follows:

CNBC Sky 510 = 10pm-10:45pm "The Tonight Show" [Mark as Not a Repeat]

CNBC Sky 510 = 10:45pm-11:30pm "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" [Mark as Not a repeat]

ITV2 Sky 118 = around 1:30am "Late Show with David Letterman" [Mark as Not a repeat]

ITV2 Sky 118 = around 5:00am "Late Show with David Letterman" [Mark as a Repeat of the 1am show]

By doing that, a SP to either of the CNBC shows will get all episodes, and a SP to the Letterman show will get either the 1:30am or the 5:00am show allowing clash/priority to choose which one to get. :confused: :confused: :confused:

[sanderton]

The problem with The Tonight Show is that all episodes have been given one specific episode's TMSId, EP0043973381, instead of the generic ID they should have been given of SH0043970000 - easy for Tribune to fix. Even better would be a real epiode ID for each one of course.

the Wishlist thing is normal, b166er - Wishlists only ever display one copy of each episode; and the guide data says they are all the same episode.

[b166er]

The problem with The Tonight Show is that all episodes have been given one specific episode's TMSId, EP0043973381, instead of the generic ID they should have been given of SH0043970000 - easy for Tribune to fix. Even better would be a real epiode ID for each one of course.Ideally I wish they'd mark each show as new regardless of whether it is or not. Then the SP's would catch every show and it's only when CNBC decide to pop in a repeat very occasionally that it would be wrong. That way it would be right more than 90% of the time. Currently it's the other way around, it's wrong 90% of the time.

the Wishlist thing is normal, b166er - Wishlists only ever display one copy of each episode; and the guide data says they are all the same episode.Interesting, weird and true. Here's what I have now. In my Season Pass manager at position 20 I have a regular season pass to ITV2 letterman show. When I look at upcoming episodes it shows 11 of them. None are marked to be recorded by the SP. All are marked to be recorded by the wishlist. This is the wishlist at position 21 in my SP manager (i.e. lower priority than the regular season pass). If I look at upcoming episodes via the wishlist it says only one, like you said. So the season pass is useless, it's catching nothing despite being higher up my SP list than the wishlist. The downside of having the wishlist is of course it records both episodes (the 1am *and* the 5am repeat). If only Tribune could ALWAYS mark the 1am episode as being new so the SP could catch it, and mark the 5am episode as being a repeat of the 1am for TiVo to do it's thing when it comes to clashes with other shows. It *used* to work like that.

[pmk]

The problem with The Tonight Show is that all episodes have been given one specific episode's TMSId, EP0043973381, instead of the generic ID they should have been given of SH0043970000 - easy for Tribune to fix. Even better would be a real epiode ID for each one of course.

This sounds like the same problem with Countdown C4 15:15 Weekdays. I have been waiting at least 3 months for it to be fixed so do not hold your breathe. I have resorted to manual week day recordings but cricket is back so its recording cricket on some days now - very annoying.

[sanderton]

Ozsat, these are the most frustrating errors as a) they are introduced by Tribune NOT the broadcaster and b) are trifiling easy to fix - just make all the episodes as generic.

hell, it would only take an evening to code a hack to do it!

[ozsat]

Ozsat, these are the most frustrating errors as a) they are introduced by Tribune NOT the broadcaster and b) are trifiling easy to fix - just make all the episodes as generic.

hell, it would only take an evening to code a hack to do it!Please see Missed recordings due to generic data (eg: Countdown) (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=241677) - and post further comments on this issue in that thread.

[ericd121]

Heads-Up

for all lovers of Footy - and Reality TV.

ITV1 Tonight 11.00pm-Midnight

Celebrity Love Island Live
is being replaced by
The Kop Final: Liverpool's Night Of Glory,
so those, like me, who regret not investing 3 hours of our time last night, can see the best bits.

Source: http://www.radiotimes.com/tvscheduleupdates/

[ozsat]

Heads-Up

for all lovers of Footy - and Reality TV.

ITV1 Tonight 11.00pm-Midnight

Celebrity Love Island Live
is being replaced by
The Kop Final: Liverpool's Night Of Glory,
so those, like me, who regret not investing 3 hours of our time last night, can see the best bits.

Source: http://www.radiotimes.com/tvscheduleupdates/ And at midnight on Ulster.

[jar_uk1]

SKY ONE 9pm Thursday 26th (tonight)
Postcode RG
COLD CASE was not set to record OAD dated 2004 not 2005 like the other episodes?

John R

[Milhouse]

BBC2 LDN, Fri 7pm - Money Programme

It's the "Money Programme", but the words "Money Programme" don't appear in the title or description, rendering a Wishlist totally useless. The programme on tonight isn't showing as episodic, so one can't even book a Season Pass for these showings - I'll have to resort to a manual recording at 7pm each Friday evening.

It's doesn't even have a "Business" genre which would help - Documentary and Special are what Tribune have given this programme.

Last weeks episode was the same - no "Money Programme" in the title or description. :(

The BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/prog_parse.cgi?FILENAME=20050527/20050527_1900_4224_6162_30) web site has the correct programme description, so it's difficult to pin the blame on the BBC for this SNAFU.

Sooo glad I'm paying £10 a month for the privilege of programming my TiVo to reccord manually.... ;)

[ozsat]

BBC2 LDN, Fri 7pm - Money Programme

It's the "Money Programme", but the words "Money Programme" don't appear in the title or description, rendering a Wishlist totally useless. The programme on tonight isn't showing as episodic, so one can't even book a Season Pass for these showings - I'll have to resort to a manual recording at 7pm each Friday evening.

It's doesn't even have a "Business" genre which would help - Documentary and Special are what Tribune have given this programme.

Last weeks episode was the same - no "Money Programme" in the title or description. :(

The BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/prog_parse.cgi?FILENAME=20050527/20050527_1900_4224_6162_30) web site has the correct programme description, so it's difficult to pin the blame on the BBC for this SNAFU.

Sooo glad I'm paying £10 a month for the privilege of programming my TiVo to reccord manually.... ;)For somebody who does not watch 'Money Programme' - how would you know it was 'Money Programme' from the following data which is exactly what BBC have provided for the listings?

7:00 Rover's Billion Pound Blunder. (Digital Widescreen) Investigation into how MG Rover's bosses, four West Midlands businessmen who became known as the Phoenix Four, burned through the billion pound dowry left by BMW whilst controversially enriching themselves with 40m pounds in pay, pension and benefit awards. Reporter Quentin Sommerville asks where exactly the money went and whether the Chinese deal that was supposed to save Rover was anything more than a pipe dream. (T)

The BBC website may be correct - but the BBC are to blame!

You can not except Tribune (or anybody else) to check every possible source of listings for every programme on every channel!

[LJ]

The BBC website may be correct - but the BBC are to blameTrue, but could it be made SPable and marked as "Business and Finance" please. Thanks. :)

[cwaring]

More on the Neighbours problem - there now appear to be three possible season passes on the system - I searched for Neighbours in the TivoWeb and the 1st one (the one I had as current) doesn't list any episodes until 2 weeks in the future; the next one is for this week, and the one after is for the week after that (ie before the current SP kicks in again).

Simple question - what the heck are Tribune up to? It's not like Neighbours has changed in timing or channel for years (decades!) now, so why on earth are they mucking about with this? I'd happened to used my Fusion FVRT150 to record it today anyway, so I got most of it (the end was cut off as it had started late due to the BBC strike).

Alan

I must have missed this post the first time round as I've just discovered this for myself as the lunch-time ep didn't get recorded today by either of the existing SPs :(

[nathan]

Callsign: BBC4 on Freeview, HA8 postcode
Programme Name: The Thick Of It
Problem: Old SP not picking up new episodes

Had an SP set up for this, recorded first episode OK. Just checked and there's no episodes showing for the old SP, needed a new one.

With the quality of the guide data at the moment I'm beginning to think that the Freeview alternatives to Tivo are looking more and more attractive...

Thanks Ozsat, I think you've got a thankless task on this thread!

[cwaring]

my tivo shows that ER on chanel4 on 30th May is on at 9pm. It's not, the announcement at the end of this weeks show said it would be on at 9.30, and is confirmed by digiguide (see below)
Just in case you hadn't noticed yet, this has been fixed :)

[LJ]

These two are listed in the "Formula One" SP, but they're not F1:

Sky
ITV1LON

Monaco Grand Prix 2
Sat 28th May - 13:20

European Grand Prix
Sat 4th Jun - 12:45

(The rest of this week's F1 looks ok though, thanks!)

[LJ]

This series has two SPs:

Sky
BBC4 & BBC2
Beethoven Uncovered

[Captain Scarlet]

Postcode: RH5
Platform: Sky
Channel Name: ITV1
Programme: ITV Name:- GP2 Tribune/Tivo Name:- Formula One Racing
Date & Time of Airing: Sat May 28th 1.20pm
Problem: Tribune is misclassifying all GP2 motor racing series programs under the Formula One Racing program series name, even though this Program name and Season Pass should only be used for Formula 1 races. Sky's own EPG correctly showed this program as being Monaco GP2.

It is already bad enough that Tribune do not use a different series name for the Saturday Qualifying F1 Racing session (Formua One Qualifying could be used instead), and for the Sunday nights highlights program (Formula One Highlights could be used instead). The only program other than the Sunday F1 Grand Prix which should have the name Formila One Racing used is the repeat of the whole race in the early hours of Monday Tuesday morning on ITV1 or ITV2.

Why oh why is it that Tribune now try to force something like 10 hours of recordings to appear on my hard disk in a week under the name Formula One Racing when I only want to record the one 3 hour Formula 1 race program on a Sunday.

Does no one at TMS have even the slightest clue about the differences between Formula One Racing and the GP2 racing series or between the Formula 1 race on a Sunday and the qualifying session on a Saturday. Also why can't the highlights program be given a different series name as well so we don't record that in error too.

If anyone has only a basic 40GB Tivo and has a Season Pass for Formula One Racing they are going to be blown out of the water by the lousy choice of program names used by TMS. And to clarify these program names are not the original ones used by ITV itself. They are ones specially chosen by Tribune/TMS.

[dallardice]

Coronation Street ITV1LON tonight (Bank Holiday Monday 30 May)

TiVo listings have tonight's episode as 8.30 - 9. It is actually a one-hour episode (or more likely, two consecutive half-hour episodes) from 8.30 - 9.30. Future episodes look accurate.

Problem spotted on ITV1LON on both Satellite and Freeview.

[Andy Leitch]

Postcode - DG2
Provider - Sky
Channel Name - MotorsTV
Channel Number - 413
Programme - British Touring Car Championships
Time - Sun 5/6 5:55pm

A SP for BTTC records the actual race on Sun 5/6 11:20am, but also catches this programme which isn't the BTTC at all. It is listed as Heritage Grand Touring Cars, which is something completely different.

It seems the problem Capatin Scarlet listed above with the F1 SP, (catching non-F1 programmes), has spread to other channels.

[Smid]

Callsign: BBC1 on Telewest Digital Cable, WV6
Programme Name: Casualty
Date/Time: 29th May 2005, around 8pm ish
Problem: Didn't record.

Seems that there is a reoccuring problem where first runs of some programmes on
BBC1 seem to think theres another showing on within 28days. This is what the ToDo
list said was why it didn't record.

Bit annoying since it doesn't repeat.

[cwaring]

This series has two SPs:

Sky
BBC4 & BBC2
Beethoven Uncovered

Correct. Don't forget that SPs are channel-specific. This programme is being shown on both channels :)

Callsign: BBC1 on Telewest Digital Cable, WV6
Programme Name: Casualty
Date/Time: 29th May 2005, around 8pm ish
Problem: Didn't record.

That would be because it wasn't actually on this week. The reason stated in the Recording History cannot be relied upon as the actual reason for a programme not being recorded.

[Captain Scarlet]

Correct. Don't forget that SPs are channel-specific. This programme is being shown on both channels :)


But if you set up a Wishlist using the program name instead you will always manage to record it regardless of the channel it is on.

As Belt and Braces having a Season Pass for all relevant channels and a Wishlist for the program name is probably the safest bet.

[sanderton]

Callsign: BBC1 on Telewest Digital Cable, WV6
Programme Name: Casualty
Date/Time: 29th May 2005, around 8pm ish
Problem: Didn't record.

Seems that there is a reoccuring problem where first runs of some programmes on
BBC1 seem to think theres another showing on within 28days. This is what the ToDo
list said was why it didn't record.

Bit annoying since it doesn't repeat.

Casualty was not shown due to Test the Nation. Problem in Rec History caused by the "guess template" TiVo used to use; it had two phantom Casualties in with the same episode ids for the 21st (cancelled by Eurovision) and the 28th (canceeled by Test the Nation). So it cancelled the second non-existant ep due to the 28 day rule.

This took me a while to figure out yesterday as I was threatened by divorce by an enraged wife showing me the Rec History entry and demanding to know how I'd broken the TiVo...

[sanderton]

Correct. Don't forget that SPs are channel-specific. This programme is being shown on both channels :)

Should have the same series ID though, so the 28 day still works cross-channel.

[=CM=]

Friday 22:00 is the first showing, repeated Sunday around the same time. TiVo has for the last 2 weeks been recording both.

[bradleyem]

Top Gear (BBC2)

Tivo wants to record the repeat (Thurs @ 8pm I think) of Sunday's showing.
As there's no showing next week I can't tell if it's a one off - although I don't remember it doing that last week.

This appears to be because of a generic data for Thursday's showing.

[ericd121]

Casualty was not shown ... I was threatened by divorce by an enraged wife showing me the Rec History entry and demanding to know how I'd broken the TiVo...Would TiVo feature in the subsequent court case as correspondent, or maybe as the subject of a custody battle?! :D

(Divorce is a serious matter.
If you have been affected by any issues in this post, ring the helpline on ...)

[I know, I know, no discusssions ;) ]

[LJ]

Correct. Don't forget that SPs are channel-specific. This programme is being shown on both channels :)Yup - you need an SP for whichever channels you want to record from, but the series should contain the episodes from all the channels so that you don't end up recording the same episode from every channel you have an SP for. Check out something like Doctor Who - the series contains eps from UKGLD, UKGLD1, BBC1 and BBC3.

[cwaring]

Yeah. So I now understand :) Always learning ;)

[dvdfever]

I must have missed this post the first time round as I've just discovered this for myself as the lunch-time ep didn't get recorded today by either of the existing SPs :(

I got Friday's ep, but just realised when catching up on TV now that Tuesday's didn't record. Oh well, probably didn't miss much. According to the schedule, Summer couldn't decide if she wanted to be with the nerds or the cool kids, there was probably some not-very-interesting nonsense with the offshoots of Toadie's family (how come Stingray and Dylan are in the same class when they're clearly not twins so not the same age, and why is Paul Robinson taking a class every so often?) and Toadie himself decided whether or not to continue jumping on the bouncy castle.

Sorry, I digressed. Not trying to start a discussion in a discussion-free board :)

[AMc]

"Relocation Relocation" Heads Up!

Last nights 8pm showing of "Relocation Relocation" on Channel4 was bumped to show an episode of Desperate Housewives. According to the continuity announcer last nights episode of R,R will be shown on Wednesday June 8th.

Depending on how the listings data is updated this could mean that a recording next week will fail due to the 28 Day rule (it will look like a repeat).
Check your To Do lists after the weekend listings update to make sure you get the programme when it's shown on the 8th.

[Godber]

Las Vegas & Cold Case

Another prime example of broken season pass links - this is the second time this run I've had to set these up again....

[cwaring]

Dunno about CC, but LV seems to have reverted back to it's original SP. Therefore I can only assume you deleted your original SP, Godber? I've learned not to do that :) :p :D

[Mark Bennett]

Anyone in to motor racing...

DTM on Motors TV this weekend has all incidences described as "Superpole", which meant that the race was not going to be recorded (in my case).

Modified to record the race (Sunday) and the qualifying from Saturday disappears :mad:

[Gavin]

Dunno about CC, but LV seems to have reverted back to it's original SP. Therefore I can only assume you deleted your original SP, Godber? I've learned not to do that :) :p :D

Not wishing to provoke a discussion, but I called this in and had to walk them throught the problem (twice really, once when they changed it and then when they partially reverted it), Who says calling CS has no effect?

[cwaring]

I called it in, too :)

[chrisd]

having setup a new SP for Las Vegas, it picks up all the old series one repeats that are due to be shown soon, not just the new series two episodes.... whhyyyyyyyyyyy??

[cwaring]

Because you have it set to "First Run & Repeats" instead of "First Run Only".

Interestingly, the last time I looked (yesterday I think) I had a mix of episodes in both my LV SPs. I've just had a look now and one is empty and the other (set to FRO) is only picking up the new eps!

Nice one TMS :D

[chrisd]

no no no i haven't ! It's definitely set to first run only.
(I deliberately left that out of my original post just so I could say no no no when someone mentioned it)
:) :) :) :)

[dblain]

Callsign: BBC1NTH
Programme Name: "Neighbours"
Date/Time: Mon 23rd to Fri 27th May, 2005
Problem: Won't record with current NEW SP. I think it's reverted to the old SeriesID (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=227651) :(


Carl, I'm having yet more problems with Neighbours ( which, as it's the wife's programme, is not good :( ) the 'new' season pass as well as the original pass no longer work.

I've set up a 3rd season pass which is fine for just one week but then no more planned recordings ( which we'll keep an eye on ).

Just one question, has it always been that we only have 7 days of BBC1 progamme guide ? I thought we had 14 days ....

Cheers, DB.

[cwaring]

Just checked my SPs (all three of them ;)) and it looks like they've fixed it! As in, all "Neighbours" eps (BBC/UKG) are now [back] under the same Season Pass. I have BBC1 eps up to a next Friday, 10th June.

Yes, it is supposed to be *up to* 14 days but don't forget that you will only have exactly 14-days-worth after the Sat/Sun daily call :)

[blindlemon]

Just checked my SPs (all three of them ;)) Apart from the fact that anybody who has 3 SPs for Neighbours is clearly a very sad case :p - have you not thought of using a wishlist? ;)

[ericd121]

Apart from the fact that anybody who has 3 SPs for Neighbours is clearly a very sad case :p - have you not thought of using a wishlist? ;)If he did that, he'd get loads of Neighbours From Hell, Jeremy Clarkson Meets The Neighbours et al. :rolleyes:

[cwaring]

Apart from the fact that anybody who has 3 SPs for Neighbours is clearly a very sad case :p - have you not thought of using a wishlist? ;)

Erm... they were all BBC1 SPs.

I only had three because Tribune kept breaking it; hence it being reported in the Listings Errors thread :rolleyes:

[cwaring]

Title: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Channel: BBC 3
Date: Sunday 5th June 2005
Time: 02:05 to 02:35
Episode: "Ugly Babies". Series 1, episode 6.

Now, the last ep to successfully record was "Lard" S1E5 sometime last week. According to the RH "another showing is/was available..." which is simply not true as this is the first time the ep will have been shown since I set up the SP (and since this latest full re-run started.

In fact, none of the eps currently in the EPG are set to be recorded :confused:

Oh, and before you ask, yes I *have* set it to FR&R :D

Anyone else got this problem?

Edited to add:
OK. Out of curiosity, I have just deleted and re-created the SP. The problem remains :(

[ericd121]

Channel Channel 5 (five)
Programme Joey
Date/Time Sunday 5th June 8:00pm
Problem Broken Season Pass

My (not so) old SP isn't picking up the Sunday or Monday episodes. :(

[Mark Bennett]

Channel Channel 5 (five)
Programme Joey
Date/Time Sunday 5th June 8:00pm
Problem Broken Season Pass

My (not so) old SP isn't picking up the Sunday or Monday episodes. :(

Likewise.
Neither is "Two and a Half Men" that follows it at 8:30 on Sunday on Channel 5.

[DuncanCorps]

Postcode: SG3 6EA

Service Provider: Sky Digital

Channel Name: UKTV Gold (and UKTV Gold Plus 1)

Channel Number: 109 (and 110)

Programme Name: Have I Got News For You

Time/Date of airing: 8th Jun 01:45 (8th Jun 02:45)

Problem encountered:
Our f(r)iend Duplicate Programme IDs is affecting Have I Got News For You. According to TivoWeb's User Interface, most upcoming showings are on ID 37848, but ocassionally they are put on ID 1802654 (including the ones specified above). Can IDs be deleted to prevent this in future?

And don't get me started on a seperate issue, the BBC's policy of renaming four old seasons of Have I Got News For You to Have I Got 1990 For You, Have I Got 1991 For You, Have I Got 1992 For You and Have I Got 1993 For You respectively... though I'd like to see Tribune improving the guide data by allocating the same ID to those programmes as well.

[ljb.designs]

Postcode: WS8
Platform: Telewest
Channel: BBC1
Programme: New tricks shows start time 9.30 duration 30 mins

[cwaring]

Channel Channel 5 (five)
Programme Joey
Date/Time Sunday 5th June 8:00pm
Problem Broken Season Pass

My (not so) old SP isn't picking up the Sunday or Monday episodes. :(

Coulda swon I'd mentioned this in here before but a search proved I hadn't :( However, I did report it last weekend.

[Captain Scarlet]

Postcode: RH5 5GA

Service Provider: Sky Digital

Channel Name: ITV1

Channel Number: 103

Programme Name: Tivo EPG Name "Motor Racing" - ITV EPG Name - GP2

Time/Date of airing: 5th Jun 05 - 12.45pm

In response to both previous complaints made here and also to Tivo Customer Services that the quite separate GP2 motor racing series was listed as part of the "Formula One Racing" program series Tribune has now changed the GP2 program name so that yesterday it was described as the generic sounding "Motor Racing".

However looking up this program name in Pick Programs To Record and asking to View Upcoming Programs I find that the World Touring Car Championship coverage on Channel 4 on Monday 6th June at 3.05am is also listed under this new generic "Motor Racing" program series name. Fundamentally the episode name details for both programs are actually correct but the main program name ("Motor Racing") is still not and is not a real series name at all.

Yet at 3.05pm today (Sunday June 5th) on Sky channel 103 at 3.05pm there is a correct series name listed for FIA World Rally Championship. But if I View Upcoming Episodes for this program I find that in addition to a correctly listed repeat showing of the World Rally Championship program on ITV2 on 7th June that Tribune have also managed to link the quite separate British Eurosport coverage of the World Rally Championships to this series. This is clearly nonsense as I might well want to record both the separate Eurosport series and ITV series coverage of the world rally championship without wishing programs not to be recorded under the 28 day rule etc as is likely to happen here because of this mistaken cross channel linking and identical Tivo series and episode names on ITV1 and British Eurosport.

I have a solution for Tribune as follows in terms of motor sport series names:-

F1 - Series Names - Formula One Racing for actual race, Formula One Qualifying for saturday qualifying and Formula One Highlights for abbreviated post race highlights coverage programs

GP2 - Series Name - GP2 Racing

FIA World Rally Championship - Series Names - ITV - "World Rally Championship" and British Eurosport - "FIA World Rally Championship"

World Touring Car Championships - Series Name - "World Touring Car Championships"

These are really a series of pretty atrocious mistakes by Tribune and one wonders if this is all being classified by some motor racing ignoramous who either seems to think that all Motor Sport is merely "Motor Racing" or that all "Motor Racing" is the same as "Formula One Racing".

Can this outstanding issue please be satisfactorily resolved.

[sanderton]

Title: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Channel: BBC 3
Date: Sunday 5th June 2005
Time: 02:05 to 02:35
Episode: "Ugly Babies". Series 1, episode 6.

Now, the last ep to successfully record was "Lard" S1E5 sometime last week. According to the RH "another showing is/was available..." which is simply not true as this is the first time the ep will have been shown since I set up the SP (and since this latest full re-run started.

In fact, none of the eps currently in the EPG are set to be recorded :confused:

Oh, and before you ask, yes I *have* set it to FR&R :D

Anyone else got this problem?

Edited to add:
OK. Out of curiosity, I have just deleted and re-created the SP. The problem remains :(

I've looked through the guide data for 2 Pints and can't see any issues at all. There are four episodes in the data, all of which appear to be properly set up.