R10/Accidentally deleted "Earl" .. Recycle Bin ???

Stew24 · 12-26-2005, 09:14 PM

Hey, I just accidentally deleted the "Christmas Lie" episode of My Name Is Earl ... Funniest sitcom in many years. Anyways, ... Please tell me there is a secret code to accessing accidentally deleted files? I just cannot see how the designers of this well thought out DVR could overlook the fact that people are inevitably going to accidentally delete shows ... and want them back. There should be a "Recycle Bin" ... giving you a second chance before final deletion ... just like in MS Windows. .. Any hope ?

Daryl

ebonovic · 12-26-2005, 09:35 PM

Sorry... nope... Unless you have installed some hacks and gotten TivoWeb installed....

Stew24 · 12-26-2005, 09:45 PM

.. Well, has there been "Hell to pay" thrown at Directv and Tivo for not having such an obvious option available ????/ This is beyond unbelievable !

Gunnyman · 12-26-2005, 09:52 PM

well you do have to CHOOSE to delete a show.

ebonovic · 12-26-2005, 09:57 PM

Nah... I would have to say that in the 5ish years that Tivo has been around, there really hasn't been that much said about it...

They do make you confirm the delete...

I guess the "TiVo" isn't perfect afterall....

CherryBmb · 12-26-2005, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stew24

.. Well, has there been "Hell to pay" thrown at Directv and Tivo for not having such an obvious option available ????/ This is beyond unbelievable !

Unbelievable is hitting delete twice and calling it accidental. They can only go so far towards making it idiot proof.

Lee L · 12-27-2005, 07:36 AM

Sure, a recycle bin would be nice, but it would be just about impossible to manage as ther eis just not that much extra space, relatively speaking. IF it held it in reserve until you emptied the bin, the thing woudl fill up in no time flat. If it deleted them as it needed space, it would do it very quickly as blocks got overwritten and the show you deleted might be gone 5 seconds later while another show deleted weeks ago might be there still. All that would do is cause more angry users.

nhaigh · 12-27-2005, 08:45 AM

Wouldn't Windows simply complain the files was too big for the recycle bin anyway and force you to delete permenantly?

Guindalf · 12-27-2005, 08:54 AM

I would have thought that a message saying "Are you sure you want to delete this program" or similar would be enough for most!

How can you blame D* for your mistake?

lee espinoza · 12-27-2005, 09:01 AM

why not just hack your tivo and add tivoweb+?

Gunnyman · 12-27-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lee espinoza

why not just hack your tivo and add tivoweb+?

because he has an R10

Guindalf · 12-27-2005, 10:10 AM

I don't know how I know this *ahem*, but there are websites you can go to and download episodes of shows you've missed. I'm not sure they are legal, but if you are familiar with BitTorrent, I'm sure that Google will be of use here.

nudge, nudge,

Langree · 12-27-2005, 11:11 AM

on the few occasions I've deleted episodes I didn't intend to, I blame myself, not tivo or D*. Strange, I know.

catric69 · 12-27-2005, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Langree

on the few occasions I've deleted episodes I didn't intend to, I blame myself, not tivo or D*. Strange, I know.

You are a man. You are not suppose to admit it!

The Flush · 12-27-2005, 12:21 PM

Tivo should prompt: Are you really, really, really sure you want to delete this program?

goony · 12-27-2005, 12:55 PM

Undelete via TivoWeb is great... it's one of the reasons I don't auto-record suggestions - it keeps anything you delete gone in a hurry.

Mori · 12-27-2005, 01:01 PM

Its funny because I had someone ask me about this very same thing last night. unfortunately it is not available with dtv reciever without mods.

goony · 12-27-2005, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by The Flush

Tivo should prompt: Are you really, really, really sure you want to delete this program?

Yea, I too am always sure I want to delete but later that day or the next day a family member says "Do you still have <show> on your box? I'd like to watch it." So, I go do the undelete thang via TivoWeb+ and then they watch it on whatever box they want (I have MRV running).

jDot · 12-28-2005, 01:53 PM

It's probably too late but I found this (at dbsforums):
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A poster at AVS inquires if it was possible to recover a deleted show on his TiVo and Newsposter posted the following info:

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Here's the keystrokes I used on my sat-t60:
1 go to now playing list
2 Select show and start watching
3 Anytime in show hit List on remote (goes to now playing list)
4 delete show just watched
5 Press Guide button to go to live TV with channel list displayed
6 press Guide again to clear channel list
7 press display to bring up channel banner
8 down arrow to the bottom icon that is the message waiting icon
9 hit select (goes to messages screen, mine currently displays no messages)
10 left arrow from here as if going to a previous menu
11 deleted show now starts playing at point list was hit in step 3

I've repeated this multiple times on my unit with various shows. I did notice that it is specific to hitting the guide button and not the Live TV button in step 5. The Live TV button appears to clear the show from whatever buffer its in.

Also this only works if you just deleted it, not at another later time. Sorry

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I haven't tried it myself, it may not work, YMMV, etc...

Link:http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/s...threadid=46902

Bob_Newhart · 12-28-2005, 02:07 PM

Just wait for a re-run of the episode.

tbeckner · 12-29-2005, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ebonovic

Sorry... nope... Unless you have installed some hacks and gotten TivoWeb installed....

One of the great features of TiVoWeb or TiVoWebPlus, that feature alone was almost worth the cost (not in money, just time) of hacking the DirecTiVos. Of course when you add all of the capabilities, it is a WIN-WIN situation.

BTW, I don't blame DirecTV or TiVo, but how hard would it be to add a prompt in Recording History that would allow an "UNDELETE", but of course it would have to be smart enough to know that the space used for the recording was not re-used, which is likely the reason they didn't allow the UNDELETE function.

heg · 01-19-2006, 05:39 AM

I can see that most of you sarcastic people seem to be single. My wife was sure she wanted to delete the second part of the 24 season opener after we watched the first hour, without realizing it was a two hour program.

If I look in To Do List, View Recording History it shows the program and exactly when it was deleted. I know that if it hasn't been overwritten yet the data is still on the TiVo drive. How hard could it be for TiVo to give us an option to restore the program?????

(It might help my marriage, too. I'm afraid I freaked out on her. Oops)

lee espinoza · 01-19-2006, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by heg

I can see that most of you sarcastic people seem to be single. My wife was sure she wanted to delete the second part of the 24 season opener after we watched the first hour, without realizing it was a two hour program.

If I look in To Do List, View Recording History it shows the program and exactly when it was deleted. I know that if it hasn't been overwritten yet the data is still on the TiVo drive. How hard could it be for TiVo to give us an option to restore the program?????

(It might help my marriage, too. I'm afraid I freaked out on her. Oops)

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=282594

Billy66 · 01-19-2006, 06:05 AM

Yep, undelete is awesome, but it's only available through hack. Same thing with endpad and bulk delete. Things that are seemingly quite simple and very useful. The fanboys here will go through hell before they criticize TiVo, and it is actually your fault, but why are the best features, needed features only available from the hacking community?

Even when TiVo finally steps up to provide what the hackers have given us for years, their versions pale compared to what private citizens come up with.

dtremain · 01-19-2006, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunnyman

well you do have to CHOOSE to delete a show.

Twice.

dtremain · 01-19-2006, 07:23 AM

Unlike with a computer, people's careers, etc., don't usually hang on their ability to retrieve an accidentally deleted episode of a situation comedy.

I might suggest you just get on with life and wait for the re-run.

Dkerr24 · 01-19-2006, 02:02 PM

Heck, I wish I could remove the confirmation screen for ones I wish to delete! I never make mistakes, so when I select to delete a show, I mean it

ping · 01-19-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkerr24

Heck, I wish I could remove the confirmation screen for ones I wish to delete! I never make mistakes, so when I select to delete a show, I mean it

Careful what you wish for.

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=51183

Confirmation screens aren't just for the machine to double-check what the user is going to do. Sometimes it goes the other way.

rkester · 01-19-2006, 03:05 PM

I've done the delete on accident thing. Esp if Im not paying attention and just kind of OK thru dialogs.

I did it one night 2 x in a row with the same program after I recorded it 2 x times to watch it. Im stupid.

Billy66 · 01-19-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dkerr24

I never make mistakes,

Oooo, but you've just made a big one. we'll all be watching you and will be more than happy to remind you of these words when they do in fact turn out to be false....and they will.