Question - Tivo Update: Problem deleting shows?

HyperionX · 12-12-2011, 01:16 PM

Just thought I would ask but is anyone else having problems deleting shows since the update...?

Since the update - which I mostly like - I've noticed that if I delete a show unless I stay on the same page until it disappears (and that can be a long time), the show is not deleted even though it's marked for deletion.

Removing a show can take several attempts.

Pre-update deleting a show took place regardless of whether or not I stayed on the same page.

For the record, my Tivo is a plain vanilla VM 1TB Tivo with the "last update" which fixed the PIN pain.

cwaring · 12-12-2011, 01:54 PM

Programme deletion is something that has changed (or been broken) depending on your POV

You can now only delete a recording by either:

1. Pressing 'Stop' first

or

B. Being within 5 mins of the end when you press 'Back'

The latter option hasn't changed. Only the former has.

OzSat · 12-13-2011, 10:46 AM

Whenever you delete a show it actually only marks it for deletion.

Usually TiVo is able to delete the show within a second - but for some reason requires the network connection to be fully active to do this.

It it has a temporary problem with the network, the show will remain in MyShows but marked for deletion.

HyperionX · 12-13-2011, 02:25 PM

Thanks Carl and OzSat.

I think it's the new requirement to press "Stop" that may be causing part of the problem.

If I take into account padding, I rarely press Stop first, just press Back and then Delete.

Nonetheless, there still seems to be some lag on deleting shows even taking this into account. Shows that I have deleted still appear even after I've moved back to live tv.

Any way just a (minor) change in behaviour until the next update.

cwaring · 12-13-2011, 04:32 PM

There always has been a lag and it's really annoying

I have never had anything re-appear though

Fixerman · 12-14-2011, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwaring

Programme deletion is something that has changed (or been broken) depending on your POV

You can now only delete a recording by either:

1. Pressing 'Stop' first

or

B. Being within 5 mins of the end when you press 'Back'

The latter option hasn't changed. Only the former has.

Can you not delete by just pressing the "Clear" button?

RichardJH · 12-14-2011, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fixerman

Can you not delete by just pressing the "Clear" button?

Yes. thats been how I delete all the time. Especially handy as you can delete a whole folder full of SCD that SWMBO forgets to delete after watching and wonders why the Tivo is showing 98% full.

Zaichik · 12-14-2011, 10:55 AM

Unfortunately, now, sometimes when you press Clear, the X appears next to the programme for a while, but the programme doesn't disappear. Usually, going into another programme and back out, and trying Clear again fixes it.

Quite annoying, but not a disaster.

Fixerman · 12-14-2011, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaichik

Unfortunately, now, sometimes when you press Clear, the X appears next to the programme for a while, but the programme doesn't disappear. Usually, going into another programme and back out, and trying Clear again fixes it.

Quite annoying, but not a disaster.

I'm sure it must very irritating but I have never experienced this problem on any of my three Tivos!

HyperionX · 12-14-2011, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaichik

Unfortunately, now, sometimes when you press Clear, the X appears next to the programme for a while, but the programme doesn't disappear. Usually, going into another programme and back out, and trying Clear again fixes it.

Quite annoying, but not a disaster.

Zaichik - has it right a little annoying but not the end of the world.

I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me.

Thanks for the information.

Big Al · 12-14-2011, 02:06 PM

I'm currently enjoying an issue with deleting shows. If I delete 1 of a number of programmes in a folder, then the entire folder disappears !!!!!!

If I undelete the programme, then the group and all programmes reappear.

It's not really a big deal, but did cause the kids to shout when all their Simpons disappeared.

cwaring · 12-14-2011, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fixerman

Can you not delete by just pressing the "Clear" button?

Yes, but only under the conditions mentioned. Sorry for the confusion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaichik

Unfortunately, now, sometimes when you press Clear, the X appears next to the programme for a while, but the programme doesn't disappear. Usually, going into another programme and back out, and trying Clear again fixes it.

Not if you follow my instructions

Major dude · 12-14-2011, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Al

I'm currently enjoying an issue with deleting shows. If I delete 1 of a number of programmes in a folder, then the entire folder disappears !!!!!!

If I undelete the programme, then the group and all programmes reappear.

It's not really a big deal, but did cause the kids to shout when all their Simpons disappeared.

This happens when the other episodes are recorded as suggestions.

sxb · 12-14-2011, 06:13 PM

Definitely a bug - The newly introduced method of pressing STOP now works perfectly though!.
Basically, if you exit a recording by 'backing out' (age old Tivo technique), its as though it becomes write protected, so can't be deleted by any means. Only exception is in the last 5 mins (when you get the delete/keep pop-up) where it worts as expected. OP, or jump to the end before exiting (thus trigger the keep/delete screen)
I guess when they introduced the Stop option they didn't check the original method still worked!

Something else I noticed is that if you delete suggested recordings, then change your mind and undelete them, they come back as regular recordings (thats not really a problem though, more a minor quirk).