[DebbieZ1]

Hi. I have a TiVo Roamio Pro. When I try to watch a recorded movie nothing plays. I tried about 20 different movies and the same thing happens. My tv series play just fine. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you so much. Debbie

 

[JoeKustra]

Just to check Debbie, in My Shows move to the movie. Move Right. Now hit Info. Scroll down to the bottom. How large is the movie?

That works for TE3. It may be the same for TE4.

 

[ajbeaman]

Hi. I have a TiVo Roamio Pro. When I try to watch a recorded movie nothing plays. I tried about 20 different movies and the same thing happens. My tv series play just fine. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you so much. Debbie

Had the same thing happen to my Roamio Plus. It listed movie but only a black screen showed when I hit start. I just unplugged for 2 minutes and rebooted and all was well.

 

[DebbieZ1]

Thanks so much for your responses. I restarted the TiVo and so far that seems to have worked. Lots of funny glitches going on for a while. Is TiVo going out of business? Not as it used to be but I have 2 TiVo’s which I love and I’m not ready to get give up on TiVo. YET ‍♀

 

[mattyro7878]

Bounce around this forum and you will get plenty of predictions and opinions on Tivo's future. Some think Tivo has lost its way, some think it cant and shouldnt compete and others feel there is no better dvr around. Have fun!!

 

[misterclick]

Thanks so much for your responses. I restarted the TiVo and so far that seems to have worked. Lots of funny glitches going on for a while. Is TiVo going out of business? Not as it used to be but I have 2 TiVo's which I love and I'm not ready to get give up on TiVo. YET ‍♀

Just my 2 cents. ever since that TiVo+ inserts their ads at the beginning of recordings, the recording just shows a black screen sometimes, as if the ad is NOT loading or something. but it has happened to me that nothing works, the ROAMIO still shows the amber light of the remote, but nothing. I have to restart the darn thing. This happens quite often, but not all the time. Sometimes I just let the ad run for sanity sake. I need to call and "opt-out"

 

[JKR123]

I am so glad that I found this posting. I had found that I was unable to play some movies on my Roamio that I had taped, some from last year and some recent ones. It appeared that they taped based on the movie length time and the status bar being filled in, but there was nothing but a blank screen no matter how far forward I skipped. I had deleted them thinking something corrupted them but I happened to find this posting so I undeleted them and unplugged the Tivo box for a few minutes. When it came back I could then play the movies. I guess Tivo support never fixed this issue, although I no longer see the pre-roll ads which definitely caused some other playback issues. This box has the TE4 software and I have never experienced this issue with my boxes that are running TE3.

 

[cwoody222]

Thanks so much for your responses. I restarted the TiVo and so far that seems to have worked. Lots of funny glitches going on for a while. Is TiVo going out of business? Not as it used to be but I have 2 TiVo's which I love and I'm not ready to get give up on TiVo. YET ‍♀

Yes. A small technical glitch with your consumer electronic device that was fixed by a reboot is a clear indication the company is going out of business.

You'd best sell your TiVo now before it's useless.

 

[chiguy50]

Yes. A small technical glitch with your consumer electronic device that was fixed by a reboot is a clear indication the company is going out of business.

You'd best sell your TiVo now before it's useless.

Fixed that for ya.