Problems downloading Caribbean with Simon Reeve

Anthony Kehoe garion at aloria.net
Tue Mar 24 23:30:39 PDT 2015


I do have future recordings turned on, yes. It helps me keep an eye on
interesting programmes that are coming up in the future. :)

On 24 March 2015 at 18:49, Vangelis forthnet
<northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> On Tue Mar 24 18:51:20 GMT 2015, Anthony Kehoe wrote:
>
>> certain programmes download on a delay
>> in the PVR versus a manual get.
>
>
> Hi
>
> It would be interesting to find why this occurs...
> As far as I can tell, both a manual GiP search
> and the execution by the PVR of a saved PVR search
> parse the same local "tv.cache" file.
> It is indeed true that freshly broadcast programmes
> take some time to populate the respective cache, and
> in the meantime can be fetched via pid, but - as said -
> it is my impression both searches rely upon the same cache file...
> Or it may well be age got the better of me
> and I am just writing nonsense!
>
> PS: I did notice your manual search performed
> on Tue morning picked up Episode 2 of the series:
>
>> Matches:
>> 762:    Caribbean with Simon Reeve - Episode 1, BBC Two England, Audio
>> Described,Factual,Lifestyle & Leisure,Travel, default,audiodescribed
>> 763:    Caribbean with Simon Reeve - Episode 2, BBC Two England, , default
>
>
> That will first air on Sun 29 Mar 2015 20:00 BST.
> Have you perhaps enabled the future cache
> (--refresh-future switch)?
> A manual search on my side only lists Episode 1!
>
> Regards.
>
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