BBC HD RB channel launches in time for Dr Who in 3D tonight

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davemurgatroyd wrote: »

Full programme recorded fine on Sky boxes.

Not on mine. As I said, the end two minutes were cut off. Recording from BBC One HD was fine.

davemurgatroyd wrote: »

Crap freesat boxes strike again

General consensus elsewhere is that it was the BBC at fault. Did your own recording using a Sky+HD record the entire 3D show?

davemurgatroyd

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Not on mine. As I said, the end two minutes were cut off. Recording from BBC One HD was fine.


General consensus elsewhere is that it was the BBC at fault. Did your own recording using a Sky+HD record the entire 3D show?

Yes including all the end credits.

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davemurgatroyd wrote: »

Yes including all the end credits.

I was missing the last two minutes. Why would it work for yours but not for mine I wonder? Could it have been a regional problem?

VisionMan

It shouldn't Moneyineptitude, as all boxes access the same EPG. And your right, recording times are down to the broadcaster, not the platform. Though each platform does get its own timing schedules.

Edit - I'm also not aware nationally broadcast programmes get individual regional EPG times. That would be inefficient to say the least.

VisionMan

zenmaster wrote: »

Worked just fine for me, other than 4 minutes of test card at the beginning.

Words cannot express the awesomeness of a 3D exploding dalek.

I had to take cover behind the sofa.

Which platform (box) were you using zenmaster? And my son saw this at the pictures in 3D and he said the same too.

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VisionMan wrote: »

I'm also not aware nationally broadcast programmes get individual regional EPG times. That would be inefficient to say the least.

I agree, but what other reason can there be? It certainly wasn't limited to "crap Freesat" boxes as crap Sky+HD boxes were also affected.:)

VisionMan

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I agree, but what other reason can there be? It certainly wasn't limited to "crap Freesat" boxes as crap Sky+HD boxes were also affected.:)

A conundrum to be sure...

davemurgatroyd

VisionMan wrote: »

It shouldn't Moneyineptitude, as all boxes access the same EPG. And your right, recording times are down to the broadcaster, not the platform. Though each platform does get its own timing schedules.

Edit - I'm also not aware nationally broadcast programmes get individual regional EPG times. That would be inefficient to say the least.

The three platforms Freeview, freesat and Sky all have separate EPG data streams - none of them have the same EPG data stream although the data is provided by the broadcaster it is encoded differently for each EPG and by different companies (amongst them Red Bee). Also the different platforms operate their systems in different ways of obtaining "start" and "end" times - for instance I believe Sky take their end signal as the start signal of the next program on the EPG, a method which has caused problems in the past with recordings of the last programme on the day's schedule not stopping and recording through the night.

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davemurgatroyd wrote: »

I believe Sky take their end signal as the start signal of the next program on the EPG, a method which has caused problems in the past with recordings of the last programme on the day's schedule not stopping and recording through the night.

If this is the case, how do you account for my recording being chopped off early? There was no actual programme following on BBC red Button channel 977 after Doctor Who.

davemurgatroyd

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

If this is the case, how do you account for my recording being chopped off early? There was no actual programme following on BBC red Button channel 977 after Doctor Who.

There was an EPG entry for the promo loop - the next "programme".