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<blockquote data-quote="Bleazle" data-source="post: 418642" data-attributes="member: 53582"><p><strong>@kiwijunglist </strong> Damn! how fast can you type??? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I was halfway through my reply and you already had yours up there - I think I'd better turn on my Dragon Naturally Speaking software, the only problem with that is that it can type faster than I can talk!! D</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, you're right I've just had a look and the FTR home page doesn't do a very good job of "selling" it does it?</p><p></p><p>I'm no expert but here's what I like about <strong>ForTheRecord</strong>:</p><p>1. When you set a programme to record every week it records it every week. Sounds simple but if you're using the standard MP TV plugin if the TV programme starts 5 minutes early (or finished 5 minutes later) next week you'll end up with a "manual" recording - I hated that, I may as well have been recording stuff onto a video tape. When you're using FTR you never end up with manual recordings. This point alone is the main reason I decided to start using FTR..</p><p></p><p>2. Advanced recording rules means you can do things like tell FTR to record anything that has Will Smith in it, but not if it has already been recorded before - how cool is that???</p><p></p><p>3. (I use this one a lot) Tell it to record a programme every day (I record the News and Vodafone select Live) but only keep the 2 most recent recordings (for example). Ever turned up to work and had someone say "did you see XYZ on the news last night?" Now you can say "no, but I'll check it out when I get home tonight!" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I don't have time to watch the news every night (too busy doing MP skinning stuff most of the time!) but it's great to have it there if I want to watch it...</p><p></p><p>4. I have Comskip set to run at 3am every night(morning). I'd hate to go back to TV without Comskip...</p><p></p><p>5. I don't know if you can do this with the standard MP TV plugin but with FTR you can set different pre-record and post-record times for every programme. This is important for me because if I want to record 2 consecutive programmes every week on Prime via my PVR 150 I can set the first programme to have no post-record and the second to have no pre-record and they will record fine. From memory the standard TV plugin would record the first show but not the second (I could be wrong though)</p><p></p><p>+ other stuff like the ability to access FTR from work and tell it not to record your wifes programme because you've had an argument etc <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Put it this way - ForTheRecord is pretty close to being the holy grail as far as a TV plugin is concerned. It's easy to use yet highly flexible - the standard TV plugin doesn't even compare imo.</p><p></p><p>Bleazle.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: <strong>@ meesham</strong> man you're just as bad as <strong>kiwijunglist </strong> - I was just about to hit "Submit" on my post and yours was already up! What are you guys? receptionists or something??<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I've worked out that maybe it's the Steiny Pures that have compromised my typing abilities (correcting all of my typing/spelling MisTaksss tAkkse AgeZ <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bleazle, post: 418642, member: 53582"] [B]@kiwijunglist [/B] Damn! how fast can you type??? :o:D I was halfway through my reply and you already had yours up there - I think I'd better turn on my Dragon Naturally Speaking software, the only problem with that is that it can type faster than I can talk!! D Yeah, you're right I've just had a look and the FTR home page doesn't do a very good job of "selling" it does it? I'm no expert but here's what I like about [B]ForTheRecord[/B]: 1. When you set a programme to record every week it records it every week. Sounds simple but if you're using the standard MP TV plugin if the TV programme starts 5 minutes early (or finished 5 minutes later) next week you'll end up with a "manual" recording - I hated that, I may as well have been recording stuff onto a video tape. When you're using FTR you never end up with manual recordings. This point alone is the main reason I decided to start using FTR.. 2. Advanced recording rules means you can do things like tell FTR to record anything that has Will Smith in it, but not if it has already been recorded before - how cool is that??? 3. (I use this one a lot) Tell it to record a programme every day (I record the News and Vodafone select Live) but only keep the 2 most recent recordings (for example). Ever turned up to work and had someone say "did you see XYZ on the news last night?" Now you can say "no, but I'll check it out when I get home tonight!" :D I don't have time to watch the news every night (too busy doing MP skinning stuff most of the time!) but it's great to have it there if I want to watch it... 4. I have Comskip set to run at 3am every night(morning). I'd hate to go back to TV without Comskip... 5. I don't know if you can do this with the standard MP TV plugin but with FTR you can set different pre-record and post-record times for every programme. This is important for me because if I want to record 2 consecutive programmes every week on Prime via my PVR 150 I can set the first programme to have no post-record and the second to have no pre-record and they will record fine. From memory the standard TV plugin would record the first show but not the second (I could be wrong though) + other stuff like the ability to access FTR from work and tell it not to record your wifes programme because you've had an argument etc :D Put it this way - ForTheRecord is pretty close to being the holy grail as far as a TV plugin is concerned. It's easy to use yet highly flexible - the standard TV plugin doesn't even compare imo. Bleazle. EDIT: [B]@ meesham[/B] man you're just as bad as [B]kiwijunglist [/B] - I was just about to hit "Submit" on my post and yours was already up! What are you guys? receptionists or something??:P:D I've worked out that maybe it's the Steiny Pures that have compromised my typing abilities (correcting all of my typing/spelling MisTaksss tAkkse AgeZ :D ) [/QUOTE]
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