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<blockquote data-quote="MrWorf" data-source="post: 150590" data-attributes="member: 24163">Consider this...- You want to record every episode of Simpsons. - The show is shown on two channels- The show is sent several times a day but not every day and not always at the same time. The schedule looks something like this:Channel 1: monday-&gt;friday at 5pm and 1am with the exception of thursday when it's 6pm and 11pm. Saturday-&gt;sunday 9am &amp; 8pm.Channel 2: monday-&gt;friday at 9pm, saturday-&gt;sunday 6amSo, you enter the EPG, find an episode of Simpsons on channel 1 and tell MP to record it every time no matter which channel that is showing it. Happily, you turn of the screen and go on vacation for a week or so.When you come back, you find the following:MP has...- recorded most of the Simpsons episodes from channel 1- recorded some other show (or part of it) that was shown at the same time as simpsons usually runs.- recorded whatever channel 1 showed when channel 2 shows simpsonsBasically, MP is like a poor VCR and the EPG isn't used to the extent one would expect. What's the point of a fancy EPG with lots of ways to record a show, if it only means that MP uses the timetable at that very moment to setup a recording rule.Coming from MCE, you're used to be able to do this AND have it working as well. I can't believe that no one else finds this VERY annoying and utterly useless at times.I haven't tried the TV Server but since this behavior has been in TV 0.2 for ages now, I doubt that it will be any better.Yes, this is a rant, but I believe that this is a vital functionality for a HTPC of any kind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrWorf, post: 150590, member: 24163"] Consider this... - You want to record every episode of Simpsons. - The show is shown on two channels - The show is sent several times a day but not every day and not always at the same time. The schedule looks something like this: Channel 1: monday->friday at 5pm and 1am with the exception of thursday when it's 6pm and 11pm. Saturday->sunday 9am & 8pm. Channel 2: monday->friday at 9pm, saturday->sunday 6am So, you enter the EPG, find an episode of Simpsons on channel 1 and tell MP to record it every time no matter which channel that is showing it. Happily, you turn of the screen and go on vacation for a week or so. When you come back, you find the following: MP has... - recorded most of the Simpsons episodes from channel 1 - recorded some other show (or part of it) that was shown at the same time as simpsons usually runs. - recorded whatever channel 1 showed when channel 2 shows simpsons Basically, MP is like a poor VCR and the EPG isn't used to the extent one would expect. What's the point of a fancy EPG with lots of ways to record a show, if it only means that MP uses the timetable at that very moment to setup a recording rule. Coming from MCE, you're used to be able to do this AND have it working as well. I can't believe that no one else finds this VERY annoying and utterly useless at times. I haven't tried the TV Server but since this behavior has been in TV 0.2 for ages now, I doubt that it will be any better. Yes, this is a rant, but I believe that this is a vital functionality for a HTPC of any kind. [/QUOTE]

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