How to tell to not record a program?

[cte]

Main Menu -> Schedule Recordings -> View Recording Schedule -> select a day. My Recording Schedule displays three times* for the Special Report with Britt Hume on Fox News. Selecting one of them -> Record Options ... I don't see any options for not recording this show. Is there a way to tell SageTV to not record a show?

*Note that three times are listed because Favorites is set for "First Runs & ReRuns". For some reason, when I select "First Runs" for the Special Report on Fox News, nothing is recorded ... problem has been verified by SageTV tech support.

[Opus4]

It just has a generic show ID, so SageTV can't distinguish between episodes.

You could use the Advanced Options on the Favorite Details screen to limit it to record only during a specific hour.

- Andy

[cte]

Hi Andy,

1. Your suggestion works. Thanks.

2. What about recording the Jay Leno Tonight Show? ... it starts at 10:35pm and ends at 11:35pm ... not a choice in the advanced options.

3. I've had a few occasions where SageTV starts recording, and I want to stop. I don't see any options to stop recording.

[Fastrack]

Originally Posted by cte

Hi Andy,

1. Your suggestion works. Thanks.

2. What about recording the Jay Leno Tonight Show? ... it starts at 10:35pm and ends at 11:35pm ... not a choice in the advanced options.

3. I've had a few occasions where SageTV starts recording, and I want to stop. I don't see any options to stop recording.

2. Just pick the 10-10:59pm timeslot as long as the start time is within that 1 hour window it works fine.

3. Just click once on the show, and select Record Options... And select "Cancel this Recording"

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by Fastrack

3. Just click once on the show, and select Record Options... And select "Cancel this Recording"

This will only stop it if it is a Manual recording & not a Favorite. For recordings in progress, I don't worry about it & just delete it later if I don't want to keep it. For IR, I mark unwanted shows as Don't Like.

If there is something else you want to record at that time instead of some Favorite, simply set it as a manual recording & then confirm that you want to record it instead of the other one if/when asked.

- Andy

[Fastrack]

Originally Posted by Opus4

This will only stop it if it is a Manual recording & not a Favorite. For recordings in progress, I don't worry about it & just delete it later if I don't want to keep it. For IR, I mark unwanted shows as Don't Like.

If there is something else you want to record at that time instead of some Favorite, simply set it as a manual recording & then confirm that you want to record it instead of the other one if/when asked.

- Andy

Very true, I forgot about that.

[Brent]

Is there any way to stop a recording in progress? Is it an option to just press a button during the recording?

[Fastrack]

Originally Posted by Brent

Is there any way to stop a recording in progress? Is it an option to just press a button during the recording?

I use this plugin, which when you press STOP, it presents options which you can do - one of which is "stop recording - keep partial file".

http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=11603

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Fastrack

I use this plugin, which when you press STOP, it presents options which you can do - one of which is "stop recording - keep partial file".

http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=11603

Thanks! Just what I was looking for. Would be nice to have this functionality built into the core, but this will do what I need it to. Thanks for the tip.

[SnyperBob]

Originally Posted by Fastrack

I use this plugin, which when you press STOP, it presents options which you can do - one of which is "stop recording - keep partial file".

http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=11603

This is the only way to stop a recording that's in progress? Must be....

I don't understand why, if I have a recording going, I can't stop it (without modding Sage).

I get three options when clicking a recording in progress, and going to the 'Record Options' screen.
1. Record this show
2. Remove this favorite
3. Adjust favorite options

First of all, why would I want to record this show (Option 1) when I'm already recording it???

All I need is an option that says "Stop the darn recording". I just want to stop this one favorite recording that's in progres. I don't want to set up a window, etc for this one instance. How could this have been overlooked as a core feature?

Trying the mod now...

[fac13]

I agree. It's odd that this basic feature is still missing.