Extend instant recording to include content from the buffer back to the start of the programme
*** Summarised idea from trials process ***
Currently if you press the record button whilst watching live TV it only records from that point onwards. However, when you are watching live TV it is already keeping a buffer of content which it uses when you pause or rewind the live programme.
As such when you press record whilst watching live TV it would be much better if it used the buffered content where available to save the programme from the beginning (or as far back as it has in the buffer).
If you pressed record mid-programme simply because you cannot watch the end now then this feature may not be relevant but if you pressed record because you realised the programme was more interesting than you thought and you want to watch it again or let someone else see it then this feature is for you. When you press record it could prompt to ask if you want to record from now onwards or also save the content in the buffer back to the start of the programme if available.
Currently if you press the record button whilst watching live TV it only records from that point onwards. However, when you are watching live TV it is already keeping a buffer of content which it uses when you pause or rewind the live programme.
As such when you press record whilst watching live TV it would be much better if it used the buffered content where available to save the programme from the beginning (or as far back as it has in the buffer).
If you pressed record mid-programme simply because you cannot watch the end now then this feature may not be relevant but if you pressed record because you realised the programme was more interesting than you thought and you want to watch it again or let someone else see it then this feature is for you. When you press record it could prompt to ask if you want to record from now onwards or also save the content in the buffer back to the start of the programme if available.
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That reminds me, I sent an email to Humax Support about it months ago and never received a reply...
I was watching Strictly Come Dancing tonight, but had it paused whilst a family member attended to a phone call. I needed to go to bed early (have a very early start in the morning) but decided I would like to watch Merlin - not something I normally watch so it's not set to record automatically.
On all other PVRs I have ever owned, I could have recorded Merlin, from the start of the programme because it is held in the buffer, so I could watch later. But not with Youview!
So now I either have watch the programme all the way now through despite that not being convenient, or miss it. To make matters worse, there is no way to tell on Youview if it will be available on catch-up (though that wouldn't be as good quality as a PVR recording in any case).
This is very poor and makes Youview seem inferior to other offerings.
Please can an OCE confirm if this will be considered for a future update?
This solution has worked fine for the last 6 years, so no reason why it wouldn't work now on Youview as well.
That's actually quite a poor way to do it, technology has moved on since the 9200 was new.
Record from buffer should work the same way it does on Sky - when you're watching a show and press record midway through it automatically records the portion of that show in the buffer, no need to rewind.
If I decide, while I'm watching a programme, that it's so good I want to keep a recording of it, the last thing I want to do is fiddle around rewinding through the buffer. I want simply to hit the record button and carry on enjoying the programme. Later, the programme will be there in Recordings with all the other programmes just as if I'd scheduled the recording in advance.
It seems to me to be quite unnecessary for the viewer to have to compensate for the inadequacy of a bit of software in the box.
An added extra might be an option that makes the box ask if you want to record the whole programme or "just from here" - people might have watched part of a programme and only want to record the rest when they go out or something.
Alternatively, it could record the programme from the start, but add a "recording set" bookmark too allow people to jump to the point they pressed the record button. (Can't remember if Youview supports bookmarks - but it should!)
Any chance of an update on this?
Vast amounts of information is available inside the EPG, including episode and series details ,recording options and links to additional episodes, just press the (I) to reveal it.
Hitting Record while you're viewing a programme should, in my opinion, save that programme, if it's in the buffer, not just the part from the time you hit the button. Why you want to keep a recording of a part programme?
But where would the programme info go?
People are already calling for more channels to be displayed on the EPG and a recent update reduced the number of lines per channel from 2 to 1 with the icons now next to the programme name instead of beneath as I seem to recall they originally were.
This was in part because of user complaints about wasted space and too small text.
Changes such as these limit the scope for other requests to be implemented.
YouView have to balance a clutch of contradictory feature requests and feedback and create a middle-ground solution that suits and serves as many people as possible.
I understand that but the information should be displayed on the screen when an item is highlighted in the EPG. Most PVRs do it that way and it saves multiple button presses when looking through the EPG.
"Why you want to keep a recording of a part programe?"
LOL, exactly! And why would you want to only record the part of the program that you could actually watch and not the part you've missed?
I like that idea and it was suggestions such as this that I was hoping to prompt with my question and comments.
It's the easiest thing in the world to just say something isn't right and call for changes, but I think such comments are more helpful when accompanied by a suggested alternative such as the one you posted above.
It helps others envisage the proposed change, it means the poster has done more than just gripe and it possibly gives YouView a better idea of how they could meet user expectations.
IMO too often posts are of the 'doesn't work' and 'don't like' variety which doesn't really help anyone.