EHD Folders Mini-trauma

[phrelin]

As many know, the ViP612 got external hard drive folders a while back. They are quite helpful as we all expected and as those with 622/722's anticipate. No problems until today.

I inadvertently recorded a show at the same time on both my 612 and my 722. And then I stupidly put both on the EHD. On my 612 they both appeared in one folder with the same name. It's easier to see such a screwup with those handy folders. So I opened the folder, selected one and pressed "delete".

And it deleted both.:eek2:

I can rerecord the show on Sunday, so it's no big deal. But now I know that if I have two copies of the same show which likely have the same identifier, don't put them on the same EHD.

[Kent Taylor]

As many know, the ViP612 got external hard drive folders a while back. They are quite helpful as we all expected and as those with 622/722's anticipate. No problems until today.

I inadvertently recorded a show at the same time on both my 612 and my 722. And then I stupidly put both on the EHD. On my 612 they both appeared in one folder with the same name. It's easier to see such a screwup with those handy folders. So I opened the folder, selected one and pressed "delete".

And it deleted both.:eek2:

I can rerecord the show on Sunday, so it's no big deal. But now I know that if I have two copies of the same show which likely have the same identifier, don't put them on the same EHD.

Did you pass this along to tech support?

[dbrakob]

Kind of off topic but probably somewhat related ... I am not sure how the EHD handles duplicate recordings but it has something to do with the show info in the guide I think. I record some movies from CinemaxEast HD and back it up with an SD version (I get frequest dropouts on Cinemax HD). I noticed when I record a movie on Cinemax HD and Cinemax SD and try and move them both to the EHD I get problems. Once one of the versions is on the EHD it will not transfer the other one. As soon as I select it to "send" to EHD I get a message saying transfer complete but it is not on the EHD and is still on the DVR. If I tape one version on CinemaxEast and one on CinemaxWest this does not happen.

[phrelin]

Did you pass this along to tech support?No, but I will today. I don't perceive this as a major problem as I can't see why anyone deliberately would record a show on two DVRs and then archive the recordings on the same EHD as when the EHD crashes you'd lose both. But it would have been nice to have a warning or at least a "this isn't right" as described here: Kind of off topic but probably somewhat related ... I am not sure how the EHD handles duplicate recordings but it has something to do with the show info in the guide I think. I record some movies from CinemaxEast HD and back it up with an SD version (I get frequest dropouts on Cinemax HD). I noticed when I record a movie on Cinemax HD and Cinemax SD and try and move them both to the EHD I get problems. Once one of the versions is on the EHD it will not transfer the other one. As soon as I select it to "send" to EHD I get a message saying transfer complete but it is not on the EHD and is still on the DVR. If I tape one version on CinemaxEast and one on CinemaxWest this does not happen.This is useful information to understand the vagaries of the EHD system.

[Ron Barry]

Definitely sounds like you got a edge condition not handled properly phrelin. Well described.