HR54 Record First Run only issue

Long standing issue with Science Channel. Appears to be guide related. I subscribed to Philo and found the issue partially exists there too. Seems Philo can get season and episode right but record more than hour long show, grabbing a random rerun.

DirecTV was recording way too many 3 hour episodes with a single title and I couldn't keep season and episodes with DirecTV genie always mixing titles with season and episode. I've initiated case numbers, promised callbacks, but things remain confused and mixed up. Not for that alone but I suspended DirecTV to save some money while sports are limited.

What channel or channels are you having issues with?

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Channels in the Discovery family are notorious for this. The information they supply to the guide service tends to give that episode's play date as the "first aired" date so it records as new whether it is or not. Another of their tricks is to combine several old shows into a several hour broadcast and give it a new first aired date.

 

Yup. I have stopped recording several discovery shows because of this

 

Yeah Discovery channels love to get on your DVR.

 

I haven't seen it on CBS or FOX. Are you setting your recordings from the guide and selecting first runs only?

 

If I remember correctly we used to have this problem with the HR24. Some found out that if the Series is set up right, then just leave it alone and let it record the show and delete them after they are recorded. It had something to do with the software and that it had to establish a starting point.
If you have not tried this, maybe give it a try.

 

I seem to recall it will always record the episode you're on when you set the link up, and only applies the New/All criterion on subsequent episodes. Or at least it used to work that way, who knows by now?

 

Yes, it has always worked that way. When you set up a series from the guide, it will always record the first episode. Subsequent episodes will correctly follow the new/all criterion, unless they are "duplicates" (episode recorded in the last 28 days, even if you have deleted from the disk)