Creating manual timer for several weeks hence

[gomezz]

With The Ashes now over I wanted to move my safeguard broadcast timer of TMS to the start of the first New Zealand test match on 20th November. No problem doing that. But then I thought I would edit the timer name to TMS to reflect its purpose using Raydons web interface. But I can't as the start and end times default back to the current day and cannot be changed beyond the middle of October. Is this a known thing?

(by safequard broadcast timer I mean when the play goes beyond the original scheduled end time and if you want to listen on catch up as I sometimes need to do at the end of a work day when I have to travel through a DAB radio blackspot then you sometimes find the BBC have not allowed for the overrun on iPlayer Radio / Sounds - yes I have complained to them)

 

[MofTot]

Not sure I understand the issue. What do you mean by safeguard broadcast timer? A manual recording schedule? Can't you just remove the existing one with the incorrect title and create a new one?

With WebIf on the box itself you can only set up manual recording schedules up to 1 month in advance. If you're installing Remote Scheduling (the rs package) on your Foxsat-HDR you can schedule manual recordings far into the future via the Remote Scheduling Portal. Check out the Wiki: Remote Scheduling Portal.

Just out of curiosity what happens on BBC Sounds when a program overruns? Is the overrun available in the next program in the schedule?

 

[gomezz]

That is the reason why I like to record the channel beyond the end of the scheduled coverage. Because any game overrun is chopped off and is not included in the next programme in BBC Sounds.

 

[MofTot]

OK, you can use Remote Scheduling for that purpose.

 

[gomezz]

Ta for that info. Still find it odd that if I try to edit an existing timer it automatically alters to the date to today if it is set for too far in the future.