topic Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end? in TV & Streaming

Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Krimco — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:19:35 GMT

I lost end of Blue jays opener and last of home run derby.

Hopefully Bell takes this as suggestion. Rogers was 3 hours

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end. I lost endof Blue jays opener and last of home run d

WelshTerrier — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:31:49 GMT

You can set your Bell TV 4K pvr & your receivers to stop recording at the scheduled time or by choosing any one of the following time stop time increments: 5min., 10min., 15min., 30min., 1 hr., 2 hr. & 3 hr.

Just select pvr on your remote & choose add a recording & select your recording options & then select your stop recording option.

You can also do the same on the Bell Fibe TV app. as well on Fibe TV from any web browser.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end. I lost endof Blue jays opener and last of home run d

Krimco — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:22:07 GMT

I am on Fibe TV and PVR on cloud. See option and 30 minutes highest

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end. I lost endof Blue jays opener and last of home run d

WelshTerrier — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:42:55 GMT

You are correct.

You can only set your to "Stop recording" Fibe TV Cloud PVR at the scheduled time for any one of the following time stop time increments: 5min., 10min., 15min., 30min.

The 1 hr., 2 hr. & 3 hr. stop increments are not available.

I do not work for Bell. I am quite sure someone from Bell will review your suggestion & if possible implement such a change. It only makes sense if there is any kind of demand for this.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Smsat — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:45:34 GMT

How can we get Bell to look into this? 30 minutes is not enough time to extend recordings of sporting events.

Re: FibeTV app Maximum Playback Length?

Krimco — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:54:12 GMT

Is Bell going to do anything about this problem with Fibe TV not giving you the option of more than 30 minutess?

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

AlexS — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 03:05:12 GMT

Bell is better at recording capacity, replay programs without recording via Restart and much more cheaper billing structure.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Smsat — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:43:55 GMT

This is true, but with no fast forward on restart, it makes using it for a 3 hour football game impractical. Also, the game I recorded didn’t offer a restart option. Thirty minutes is not enough.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Zippy — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:20:28 GMT

Bell Aliant, for eastern Canada has extended record.The thing I miss most is being able to do manual record times.I just like recording hockey intermissions, but now have to record whole game.Again,Bell Aliant has that option.If it’s all Bell, should be an easy fix for us in Ontario to have those options too.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Smsat — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:22:47 GMT

That’s good to know. Thanks for posting that information. I assume Bell monitors these forums so hopefully we will see this feature in the near future.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

BellNick — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:40:25 GMT

Hi there @Zippy
We appreciate your feedback. At this time, our best recommendation for recording when only the 30 minutes is available is to record the program coming on afterwards.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Zippy — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:43:41 GMT

What about manual recordings for specific days and times?

Say I want to record from 7:45 - 8:15 only on Saturdays?

If Bell Aliant has these capabilities,can we in Ontario not have them with an update?

Re: Manual recording.

AlexS — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:47:39 GMT

Not with the 7802 box. The best you could do is to start a one-time recording at that time, then turn on the receiver to stop it if the program’s end time isn’t desired, and repeat the whole process on the second day. The 5662 box is just like Cogeco.

Fibe tv pvr Extend hockey game more than 30 min

Squirrel0 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:43:22 GMT

Vip7802 unit on fibe tv. Not the app. It only let's u extend 30 mins past ending. Old bell pvr u cud extend it 90 mins. Lost last minute of hockey game. Football will be a problem.

How can I extend it more

Re: Bell vs Rogers Recording Options

Micron — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:40:44 GMT

For the 3rd or 4th time, a recording timed out on me. MLB time slots are 3 hours. I add 30 minutes to the recording time. Today, in the bottom of the 9th inning the recording was at the 3 hrs and 30 minutes mark but the game was not over. So the recording just ends and I don't get to see the end of the program. OK, I know who won based on the circumstances at the time, but THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!

Re: Bell vs Rogers Recording Options

dks — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:37:14 GMT

I understand that. Unfortunately no one can control the time or outcome of any sporting event, including the length of the event. Likewise, recording a TV show is a function of preprogramming, not real time. In real time, live TV says, “We join our regular programming, already in progress.” There is no technical way to get around preprogramming rules.

Re: Bell vs Rogers Recording Options

Micron — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:21:43 GMT

I don't get your point about "preprogramming rues". It seems to me that the simple solution would be to provide more than 30 minutes of time when extending a scheduled recording. Someone wrote here that Rogers provided 3 hours. I remembered it as 1.5 hours but perhaps I'm mistaken and it was 3. I will have to try the suggestion to record the following program as well. I suppose then that a 30 minute extension would be pointless since you could simply set up a recording for as many following programs as you think you'd need, or just add 30 minutes to the scheduled recording for the following show.

Re: Bell vs Rogers Recording Options

dks — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:25:14 GMT

Thanks for your reply. Programs running overtime are limited to sports, usually. I'm not saying your wish it won't happen, but you can suggest it as an improvement to be made in the next software release. Currently we are all at the mercy of system programing. And programming isn't always easy to change.

Re: Bell vs Rogers Recording Options

Dude_99 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:08:04 GMT

I had bell satellite and I could record 90 mins extra. This 30 mins is not enough. If I can't watch sports the way I need to, I'd probably cancel all my bell services because sports is the crux.

Re: Can you record longer than 30 minutes after end?

Micron — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:23:03 GMT

Ditto. It'll cost me $75 to get out of the service next year, but it will be worth it. I tried the "record the next program" thing for game 5 of MLB World Series. In the bottom of the 8th my extra 30 minutes on the 1st recording timed out so I went to the next show that I recorded. It was a 30 minute program. Guess where I ended up in that 2nd recording - at the end of it. Go figure, but that makes sense.It was only by luck that I found a channel that let me pick it up in the 9th.