I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.

But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
automatically when a new series starts.

So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
should have a new series link code?! Doh!

On 15/08/2021 13:15, Dickie mint wrote:
> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>
> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
> automatically when a new series starts.
>
> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
> should have a new series link code?! Doh!

That seems to happen quite often, you do not even seem to be able to be
sure that a whole series will be recorded even when on the same channel.

On 15/08/2021 in message <inser3FpsbcU1@mid.individual.net> Dickie mint
wrote:

>So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
>should have a new series link code?! Doh!

Somebody who has your best interests in mind :-)

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On 15/08/2021 13:34, MB wrote:
> On 15/08/2021 13:15, Dickie mint wrote:
>> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
>> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
>> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>>
>> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
>> automatically when a new series starts.
>>
>> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
>> should have a new series link code?! Doh!
>
> That seems to happen quite often, you do not even seem to be able to be
> sure that a whole series will be recorded even when on the same channel.>

That is especially true for a series split across a season. It happened
when, for example, a 20(?)-episode Gotham series was split with 10 being
shown in spring, with the remaining 10 in autumn. Even if the series
link was set and the spring episodes recorded without problem, the
autumn episodes were missed as they were given a new series link.

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On 15/08/2021 01:15 pm, Dickie mint wrote:

> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>
> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
> automatically when a new series starts.
>
> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
> should have a new series link code?! Doh!

Sky seems to achieve it.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:34:29 +0100, MB wrote:

> On 15/08/2021 13:15, Dickie mint wrote:
>> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
>> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
>> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>>
>> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
>> automatically when a new series starts.
>>
>> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
>> should have a new series link code?! Doh!
>
> That seems to happen quite often, you do not even seem to be able to be
> sure that a whole series will be recorded even when on the same channel.

Every couple of weeks lately I've had to select some BBC programmes again. 6
pm news and Look East are two.
Then some of the ITV, 4... and 5... like to record multiple times for the
same programmes, even for one-off films.
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"Dickie mint" <richard_taylor01@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:inser3FpsbcU1@mid.individual.net...
> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>
> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
> automatically when a new series starts.
>
> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
> should have a new series link code?! Doh!

I've found a lot of programmes on various channels which change series-link
ID when they go from one series (US: season) to another. It's caught me out
before now, but I usually do a quick sanity check every few days to check
that every programme I have scheduled for today has another episode
scheduled for a week today. That's how I caught the series-link change for
Casualty.

I think dick head is the word you want.
Brian

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"MB" <MB@nospam.net> wrote in message news:sfb1j8$gbg$1@dont-email.me...
> On 15/08/2021 13:15, Dickie mint wrote:
>> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
>> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
>> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>>
>> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
>> automatically when a new series starts.
>>
>> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
>> should have a new series link code?! Doh!
>
> That seems to happen quite often, you do not even seem to be able to be
> sure that a whole series will be recorded even when on the same channel.

Dickie mint wrote:

>I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
>PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
>Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>
>But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
>automatically when a new series starts.
>
>So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
>should have a new series link code?! Doh!

The downside of a single link for all seasons is that if new and
repeated episodes are on air at the same time, the PVR will pick
them all up.

Chris
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On 16/08/2021 09:37, Chris J Dixon wrote:

> The downside of a single link for all seasons is that if new and
> repeated episodes are on air at the same time, the PVR will pick
> them all up.
>
> Chris
>
The CRID (series link code) should be set to be different for repeats.
That does usually happen, so they know how to do it!

On 15/08/2021 13:15, Dickie mint wrote:
> I thought the idea of giving programmes series link codes was to enable
> PVRs to find it to record. Cleverly even when the channel time shifts it.
> Doesn't work across channels, bit of a missed opportunity there.
>
> But for programmes with multiple series it means it get recorded
> automatically when a new series starts.
>
> So, what <insert rude word here> decided that the new series of Casualty
> should have a new series link code?! Doh!
It's an old spec, but it's all here:
https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102800_102899/10282202/01.02.01_60/ts_10282202v010201p.pdf

Chris J Dixon wrote:

>The downside of a single link for all seasons is that if new and
>repeated episodes are on air at the same time, the PVR will pick
>them all up.

I set a series link for Grand Designs New Zealand on More 4. This
carried over to a repeated run of Grand Designs Australia, which
I allowed to record as I had missed some of them, but it has now
moved on to UK Grand Designs, and I have killed it.

Chris
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