TV episode question

I recently purchased several episodes of some tv shows we watch. Should these shows also appear in my iTunes or is it strictly an AppleTv thing? When I go to tv whows in iTunes, there is nothing there. Thanks for any help.

Thanks I'll try that.
Also, should appletv be listed under devices in itunes? All i have there is my iphone.

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Unplayed Episodes Question

I have my podcast settings to "Keep all unplayed episodes" But this only seems to apply and work if it relating to itunes only. To clarify: I watch nearly all my podcasts on my nano ipod but when synchronising, itunes doesn't seem to recognise they have already been watched, even when the blue dot has disappeared on the ipod. Is this normal or is there a way round this? It means I have to manually delete all the ones I have listened too manually. Which leads me to my second question: When deleting it always asks whether to cancel, keep file, or move to trash. Is there an automatic way of choosing move to trash? It is very annoying to have to do this with every file I want to delete.
Many thanks in advance

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There doesn't seem to be this option as when I do this I only have "Do not auto delete". So that would imply it is already set.
Yes, I agree.
Also it is the podcast episode I WANT to auto delete after watching. (unless I actually want to keep it for a while of course.) The podcast itself I would want to keep for further episodes.
Of course. It would make no sense to autodelete the podcast itself. The command I'm talking is applied to the podcast, and deletes podcast episodes after they've been played. Why not try toggling it off and then back on again, then click Refresh? (It's a bit incredible to me that this most obvious of operations is so difficult to accomplish, but that's iTunes for you!)
Just for the record, in iTunes Preferences | Podcasts , I have "Keep: All unplayed episodes". When my nano is connected and I select it on the left side under Devices, then click the Podcasts tab, I have "Sync all unplayed episode of All podcasts".
Before I discovered the Auto Delete option, I had the same problem as you, and now it's fixed. Sorry it didn't help you!
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4th time I am trying to post this question!!! Why can't I watch season 5 episode 9 of Downton Abbey?? I have purchased a season pass and have watched all previous episodes

4th time I am trying to post this question!!! Why can't I watch season 5 episode 9 of Downton Abbey?? I have purchased a season pass and have watched all previous episodes. I can't watch on any of my devices. iMAC - iPad 3rd gen. - iPhone5

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Newbie Question / No Available episodes?

Hello, I have gone through all the steps of podcast/rss creating, but whenever I try to submit it to iTunes, it says there are 'no available episodes'. I know this is not true because when i tested the feed in itunes, everything popped up. My question is, did i mess up the coding or something?
heres my rss feed. any help would be greatly appreciated as this has been very frustrating.
www.thehiphopproject.com/rss/thhpreal.rss

There is a fatal error in your feed: the </channel> tag is in the wrong place. It's before the first item; it should be at the very bottom just above the </rss> tag. By closing the 'channel' tag in this place you exclude all your episodes.
Furthermore there are two omissions:
Firstly, the declaration is incomplete at the top of the page: it should read
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
Without the URL in the second line none of the 'itunes' tags will work.
The second may not matter: your feed has 'enclosure' tags correcly present for each episode but no 'guid' tag: iTunes uses these to identify episodes as being unique; in theory in their absence it should just use the 'enclosure' tag, but it might be as well to include them. Any unique code should do, but most people use the episode URL, so in your first 'item' you should add
<guid>http://www.thehiphopproject.com/interviews/fashawn71109.mp3</guid>
and so on for the other episodes.

Two questions: (1) Removing episodes and (2) Charging for podcasts

Hi...
I hope someone out there can either help me or point in the right direction.
I recently launched a podcast and have two episodes. One is a full length podcast (roughly 90 minutes) and the other is a five-minute "teaser" or preview. I'd like to remove the teaser. While I think that doing so is a simple matter of removing it from my host (and/or removing it from the feed code), I thought I'd doublecheck just to be sure.
Second question... When I originally submitted the podcast to iTunes for approval, I submitted it as a free subscription. I now thinking of charging 99 cents, but am not sure how to edit my account to reflect this change. I tried to find the answer to this by way of the FAQ page, but for some reason I couldn't find the answer.
Thanks in advance, and best,
tiarawordsmith

Remove it from the feed file (everything between the <item> and </item> tags) and give it a day or two to disappear from the listing on iTunes. Then you can delete the media file (if you do it earlier visitors trying to access it will get an error message).
As to charging I'm not sure that iTunes provides any mechanism for charing for podcasts. Plainly you would need an account with them so you would have to contact them.

I am not a knowledgeable user - have what may be a stupid question! I just purchased a TV show series on iTunes and downloaded all episodes for the season. But I believe i want them on my iCloud instead of my laptop. How do I transfer them or dupl

I am not a knowledgeable user - have what may be a stupid question! I just purchased a TV show series on iTunes and downloaded all episodes for the season. But I believe i want them on my iCloud instead of my laptop. How do I transfer them to the Cloud or duplicate on the iCloud?

You can't transfer any purchase to the cloud yourself, whether a TV programme/series will show in the cloud for redownloading in the future depends upon what country that you are in (TV programmes can't be redownloaded in all countries), whether you move countries (you can't redownload purchases made in another country) and if the rights-holder keeps them in the store (they occasionally remove their items).
As you bought it on your laptop then you could turn Settings > iTunes & App Store > Videos (under 'show all') 'on' on your iPad and it might show in the Videos app on it with a cloud icon against it for streaming/redownloading (it might also show in the Purchased tab in the iTunes Store app for refownloading whether or not you turn that 'on') - but that depends upon your country and only whilst it remains in your country's store. Similarly if you delete it from your laptop and tick the 'show iTunes in the cloud purchases' tick box on the Store tab in Edit > Preferences it might show in the TV Shows part of your library for redownloading (and whether or not you tick that it might show in the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store homepage for redownloading).
But you should be taking a backup copy of it, and anything else that you download from the stores, there is no guarantee that you will be able to redownload any item.

After I watch a podcast I delete it. When I go back in the next day it shows 500-600 episodes I have to delete manually. So 2 questions.... Is there a way to stop this from happening and is there a way to delete all. This is getting frustrating.

After I watch a podcast I delete it. When I go back in there are 500-600 episodes and I have to delete each one manually. Is there a way to stop this from happening or is there a way to delete all at once. It's getting very frustrating.

Had all these issues. Bit the bullet and downloaded the Downcast App ($1.99). Much better expereince and a lot more features. Sad.

I'm sure this question can get rather old, but I do have my XML file properly updated, but my recent episodes are not displaying on iTunes. Any suggestions?

The XML file for my show can be found here...
http://www.lockepick.com/podcast/lockepod/lockepod.xml
Things have been fine for the fist few weeks but my last two episodes have not updated - also, my iTunes link does not even seem to open so I am wondering if the address listed on iTunes may be broken. Any dieas or clues as to anything I can do?

Your iTunes Store page is at
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/lockepod/id714711048
and is working OK. However the Store hasn't updated since episode 6; when subscribing, episodes 7 and 8 do show, so the feed is OK. Normally it takes a couple of days or so for new episodes to show in the Store, but sometimes it 'sticks' and doesn't update for some time. I'm afraid you've got caught by this and there isn't really anything you can do about it except wait for it to sort itself out.

RSS updating - Episodes in iTunes - many questions

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=262855503
First off, I am completely HTML stupid. I bought a mac, bought a .mac account and started making podcasts in garageband.
Two nights ago I uploaded my fifth episode, just like the previous four. here's the link:
http://web.mac.com/hobbzoid
So, why hasn't iTunes updated my podcast in the store?
Why won't it show all five episodes under the description?
If you answer in code, I seriously won't know what you are talking about. I bought the .mac account to make everything really easy, and I want to see this podcast in the queue...
thanks for the help.
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You forgot to include the link to the mp3 in your last episode.
You are missing titles for all your episodes.
You have a random <itunes:block> tag in your feed which could cause iTunes to block your whole feed.
Your itunes category is out of date...try "music"
Erik

HT204411 stupid question...i just want to by an episode of the good wife...where do I find that

i just want to buy an episode of the good wife...where can i find that

If itunes sells it, the you would find it in the itunes store.

Help! Where should I post this question, so I can get it answer?

I'm with the greastest Apple communuty on earth, but know ones responds to my question, except once. Is it worded incorrectly or difficult to understand. I been at for 4-5 months. Any help is well appreciated.
see below for my past adventures:
Can you help? I have pot this problem on the discussion board times 3 with no response except this time. See below.
down;oading podcast
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Can Itune get too full whereas it will stop downloading podcast automatically or manually? I just exported my 2006 " bibleonradio" podcast to a folder on my harddrive. Immediately itune started downloading podast from that site. But for the last 4-5 months it would hit and miss with downloading and the last 2 weeks it quit altogether.I would go to the site and download the podcast to a selected itune folder as a mp3 for listening.
Do I need to do some type of maintenance to prevent this from occurring? The site is simple reading of bible scriptures. Could itunes get confuse with 2006 podcasts, thinking I already have the podcast, even though the release date for the new podast are mark 2007?
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Posted: Jun 24, 2007 9:23 AM in response to: Austin Smith2

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Look at the Podcasts in your iTunes Library. Do you see a little exclamation point to the left of the listing? If so, click on that.
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Posted: Jun 25, 2007 3:35 PM in response to: Diane Wordsmith

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Thank you for your reply:
I have that symbol on some of my other podacst sites, but not this one because I listen to it daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day. Could the exclamation symbol for the othe sites, which goes away if I start listening to them again affect this podcast? but these site with the exclamation also hit and miss when itunes downloads, as much as 2-3 weeks once I start it back up.
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Diane Wordsmith

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Posted: Jun 25, 2007 3:49 PM in response to: Austin Smith2

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What's happened to me is that some Podcasts I subscribe to I might get lazy about listening to. Several of the Podcasts will pile up, and after a while iTunes will stop updating if you haven't listened to them. When I click on that little exclamation point in a circle, it will tell me that iTunes hasn't been updating that podcast because I haven't listened to it in a while. I think it asks if you want to continue (or maybe you have to click on subscribe again to get them started back).
If you are listening to this particular podcast every day, that shouldn't be a problem. And not listening to the other ones shouldn't affect this one. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I'm not sure what is causing it.
You might go to iTunes> Preferences and click on the tab for Podcasts and see what your settings are there.
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Posted: Jun 25, 2007 8:07 PM in response to: Diane Wordsmith

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Thank you again for your reply.
My settings in preference for podcast are::
check for new episodes-every hour
when new episodes are available-download all
keep-all episodes
does anyone else have this problem or any idea how to fix it?
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Trying to come up with an alternative to incomplete podcasts downloads from a website. What I'm trying to do is convert some the missing podcasts file from a website that itune don't download-reason unknown. I'm able to download a mp3 file of the podcast from the web site to my desktop, but I would like to add this to my podcast library under the same name of the podcast that I subscribed, then add to my playlist for continuous playing. Is this possible?
Thank for any Help,
Austin
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automatic podcast downloads incomplete
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I was on the wrong forum. Hope someone might have an answer.
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automatic downloads incomplete
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Some Podcasts have many episodes and when I subscribe, I get them all at once. But with some podcasts ( http://www.bibleonradio.com/ ), only a few episodes download, and I know there are many others available either because I can see them listed by going directly to the site or because they are numbered and some are clearly missing. I have tried setting my preferences both to download the latest edition of a podcast when I update or to download ALL editions. No difference either way.
Strangely enough, if I am patience , sometimes the gaps will fill themselves in or all at once when I choose to click update. Anyone have any ideas why this might be happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I email the web administrator and they said they were able to go to the itune store and download all the recent episodes. Below is my email conversation.
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Austin
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Posted: Jun 7, 2007 4:07 PM in response to: Austin Smith2
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Oops, I left off the dialog. Hope someone can Help.
Austin
From: Austin Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:16 AM
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no podcast downloading after feb 17th. Can you help?
On Feb 19, 2007, at 8:45 AM, MasterMedia wrote:
Austin,
If you mean podcasting of the One Year Audio Bible, then whenever the podcasting is behind you can always go out to the website and download from there. That’s usually been updated even when the podcast has not. Sorry for the inconvenience but the podcast should be brought up to date soon.
MasterMedia
From: Austin Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:21 AM
To: MasterMedia
Subject: Re: podcast
Thank you for your quick reply.
I was able to get itunes to download all the updates except,
Feb 18 New testament,
Feb 20 New Testament,
Feb 22 Old and New Testament.
Is this a problem on my end?
You wrote, "If you mean podcasting of the One Year Audio Bible, then whenever the podcasting is behind you can always go out to the website and download from there."
If I manually download the mp3 from your website, can I put them into the postcast library?
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Date: February 20, 2007 9:14:44 AM CST
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Austin,
I just went out to the iTunes store and tried to download those dates you had a problem with and I was able to download them without any problem. Maybe you should try again. And yes, you can manually download them from our website and store them into your podcast library. I’ve done that before and it works too.
MasterMedia
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Just a suggestion, since this is a podcast issue, you might find more help in the podcast section of the Mac forum.
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Thanks.
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Posted: Jun 13, 2007 7:29 AM in response to: Austin Smith2

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Guys am I asking the wrong question? I have posted this question 3 times, but I don;t get a reply. Am I in the wrong section? Am I the only one experiencing this problem?
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Hi I found the answer from another post. So far everything is working find. I been trying to fix this since march,
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Deleting the application rarely solves anything on Macs. A better starting point is normally to delete the preference file for the application (in Users/~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.itunes.plist) or see if you have the same problem in another user account on the computer.
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Mike, deleting the preferences did the trick, but I don't know why. Itunes downloaded 5 days of podcast! Hurray!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Podcast Art Question

Hi all,
Ultra newbie here with probably an obvious question. I recently submitted two separate podcasts to iTunes, and they both seem to be up and running in the store. Right now, the art that goes with them is not there--just the generic podcast icon. I gather from what I've seen on this forum that this is pretty much par for the course--the podcast goes live long before the associated cover art appears in iTunes. In both cases, when I submitted my feed (I'm using Feedburner), the art popped up on the confirmation page, so I assume all is basically well.
I have two slightly more subtle questions, though. First, I've subscribed to both podcasts myself to make sure they would download okay, and they do. In the case of the first one (the art of rhetoric one), it even shows up with the cover art, even though it doesn't appear in the iTunes store yet (which, I assume, means it's just a matter of time before it *does* show up). With the second podcast, however, the episode downloads, but unlike the other podcast, the art doesn't get downloaded with it--just the same old podcast icon. Is this just a fluke, or is this cause for concern that there's something wrong with the image?
A second minor question is that with the art of rhetoric podcast (i.e., the one that *does* download the cover art with the episode), the art appears, but the right and left edges are cut off just a bit. I thought I had been incredibly careful to format the jpeg to be precisely square at 300 x 300 (the numbers I saw recommended by iTunes). It's easy enough to rejigger the jpeg to allow for more margin space, if that's necessary. The question is this: if I change the link to this cover art jpeg with Feedburner, will it then automatically change (eventually) in iTunes?
Below are the itunes links to the two podcasts.
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie!
Cheers,
Ted
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-rhetoric/id451912125
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-behind-the-headlines/id451518148

Hi again,
I *think* I've figured out the problem. I was a bit thrown by the note that there wasn't a media file associated with the new Rhetoric episode since I had certainly uploaded one, but thanks to your prodding, I went back and figured out (probably) what the source of confusion was.
When setting up my podcast feed using the combo of Blogger and Feedburner, the instructions said to make sure to show the link dialog box in the header for each new blog post associated with the podcast in addition to the title. I did that and was dutifully including a link to the media file in that dialog box when making a new post. I had assumed that this was the link that "assocated" the linked media file with the blog post (and, hence, the feed generated by feedburner).
That seems to have worked in the posts for the "Headlines" podcast, but in the Rhetoric podcast, I noticed that I had also linked to the media file in the text of the blog post itself, not just in the link dialog at the top, in the first post. In the second one, I had not. When I viewed my feed details in Feedburner, I was given the option to "Play Now" the podcast for the first lecture, but not the second. I went back and included a link to the media file in the actual text of the blog post for the second lecture, and went back to Feedburner. Now, I was given the "Play Now" option for both lectures. I assumes his means that now there truly is a media file associated with this post, and next time iTunes checks, things will be hunky dory. We'll see.
I'm still not quite sure why I had to link to the media file in the text of the blog post for one feed, but don't seem to have needed to do that with the other. It's not a problem to do so, but I'd be a bit more comfortable if I knew why this was the case.
At any rate, thanks again for the help. I'll likely have more questions as things continue, but I'm keeping fingers crossed that I've managed to get things up and going now at long last.
Cheers,
Ted

Podcast episodes will not download from podcast stream

I have set up a podcast on my website to download sermons. I created the xml file which I tested in my feeds section of my browser. The xml file works perfectly there in that all the episodes are listed with thier respective audio files. If you click on the actual audio file it downloads the way that it should and plays. I copied the xml file location and went into Itunes and chose subdcribe to a pod cast. It asked for the url which I pasted the xml file location. Itunes displayed all of my episodes the way that it should. The problem then starts. When I click on an episode to download the audio file the episode name flashes for a second or 2 in the window on top and then nothing. The audio file will not download on any of the episodes. It lists them all but other then that I can't do anything with them. My xml file location is: http://www.stpaulsconway.org/stpaulssermons.xml What could I possibly be doing wrong?

Glad to hear that you have solved your problem.
May I suggest that if you have any further questions regarding Podcasts that you are producing, that you post the question in the Producing Podcasts community, where people with more specific knowledge will be sure to help you.
Producing Podcasts is listed under Apple Support Communities/iTunes/Producing Podcasts:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes/producing_podcasts

FIOS TV/DVR beginner questions

I'm a long time Dish subscriber that is considering switching after 10 years to FIOS TV, but after looking around at other forums, reading the scant info that I can find on the various Verizon sites, and reading the Motorola 7200 DVR manual - I still have a bunch of questions that I'm hoping some of you could answer so that myself and others can make an informed decision. I've got the FIOS internet and am very happy with the 20/5 service - its solid as a rock and fast as greased lightning.
Signal My Dish HD is quite compressed, and prone to lots of pixelation, yellow screens, and audio drops - and also free of charge you get a loud pop whenever the channel changes from SD to HD signal, along with the unavoidable volume differences between stereo and Dolby 5.1 audio when the signal goes HD to SD. I'm aware that most reviews indicate that the FIOS HD picture quality is hard to beat, but I'm wondering about the various audio and video problems and whether to expect a couple of dozen instances per hour show like I tolerage now on Dish? A great picture most of the time can still be ruined by a bunch of audio drops or 5 seconds of yellow screen every half hour. Does internet computer usage deteriorate the FIOS TV signal if you have a couple of computer users on-line while viewing or recording TV?
Content Dish has a 100 HD channels, FIOS in my area (Portland) has around 100 HD channels, with over 90% overlap. Dish has NBAtv, Fox Sports HD, CBC-college, and ESPNWS while FIOS has Big 10, ESPNU, and more of the movie channels in HD. The big difference seems to be VOD, but I can't find any comprehensive info on it. The Verizon website boasts of 11,000 monthly titles (8500 free), but you have to have some sort of user password to see the VOD choices on-line. I don't get the "monthly" thing either, seems like it would just be a growing VOD library that accumulates more titles, but the monthly thing makes it sound like some stuff disappears from VOD over time. Does the free VOD includes the recent movies, etc. or is all that stuff Pay per View and the free stuff is all kickboxing and fishing shows? Does anyone have a way for a non-FIOS TV subscriber to get a look at the list? The Verizon site just shows you a couple of titles and doesn't say whether they are free or PPV so it is hard to figure out whether VOD is something that I would use or not.
DVR's I currently have a 60 hour HD triple tuner ( 2 SAT, one OTA) Dish DVR (722) that I think is considered one of the better ones available. Besides the large hard drive, the unit also has a USB port that you can hang another 500G external hard drive off of after a $35 activation fee. I understand that FIOS is not allowed to do the same thing with their DVR's because of the copyright issues with the content being carried over wires instead of beamed from a satellite, although some things I read indicated that it still may be something they enable at some point. The other big difference is that the Dish DVR has all the outputs "hot" at the same time - meaning you can drive a bunch of TV's, SD and HD, simultaneously. I drive one SD signal 300 feet and a second HD signal 100 feet. I know the Motorola units that FIOS leases can only output one port at a time.
I read through the manual for the HD DVR (Motorola 7200) but Verizon lists the same manual for the "Home Media" DVR (Motorola 7216) so I can't tell what the real differences are between the DVR offerings.
In order to watch recorded or live shows on more than one TV - do you have to have a box (STB) per TV, whether using the Home Media DVR or the regular HD DVR?
Is the VOD content only available via the Home Media DVR, not the regular DVR? Is the only other main difference between DVRs the remote DVR functionality (internet programming)? I know there are some other multi-media things, pictures and music, but I'm focusing on TV. I don't get how FIOS can call the Home Media DVR "multi-room" if you still need a STB for other TV's, isn't that the same whether using a regular DVR or the Home Media DVR? Does anyone have a link to the actual 7216 manual?
How easy is it to change the output port? Is it a quick software change? My thinking is that if I hooked up a TV to HDMI, another to component, and maybe one to SD - how clunky is it to switch the output so that someone could watch TV1,2 or 3 (one at a time, of course). I'm also assuming that the audio ports will all work simultaneously so that one could send the video to HDMI, for example, and the audio to a receiver. So I think its only the video that is limited to a single output.
Does either DVR have an Over the Air digital antenna input?
Is the remote control RF or IR? Does it have the all important 30 second Forward skip button and 10 second Back skip button?
How long is the guide, a week, 2 weeks, etc?
I couldn't find much in either the manuals or the verizon website about the Interactive Media Guide. Is the VOD included in search functions? Are there TIVO like "season passes" and the ability to find and record new episodes of a show, etc.?
Are there any good reviews of the DVRs, the Interactive Media Guide, or something with more detail than Verizon's sketchy descriptions or the lousy 7200 manual?
I realize a lot of my DVR questions could be answered by proper documentation on the 7216 and the Interactive Media guide, so if someone has a link to detailed info on these items, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks for any help you can provide. I've spent a lot of time and effort getting my Dish system all figured out and the way I like it, but the quality issues and cost have me exploring options.

Does FIOS internet usage affect FIOS TV signal quality? (I have 20/5 service). Negative. The FiOS signal itself is only affected by physical damage and or equipment failure on our network equipment. Now if you you are talking inside of your house signal(there is a difference). VOD on FiOS is a strictly data service and is very bandwidth intensive due to the large size of the file itself. That is why we recommend you only watch one HDVOD at a time as the MOCA network in your house can't really handle two running at the same time with 100% QoS. So if I understand you correctly, VOD could be affected by heavy home network useage (or simultaneous VOD requests) but DVR recordings or live TVnot, or just less likely? That is correct. VOD services can be affected by heavy home data network useage. The live TV and subsequent recordings made of the liveTV to a DVR will not be affected by heavy home network useage.
Are there any futher plans for external hard drives and/or the HD DVR's to talk with each other? My manager has informed we are actively researching a solution to this problem. When or if anything will come of the research has yet to be seen.
How hard is it to switch outputs on the DVR (I'm assuming it is a software menu change)? Could it be programmed into a learning remote (keystroke macro) so that you hit one button for TV1, another for TV2, etc.? Last time i checked this was IMG 1.3. At that time all of the outputs were consistently on. There is no switching the output like there is switching a tuner on a TiVO. When i tested this in my video lab i hooked up a QIP6416 via HDMI and Component. Each output would show the same channel on either input ont the TV. Each output will only display whatever channel you have the STB currently tuned to. If this is not what you mean feel free to correct me. That is what I mean, my current config is one DVR hooked to SD TV1 via cable, HD TV2 via HDMI, and HD TV3 via component - and all three get signal simultaneously. I was told by a FIOS tech that only one output is "hot" at a time on the FIOS DVR. I understand that you can't watch channel X on TV1 and channel Y on TV2 simultaneously, but I'm wondering if you can watch channel X on TV1,2, etc. I went and tested on our QIP6416 model and unfortunatly you cannot only one output is 'hot" at this stage of IMG releases. From the looks of it the outputs are in a heirarchy hdmi ->component->s-video->composite->RF.
Can the IR remotes be programmed to run just DVR1 or just DVR2 if you put two in the same room (i.e. different code set for remote 1 and remote 2)? I note about 4 different remotes shown on the FIOS website, does the HD DVR have RF capability or will only IR remotes work with it? No the FiOS remotes are pre-programmed to work on every single FiOS STB. You could take your FiOS remote to another FiOS user's home and control their STB. Makes for some interesting fun. But it is all IR, right? The DVR's won't accept an RF remote signal? It is all IR.
Can channels be locked out on the guide so you don't see them, both adult and ones that you just aren't interested in? If you can lock them out of the guide, does that mean they won't show up in searches as well? There is currently no way to remove channels from the normal guide. We used to support this feature with our old guide produced by microsoft but the feature was left out of IMG. We have given the option for customers to setup multiple channel lists in guide format under the favorites option. You can set the guide button to pull up the first of those lists instead of the guide itself. You can lock the channels out but the titles will still be readable by anyone looking.
The "Welcome kit" PDF talks about being able to resolve timer conflicts for series, but I assume you can also assign priority to one time events and/or access a general recording schedule where you can manually resolve conflicts as well. Is that correct? Does the recording automatically pad sporting events with extra time on the end or do you have to set that up manually with each sporting event? Yes our recording schedule does will recognize recording conflicts. There will be a marker on the program in the guide informing you of a recording problem. There is also a section in the menu of the dvr that will show you the entire recording schedule with any conflicts. Yes you can set priority to whatever you want. No we do not pad for sporting events. That is something you will have do manually. Unfortunatly i do not see this changing anytime soon as it appears to be a limitation of our current guide data producer.
No OTA tuner in any FIOS DVR, correct? Correct.
The VOD descriptions say movies are "rented for 24 hours", but on the VOD list it shows a lot of older movies for free on top of the TV series,sporting events, etc.. Are these all just previews or is there a good inventory of free movies? In all honesty the free VOD movie selections are pretty limited and most of them are independent flicks or trailers. As soon as our HD on demand library is at an acceptable volume i believe we will be working in improving this aspect of VOD. The subscription based movie packages is where it is at though. The movie packages have pretty sizeable libraries that you get access to for free with the packages. Personally, i am partial to the Showtime on demand library(lots of good series). Please keep in mind though that our VOD library will change very frequently. VOD content is provided to us by the network that wishes to put it up. They can also will us to take it down as well.
I'll probably think of a few more, but that's it for now.
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Multi-Room DVR Questions - switching to Fios

I am getting ready to make the switch to Verizon Fios and have lots of questions.
I am going to get a Multi-Room DVR and either 2 or 3 set-top boxes.
I have 4 tv's: A -Main (Living room) TV is STD-Def, B - Bedroom TV is Hi-Def 1080p, C - Bedroom TV is 720P, D - Other TV - STD Def .
1. Does it matter which TV I hook up the Multi-Room DVR to?
2. Can I record in STD-Def and then play back on the Hi-Def TV?
3. Can I record in Hi-Def and and then play back on the STD-Def TV?
4. Are the STB's the same for STD-Def and HD (in case I want to swich where I have the DVR)?
4a. If not, is ther a charge if I change the box from STD to HD?
5. Will I be able to watch any channels on a TV that has no STB or DVR?
6. What DVR functions are available on the STB's?
Play, Pause, FF, Rew? What about controlling the recording of shows?
9. Is there a "higher capacity" Multi-room DVR, and how do I get one?
7. What is the capacity of the multi-room DVR?
8. Can I add an external hard drive?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Rich_L

Further qualifying a few items below ...
mphare wrote:
Additional Comment below
Anthony_VZ wrote:
1. Does it matter which TV I hook up the Multi-Room DVR to? No it does not.
2. Can I record in STD-Def and then play back on the Hi-Def TV? Yes
3. Can I record in Hi-Def and and then play back on the STD-Def TV? Yes but will be in a smaller box in the middle of the screen
4. Are the STB's the same for STD-Def and HD (in case I want to swich where I have the DVR)? Verizon only uses HD boxes now and will work with SD televisions. Verizon used to have SD boxes and last time I checked still had the basic SD terminal adapters -- these adapters do not support the guide or other expanding STB features including remote DVR access or on-Demand.
4a. If not, is ther a charge if I change the box from STD to HD? N/A
5. Will I be able to watch any channels on a TV that has no STB or DVR? If your TV has a QAM digital tuner you can watch the local stations only (channels 2-49)
6. What DVR functions are available on the STB's? You can pause and rewind live TV. You can set up a schedule to record all your favorite shows in advance so you don't have to set it back up every week. You can extend recording at the begining or end of show. You can set priority of shows incase there is a scheduling conflict. You can set a show to be protected so its only erased if you manually erase it. You can set how many episodes to keep. You can set whether to record either new episodes, repeats, or both. Pause and rewind live TV feature is on the DVR box only, not on the other STB's. You can pause and rewind DVR playback on these other boxes, but not live TV. Note also that you need to be in an area which has the newer IMG 1.9 to be able to setup recordings from remote STB's and/or extend a recording as these are new features in IMG 1.9.
9. Is there a "higher capacity" Multi-room DVR, and how do I get one? If you are not provided one at installation (depends if they are in stock or not) it can be ordered from out htttp://verizon.com/fiostvcentral website
It costs an additional $40 to order a 500 GB DVR if one is not provided at time of installation. I would hold out for one at that time so you don't have to pay the $40. You may be able to forgo the $40 upcharge if you can take your 160 GB DVR to a Verizon store and exchange it there (it they have the 500 GB DVR to exchange). I would ask for the 500GB DVR at installation and make sure they can provide it before accepting it.
7. What is the capacity of the multi-room DVR? 160gb for existing DVR 500gb for expanded DVR
8. Can I add an external hard drive? The set top boxes running IMG 1.9 have this capability. 1.9 is still in its initial stages of deployment and not in most areas.
I hope this answers your questions you had.

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