A wonderful addition that’s been contemplated/teased from the start – offline/download mode in the official Tablo apps across platforms. This would be great!
1 Like
Maybe for some - there are things you just know 
Actually wouldn’t you want to rotate them equally so one doesn’t wear out before the other 
?
Although I don’t see much use for this myself, not discounting it altogether, this sounds like it’s getting cumbersome. Tablo has commented some things are how they are to keep it simple for users.
Per show setting, yes it would be great, realistically, would probably over complicate the UI.
Per show setting, yes it would be great, realistically, would probably over complicate the UI.
I do agree this is an important concern. I have used many very configurable software applications in past where you need to keep a quick reference handy just to use it. They have all of the configurability anyone could need, but no intuitiveness.
I personally feel this could be added to the ‘Options’ menu without overcomplicating it. Currently I see only four items on the menu, ‘Keep’, ‘Channel’, ‘Start’ & ‘Stop’. In my personal opinion, I do not believe it would over complicate to add ‘Recording Quality’ with it set to the default automatically.
Another option might be to use a method I have seen in Kodi and other applications where the UI has different levels of complexity. In Kodi, you can set it to ‘Basic’, ‘Standard’, ‘Advanced’ or ‘Expert’. Changing this changes the complexity of all of the menus. I think two levels would be all Tablo would need, perhaps ‘Standard’ & ‘Advanced’. Although, I think simply adding ‘Recording Quality’ to the ‘Options’ menu would make this a little overkill.
1 Like
I don’t disagree with you. Feature Request doesn’t appear to be anything real.
They don’t want to over complicate things providing the option to end a recording 1 minute early or starting 1 minute late (as discussed elsewhere).
Different users levels across different platforms - apps/devices, now you’re over complicating it on their end 
, but yea, that would be a feature for sure.
Yes! Intuitive user interfaces are quite important, however there are ways to add additional features for more advanced users! 4 levels does seem like a lot. I think most apps are fine with 2.
If your talking about tuners, What?? No The difference in heat is not enough to care about in terms of lifespan.
DirecTV manages to overlap recordings on shows So even if you had two recordings or more that overlap it doesn’t run out of tuners. If can handle recording early and late without issue. . It should be able to start…record for xx time…start another…stop the first and continue to record the second all on the same tuner assuming the same channel.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
A and B should be able to record on one tuner if on the same channel despite the overlap. If not, well that’s a weakness that most other DVR’s don’t suffer.
It seems to me like it should be fairly simple to change the software to make a copy of video segments to cover overlaps for recordings on the same sub-channel (4-1, 5-2, etc.). Not only would it be useful for the small padding on recordings, but also for recordings that can be impacted by sports delays.
This is clearly more advantageous for people who use dual tuner units.
I don’t understand the issue with back to back episode recordings and why the concern as wether the same tuner does both.
One would think, but I’m not sure if they have the low level ability to decouple the code that’s actually writing to disk or not. As in I’m not sure how much code they wrote and now much is provided by the PixelWorks API’s. Someone else may have some knowledge on this topic.
1 Like
To clarify, on my 2-tuner units, I often run out of tuners due to wanting to record with both tuners while having overlaps for one of them.
Hmm. Hadn’t thought of that.
So, last fall…I was recording Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, ran back to back…but typically I caught the start of Young Sheldon at the end of Big Bang theory…I was also recording something else on my two tuner during the time that these two shows recorded…when I tried to set Young Sheldon to record 2 min’s early so I could catch the beginning of it in its own recording instead of the end of the previous one, I was informed that I didn’t have enough tuners…so…despite the fact that I was recording two recordings on the same channel at the same time (because of the 2 min overlap), it was trying to use a 3rd tuner (which I didn’t have at the time)…
1 Like
With the over lap, it’s not truly back to back. I see your concept, and you know it would add more overhead (complexity).
Not really, it would be a minor modification the already existing scheduling conflict resolution system. Under the current system it only checks if tuners are scheduled to be in use when a new recording is being added to the recording scheduled. Its a simple yes/no setup but it a flawed one because not take into what channels are being used.
What I am suggesting is that conflict resolution also check if any the channels that are already scheduled to be recorded are the same as the recording that is being added. If the answer is yes, allow both recordings to use the same tuner. If the answer is no then follow the rest of the conflict resolution procedure.
Example:
A person with a two tuner Tablo already scheduled two shows to record.
Show A Ch 2.1 Tue 8:00PM-9:00PM
Show B Ch 6.1 Tue 8:00PM-9:00PM
They then want to add another recording.
Show C Ch 2.1 Tue 9:00PM-10:00PM
*Factoring in padding.
A scheduling conflict is triggered. The scheduling conflict resolution will now ask if the new recording is going to use the same channel as that of the existing recordings in the conflict.
Show A Channel = Show C Channel
The system then flags that Shows A and C can record off the same tuner and reports that the conflict has been resolved.
If the answer is no then conflict resolution proceeds as normal.
2 Likes
I have multiple 2-tuners and I don’t have an issue described in your example. Maybe it’s because I don’t modify the start/end times. Maybe I’m lucky in that my stations don’t have overlapped schedules.
But you are also assuming that the xcode processor can have back-to-back overlapping shows scheduled on the same channel/sub-channel and write the output to two different HLS files.
Modify already existing system - but it’s flawed. How is that not complex 
?
Anyway, some people don’t have this problem and you only think you know how the hardware works 
If the problem does not currently exist then I am mistaken or going off of out of date information and apologize for wasting everyone’s time.
Not all increases in complexity are innately bad. An automatic pressure relief valve is more complex than a manual one but less prone to catastrophic failure because it can take care of itself even if a user is unable to get to it in time to release the excess pressure.
and you only think you know how the hardware works
I made no such claim, the fumes from your emoji must be getting to you. 
Apologize, I was being sarcastic paraphrasing from the pointless post “But you are assuming…”. He doesn’t have a problem, and points out how little anyone may actually understand. I too should stay on point.
1 Like
I would really like to see a big step improvement in the remote access feature. Today’s feature is limited… mobile devices only and only those that have logged onto Tablo in your home and then only if you’re lucky and the moon is in the right phase 
.
I would really love to see this supported by something much more predictable. The log in to Plex by user name and password works much better and much more reliably for me.
I also hope that you would consider expanding from mobile devices such as my iPhone to include Rokus. With the Roku Stick+ providing great portable capabilities and simplified log-in to hotel WiFis, it is a great device to take traveling. Now, if we could just get Tablo to work on it while on the road.
Thanks for all you folks have done to make OTA DVRs possible. An OTA DVR was the one “must haves” for my family to cut the cord.
Remote viewing works on Fire TV devices with the OG app. Not just mobile devices only.