If 2 units went bad, wouldn’t you be on your 3rd Tablo?
Clarify: in order to “record” an in progress show complete, you already need to have been watching it from the beginging via Live TV…?
I can get similar in non-Roku, Play/Watch | Record – Personally I have no idea if it’d record a show if I had started watching from the start, probably not (?) …but has similar option as you describe.
Can you reference where it’s noted this is “broken” and on the list…
Here’s a post from TabloTV trying to explain why watching Live TV creates a playlist technically different from a recorded playlist. Tablo’s design makes an on-the-fly recording …a technical challenge:
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There is no technical way to convert a live playlist to a recording playlist. The live playlist must end and a new playlist must be started for the recording.
Seems to be a misunderstanding as to what’s getting “fixed” 
Nope, you could start watching a live show 35 minutes into it, then back out to the live TV grid and set the episode to record. But of course it will only record from when you hit record. Even if you were watching live TV from beginning, it only records from when you hit record, it will not record from the beginning.
I had to go out and buy a powerline adaptor so I could hardwire it to Ethernet.
I don’t know the technical aspect of it and obviously they don’t either. All I know is I never had a problem doing it with past DVRs. And why can it be done on the android phone app but not these streaming apps. Doesn’t make sense. It’s not a high priority on their list. And obviously they don’t care about people who bought the unit but don’t want to subscribe. I don’t watch much broadcast TV aside from a few news programs so I have no desire to subscribe.
Actually, I think the link above explains they (Tablo) DO know the technical aspect of it.
Comparing to your past DVRs. you need to make sure you are talking apples and apples. Did those past DVRs record the MPEG-2 stream directly or transcode it? Unless they were also transcoding like the Tablo does it’s not a fair comparison.
I agree with this. Tablo has explained the technical reason why when you want to record an in progress live show it does not record the previously watched portion (the beginning of the show).
Look, then tell me why it can be done on the android app and not the other apps? Doesn’t make sense. It’s not a high priority for them to fix this
What I said above has nothing to do with your “feature request” for the UI on a Roku when using a Tablo without a valid subscription. It speaks to another “issue” that others have brought up.
If you get a subscription, the Tablo will do what you want as I explained in the first few posts in this thread.
Feature request my azz, this is a basic function of any DVR. I’m done with this POS company and their lazy azz engineers.
Right, you can always record a partial show.
Thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood this was suggesting it would creat a completed recording …if you had been watching since before the show began.
Or if you had been, the “live playlist” is unaware of any start time for programing. It starts recording - transcoding, at an arbitrary point in time, irrelevant of shows.
I found a work around for Google TV users. Just click on the program to record, change the end time to the actual end time and then create isn’t greyed out anymore. This works and records the show. Still no fix for Roku. This is easily fixable by the Tablo engineers. They just refuse to do it. Well you know I think of them…
You can always call them and express this opinion verbally to them.
Holy Cow I thought he was “I’m Done”.
I guess he could brush up on his brightscript skills and volunteer to fix the Roku app.
Sorry, I just have no respect for a company that won’t fix a known bug. Now “I’m done”.
Have you asked them if they consider it a bug? It might not be and it might be their intention to work that way without a subscription.
I had ask from your first post, where did you get the missunderstanding this needs fixed? or is getting fixed?
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“All I know is”… it worked on other systems. “Doesn’t make sense.” -to you. In TabloTV’s post they admitted it’s “deeply technical and nerdy”. " It’s not a high priority on their list" still not sure what happened 2yrs ago suggesting it was in the works – can you elaborate?
Now you’re telling users it’s a known bug. #FakeNews 
Their explanation suggest it’s by design, good or bad.
Not every device operate the same. Each have their own feature set, one lets you talk to it and knows all activity inside your household, another allows you to use a variety of devices.
To be clear, a subscription is more than guide data, it includes advanced recording features and scheduling features. Tablo TV Guide Data Subscriptions | Over The Air (OTA) DVR | Tablo for < $5month
Yes and basic includes manual recording.Its not any advanced feature. It’s not letting me record what’s on manually. Fix the bug!!!
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