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kevinh
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Recording of Sky Arts film will not play

I recorded the film of The Who's 1970 Isle of Wight concert a couple of years ago on Sky Arts on our V6 box. I don't remember why I didn't record it on the HD channel. I recently tried to rewatch it but the box reported it could not be played because VM no longer shows Sky Arts. I hadn't noticed that channel had gone, but Sky Arts HD is still available. I assume this is a rights issue, but as Sky Arts is still present in HD format, and AFAIK always showed the same content as the SD channel. Why would my V6 box inhibit playing this recording? Can VM correct this?

Kevin

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  • 1701-e's avatar
    1701-e
    Fibre optic
    7 days ago

    The channel you recorded the show on no longer exists so the recording won't play.  The HD channel has a different ID from the old SD channel.  Knowing sky arts, it'll be Broadcast again.

    • kevinh's avatar
      kevinh
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      5 days ago
      1701-e wrote:

      The channel you recorded the show on no longer exists so the recording won't play.  The HD channel has a different ID from the old SD channel.  Knowing sky arts, it'll be Broadcast again.

      I guessed something like that was happening. I just felt it was unreasonable. I'm sure Sky Arts will show it again some time, assuming they still have the rights.

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      kevinh
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      6 days ago
      Client62 wrote:

      Is this what your looking for : 

      It is, thank you for the link

      Kevin

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
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    6 days ago

    I recorded the film of The Who's 1970 Isle of Wight concert a couple of years ago

    VM's recording boxes are designed for short-term timeshift viewing, not long-term archiving. Although in the vast majority of cases there are no time limits on watching recordings, "a couple of years" is certainly fuel to the fire of broadcasters who want to force viewers into streaming everything and recording nothing.

    It the channel you recorded from ceases to exist, hidden guide data is usually retained for either 3 or 6 months to allow recordings to be viewed. Fortunately it looks like another poster has found you a YouTube link.

    • kevinh's avatar
      kevinh
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      5 days ago
      japitts wrote:

      VM's recording boxes are designed for short-term timeshift viewing, not long-term archiving. Although in the vast majority of cases there are no time limits on watching recordings, "a couple of years" is certainly fuel to the fire of broadcasters who want to force viewers into streaming everything and recording nothing.

      It the channel you recorded from ceases to exist, hidden guide data is usually retained for either 3 or 6 months to allow recordings to be viewed. Fortunately it looks like another poster has found you a YouTube link.

      I don't usually keep shows long, but I do keep sometimes keep concert videos to watch again. At the same time I had recorded a Pink Floyd video on Sky Arts HD and can still be replayed now. Same channel, different resolution. In my opinion if it's on my hard drive I should be able to watch it.

      My son recently switched to VM and he has a streaming only box, no hard drive. So it's clear which way things are going, though you can still request one that records if you want.

      • japitts's avatar
        japitts
        Very Insightful Person
        5 days ago

        My son recently switched to VM and he has a streaming only box, no hard drive. So it's clear which way things are going, though you can still request one that records if you want.

        Indeed so. Both Sky & VM now promote streaming by default, but offer recording (Sky Q or TV360) at charge and on request.

        Broadcasters don't like us recording, we shouldn't be allowed to bypass all their adverts and they'd prefer to control availability of content.