Sky + Recordings end before the programme has finished

[emm33]

Two recent attempts to record cricket matches starting at 6.00 am have failed. The first recorded just 13 minutes and the second 31 minutes. Both were for live programmes that continued for several hours as was scheduled. Both recordings appeared to finish as the actual play was starting having captured the pre match punditry. There was no suggestion that there was anything other than a single programme and no channel switch.

[Mark39]

Do these recordings show as 'Failed' in your Planner?

[oj01 · Accepted solution]

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@emm33 wrote:

Two recent attempts to record cricket matches starting at 6.00 am have failed. The first recorded just 13 minutes and the second 31 minutes. Both were for live programmes that continued for several hours as was scheduled. Both recordings appeared to finish as the actual play was starting having captured the pre match punditry. There was no suggestion that there was anything other than a single programme and no channel switch.

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A Sky 'day' has always started at 6am especially for Sport. Any ongoing live sport that bridges 6am, in effect, start again.

Looking at the EPG for tomorrow morning, live cricket starts at 5.50am but then a separate programme starts at 6am.  That's the one you need to set to record.

[emm33]

No, both show as if recorded for the full programme.

[emm33]

Thanks, this does sound logical. I can see this is very clear in the schedule for tomorrow but was convinced I had double checked what I was recording and that both started at 6.00. I will try again tomorrow, hopefully it will just turn out to have been user error. 

Thanks

[MadFrankie62]

Twice this week, cricket started 30 mins late and therefore end of game missed and recording ended before end of programme. Surely with todays technology, Sky and work out the end of a programme, rather than just the time. Let's face it we pay enough.

[Annie+UK]

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@MadFrankie62 wrote:

Twice this week, cricket started 30 mins late and therefore end of game missed and recording ended before end of programme. Surely with todays technology, Sky and work out the end of a programme, rather than just the time. Let's face it we pay enough.

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Sky Plus is yesterdays technology, it is well over 20 years old

You could set up a manual recording that allows you to specify an end time