Can I record with sky stream

[Kirsty155]

I am new to sky stream and thought I would be able to record programs but there is no record option on the handset

[SKY1992bf]

@Kirsty155  No you can't record in the conventional sense you add things to a playlist and watch later from there 

or use the channels catch up apps directly to watch later 

[Kirsty155]

Thank you.  So adding to a playlist effectively saves that program?

[SKY1992bf]

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@Kirsty155 wrote:

Thank you.  So adding to a playlist effectively saves that program?

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@Kirsty155  yes but not indefinitely only for as long as the broadcasters makes the program available ( this can be either days, weeks, months, years)

it's also important to note that whilst may hold the as live rights they may not necessarily also hold the on demand rights 

the means for example if you add a film from say channel 5 to your playlist to watch later and not live when you go to watch it the system will direct you to the channel/service that holds the on demand rights this may require you to upgrade to for example sky cinema in order to watch if you don't already subscribe to it 

[CoffeeDrinker · Accepted solution]

@Kirsty155 If you scroll down all the way to the bottom of your Sky Stream's home page, there should be a section called Get to know your Sky Stream. In there are a couple of useful video guides; Adding to playlist & Accessing playlist. The videos are only a minute or so long and will show you what Sky Stream's equivalent to Sky+HD/Sky Q recording and playing recordings is.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Kirsty155 wrote:

So adding to a playlist effectively saves that program?

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Not really: it either bookmarks the item in a channel app for playback from there, or creates a 'cloud recording' which will persist on Sky servers for up to a year (although potentially only for a much shorter time)

[spannernick1]

Sky Steam's Recored Button is the `+` button on the remote but need to set up a profile first before you can use it, thats why its red... 🙂 I wish the remote had the soruce button... 🙂 to switch soruces I have to use the Sky Q remote... 🙂