JamesB - 2 hours ago »
I would bet lunch on this being down to Channel 5 using the same CRID on different showings and even different channels.
When 5 started introducing different series CRIDs for repeats on the different channels they differentiated them by insertion an extra character after the first character on all channels apart from 5. They did this for new series only and did not change series CRID mid-stream.
For series on 5 the series CRID will usually have 1 less character then on other channels.
For series on 5+1 the series CRID will usually have a '1' as its second character.
For series on 5+24 the series CRID will usually have an '8' as its second character.
For series on 5* the series CRID will usually have a '6' as its second character.
For series on 5 USA the series CRID will usually have a '7' as its second character.
Repeats on the same channel will always have the same series CRID as the first broadcast on that channel
Recently this allocation does not appear to be adhered to. This means that it is no longer long running series of Neighbours (and possibly the news) but other series on 5+1 and 5+24 aren't having the extra character.
Stephenesque - 1 hour ago »
On my 9200T, to solve the problem of C5 and 5USA recording every episode and repeat of series I watched, rather than use series record I used to select 'One Programme' then edit the schedule to repeat weekly.
On the next generation of Humax reorders, the HDR-FOX T2 and HD-FOX T2, Humax started to do what some other manufacturers did and keep a record of what had been recorded for a series and ignore subsequent repeats for the series recording schedule if at least part of an episode had been recorded for the series. Youview have gone one better and will normally only add a programme to its list of episodes that have been recorded for a series if the episode has been recorded from the beginning of the episode. At least most of the youview rules are in the Youview technical specification for anyone to see how Youview handles series recording.
