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caned_monkey

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:08 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 48 Location: London

Hello,

Is there a TAP or even possibly a hack that I can use to extend the time period that the Topfield saves to disk of the currently watched program?

I hope that makes sense if not I'll have another go:

When I'm watching a film and I get an hour and ten minutes through it and decide this film is good enough to record I hit record but it only saves the last hour that I've watched and I lose the first ten minutes of the film.

Can I extend this to 2 or 3 hours so that if I get to the end of the film and decide to save it, I can save the entire film?

Ta Wink

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Andy K

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:02 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 3487 Location: Owner of 3 Topfields

Yes you can use a TAP or patch to extend the buffer to 2 or 4 hours.

I would also recommend you install the TAP TSSaver to prevent the buffer being lost and also a patch Kt to reduce the likely hood.

http://www.toppy.org.uk/~r2-d2/patches.html#B2

http://www.toppy.org.uk/~r2-d2/patches.html#Kt

caned_monkey

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:17 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 48 Location: London

Thanks, that looks like what I need. Do you install these patches in the same way you install a TAP?

alan_m

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:13 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 2985 Location: Southchurch Village, Southend-on-Sea

caned_monkey wrote:

Thanks, that looks like what I need. Do you install these patches in the same way you install a TAP?

No

Install a TAP called HDFW first which will enable you to patch your firmware on your Toppy. Available from Tapworld
http://www.tapworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=435

User guide....
http://www.toppy.org.uk/~r2-d2/hdfw.html

There are other ways of patching firmware so you may get different valid answers about the method.

Additional patches
http://www.toppy.org.uk/~r2-d2/indev.html

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juwlz

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:30 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 9686 Location: Wokingham, Berkshire (Hannington transmitter)

Since you're running MyStuff, you'd be better off copying the patch file(s) you want to FWload's Add folder, so that next time you update your firmware, it/they get re-added automatically. Either check EMJB's TAP page for details, or search the forum for FWload and my user name. I post instructions frequently on how to do it, but I'm hampered by posting from a phone atm.

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caned_monkey

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:21 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 48 Location: London

Hello, Julie.

If I do it your way, will i need to install the patches first and then copy them to Fwload/Add folder after just so that they will be applied automatically next time I update or will it add them anyway?

juwlz

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:49 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 9686 Location: Wokingham, Berkshire (Hannington transmitter)

Copy the patches you want to the Add folder, and then run FWLoad manually to install them. If you said "Yes" to installing utilities, the MyStuff installer will have put it in /ProgramFiles/Utilities for you; otherwise you'll need to install the TAP first. I suggest NOT putting it in Auto Start so that it doesn't delete itself when it's finished running.

Julie

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