krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 22.6.23 10:22, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On 21/06/2023 21:21, krw wrote:
>>>
>>> There is always listen again for those programmes you miss, unless you
>>> watch Talking Pictures TV.
>>
>> There is listen again for Talking Pictures, too, but you need to have an
>> internet-accessing TV or get it on your computer.  It's called TPTV Encore.
>>
>
> True but not for the entire output as far as I can see (I missed an
> episode of the Saint!).
>

That would be Saint Missedanepisode then?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 22.6.23 15:38, Mike McMillan wrote:
> krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>> On 22.6.23 10:22, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>> On 21/06/2023 21:21, krw wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There is always listen again for those programmes you miss, unless you
>>>> watch Talking Pictures TV.
>>>
>>> There is listen again for Talking Pictures, too, but you need to have an
>>> internet-accessing TV or get it on your computer.  It's called TPTV Encore.
>>>
>>
>> True but not for the entire output as far as I can see (I missed an
>> episode of the Saint!).
>>
>
> That would be Saint Missedanepisode then?
>

Ah but the wonders of Macrium backup and my synology NAS eventually
proved that I had backed up before deleting the wrong episode so I did
not need listen again and was able to hear it!

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 22.6.23 15:38, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> krw <krw@whitnet.uk> wrote:
>>> On 22.6.23 10:22, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>>>> On 21/06/2023 21:21, krw wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There is always listen again for those programmes you miss, unless you
>>>>> watch Talking Pictures TV.
>>>>
>>>> There is listen again for Talking Pictures, too, but you need to have an
>>>> internet-accessing TV or get it on your computer.  It's called TPTV Encore.
>>>>
>>>
>>> True but not for the entire output as far as I can see (I missed an
>>> episode of the Saint!).
>>>
>>
>> That would be Saint Missedanepisode then?
>>
>
> Ah but the wonders of Macrium backup and my synology NAS eventually
> proved that I had backed up before deleting the wrong episode so I did
> not need listen again and was able to hear it!
>

The wonders of the Patron Saint of missing bytes then!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 22/06/2023 11:01, krw wrote:
> True but not for the entire output as far as I can see (I missed an
> episode of the Saint!).

Not sure if that's because not all output is available on TPTV or
because most?all is only available for a limited time after broadcast.
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:05:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> a
gribouillé dans la poussière...

>In message <fm789i54iuvkojbi9ch13hkcddl14moqhl@4ax.com> at Thu, 22 Jun
>2023 11:16:54, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
>>On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:22:06 +0100, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk>
>>a gribouillé dans la poussière...

>>>There is listen again for Talking Pictures, too, but you need to have an
>>>internet-accessing TV or get it on your computer. It's called TPTV Encore.
>>
>>On my TV (or rather, attached Humax satellite box), and tablet, it's called
>>BBC Iplayer (other apps are available for other stations). I've got a
>>feeling there is a channel called Encore too.
>
>On this computer, when I look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer, I can
>see no mention of TPTV;

Why would you? iPlayer only does BBC channels. Sadly, some of the channels
I could get on the Humax box when I bought it are no longer available as
the box is incompatible. I think it still works with all the Channel 5
offerings though.

It's been useful to have iPlayer on the TV during the thundery weather. I
was surprised to find the lightning upset the signal from the satellite.
Internet reception was fine.

> as Jenny says, they're on
>https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/ . It's possible that your kit may make it
>all _seem_ to be under iPlayer.

Nope, each has it's own logo, some I have never investigated, such as STV
Player, UK TV Play, CBS catchup, and Netflix.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 1:37:39 PM UTC, john ashby wrote:
> On 20/06/2023 09:55, Mike McMillan wrote:
> > Tony Smith <agsmit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tuesday, 20 June 2023 at 08:10:45 UTC+1, Tony Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> <snipped>
> >>
> >> "iconostatis"
> >>
> >> or perhaps "iconostasis"
> >>
> >>
> >
> > ‘That statue has been there for years and I can’t see it moving on its’
> > own.’
> >
> Don't Blink.

IMHO the best episode ever. It can be watched by anybody since no understanding of backstory or appreciation of story arcs is required. It's a complete story in itself. Ah.. ...if only SM had stuck to the scriptwriting and been content for others to do the showrunning.

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca

In message <j2v89id48lu7uf8og7ampv6b1me775lm0a@4ax.com> at Thu, 22 Jun
2023 18:14:51, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
>On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:05:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> a
>gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>>In message <fm789i54iuvkojbi9ch13hkcddl14moqhl@4ax.com> at Thu, 22 Jun
>>2023 11:16:54, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
>>>On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:22:06 +0100, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk>
>>>a gribouillé dans la poussière...
>
>>>>There is listen again for Talking Pictures, too, but you need to have an
>>>>internet-accessing TV or get it on your computer. It's called TPTV Encore.
>>>
>>>On my TV (or rather, attached Humax satellite box), and tablet, it's called
>>>BBC Iplayer (other apps are available for other stations). I've got a
>>>feeling there is a channel called Encore too.
>>
>>On this computer, when I look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer, I can
>>see no mention of TPTV;
>
>Why would you? iPlayer only does BBC channels. Sadly, some of the channels

Yes, I know that - which is why I was surprised to see above - in answer
to Jenny saying "It's called TPTV Encore" - you (Penny) saying "On my …
it's called BBC Iplayer"! Ah, now I'm seeing your "(other apps …)"
comment. Not sure why I didn't see that before.

>I could get on the Humax box when I bought it are no longer available as
>the box is incompatible. I think it still works with all the Channel 5
>offerings though.

Yes, I get cross when they change these things. They seem to do them
just after any warranty has run out, of course.
>
>It's been useful to have iPlayer on the TV during the thundery weather. I
>was surprised to find the lightning upset the signal from the satellite.

I think it's a lot weaker signal.

>Internet reception was fine.
>
>> as Jenny says, they're on
>>https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/ . It's possible that your kit may make it
>>all _seem_ to be under iPlayer.
>
>Nope, each has it's own logo, some I have never investigated, such as STV
>Player, UK TV Play, CBS catchup, and Netflix.

I suspect some of those may require £, at least Netflix.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

.... behaving morally does not require religious adherence. - The Right Rev
Nigel McCulloch\Bishop of Manchester (Radio Times, 24-30 September 2011

On 26/06/2023 03:51, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> I could get on the Humax box when I bought it are no longer available as
>> the box is incompatible. I think it still works with all the Channel 5
>> offerings though.
>
> Yes, I get cross when they change these things. They seem to do them
> just after any warranty has run out, of course.

My sister and I both bought Humax PVR's about the same time a few years
ago and were very pleased with them. Some time later my sister bought a
second one, newer model, and it is nowhere near as convenient to use as
the first one. They've changed several things which didn't need
changing (as so often happens these days with websites, I find). To
give but one example, in the EPG one can no longer select a channel and
watch a miniature of it in the corner of the screen while searching the
rest of the Guide for something else.

When I decided to get a second one I got a re-furbished one direct from
Humax. I chose the same model as my first one but it has one subtle,
and annoying, difference: it switches itself off when not used for
while and takes what seems like an age to switch on again. This means
that the TV forgets it exists and HDMI one is no longer a choice of
Source until the PVR has had time to warm up and then has to be selected
again.

So-o-o annoying. (Yes, I'm middle class and 1st World.)

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:02:48 +0100, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk>
a gribouillé dans la poussière...

>My sister and I both bought Humax PVR's about the same time a few years
>ago and were very pleased with them. Some time later my sister bought a
>second one, newer model, and it is nowhere near as convenient to use as
>the first one. They've changed several things which didn't need
>changing (as so often happens these days with websites, I find). To
>give but one example, in the EPG one can no longer select a channel and
>watch a miniature of it in the corner of the screen while searching the
>rest of the Guide for something else.

I'm on my second one. A newer model which I was aware when I bought it
(probably clearance stock), had already been superseded by another model.
Sometimes such savings - I think I saved about £100 - are not worth it.
Apart from already losing some of the online apps, because their upgrades
render them incompatible, it won't allow me to transfer recordings to USB
for storage elsewhere as the old one did. There are other niggles too but I
can't think of them now, apart from the constant updates which mean I only
have access to HD versions of anything BBC now. I don't need HD (I can't
see the difference) but recordings from those channels which have no +1
take up very much more space on the disk (or whatever it is these days).

It does display the programme I'm watching in a little box top right, while
I wander off to set something else to record. And in some instances you can
have a glance at another channel, then hit the back button to get back to
the one you were on.

>When I decided to get a second one I got a re-furbished one direct from
>Humax. I chose the same model as my first one but it has one subtle,
>and annoying, difference: it switches itself off when not used for
>while and takes what seems like an age to switch on again.

I think there may be a setting for that, I've only had it happen once I
think. The TV in the kitchen (which I feed via coax cable using the hole
through the wall where the hot water pipe from the back-boiler went),
switches itself off frequently, if I'm not in the room when it decides I'm
not watching it (it does warn me).

>This means
>that the TV forgets it exists and HDMI one is no longer a choice of
>Source until the PVR has had time to warm up and then has to be selected
>again.

Ah, I'm on satellite here, so everything comes through the Humax, the time
taken for it all to get going reminds me of waiting for a valve radio to
warm up. Mind you, so does my newest Hifi radio, which annoyed me so much I
switch it to mute rather than turning it off.

We do have a reasonable transmitter at Llandinam now (I can see it from my
house), which I have used with an indoor aerial when conditions allow. If
I'm lucky I can get two stations that way - I'm not going to get a roof
aerial, some neighbours do have them. The local cable relay company finally
stopped working altogether a while back, but the thick black wires
criss-crossing the street to the houses which subscribed (I didn't, but
tech had moved on and I could get some stations anyway) remain.

I was surprised during recent thunderstorms that the satellite kept losing
signal. I found I could switch to an online catch-up service to continue
with what I was watching, the only annoyance being, it didn't offer to
'watch live' so I had a lot of fast-forwarding to do.

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On 26/06/2023 23:17, Penny wrote:
>> it switches itself off when not used for
>> while and takes what seems like an age to switch on again.
> I think there may be a setting for that,

Big thanks, Penny!

Silly me never thought to look for a Setting, but found it and changed
it now.

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK