Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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you'll have to plug it in and see if it says that it's charging. Don't get your hopes up, though.
I haven't tried that yet because I'm afraid of damaging the Nano. (Although I suppose I should trust Apple enough that if it doesn't work, at least it shouldn't do any damage.)
eta: Ooh, this site says that a Nano can be charged with either USB or Firewire: [link]
I plugged my Firewire charger into it. No smoke yet.
dang. that's really really awful.
Damn. I've had a Tivo since 1999 and this may be the thing that gets me to ditch it.
I'm seeing reports that the function is only supposed to be for pay-per-view things, and has been wonky because of a bug. Hopefully that will prove to be the case.
I found a fuller Web page, and, yup, it's a bug.
The bad news is that TiVo provides full software support for this; the good news is that no broadcast/cable station has requested TiVo use this flag on their material.
Yet.
My Tivo gets a reprieve.
For now...
If this shit starts interfering with my programs that I record and watch and want to transfer, Tivo is going to get ditched.
Dude. If I could only save it for a little bit, or couldn't record it? TiVo suddenly would be so less worth it for me. I can see the point for pay-per-view (though I don't necessarily agree), but pretty much anything else? Oooh.