Okay, let me give you a suggestion:
instead of rebooting, turn off your DVR. Turn off your tv. Wait about 5-10 minutes, then turn on your DVR. Wait a bit, then turn on your TV.
Tell me if that helps.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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le nubian - Aug 13, 2012 8:15:12 am PDT #20672 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass - Aug 13, 2012 8:20:00 am PDT #20673 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Giving that a shot. Will report back.
Tech thread - so much more actual tech support than the people I pay...
le nubian - Aug 13, 2012 8:23:45 am PDT #20674 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I can also help you troubleshoot Verizon landlines.
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2012 8:32:39 am PDT #20675 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, so my little sister gave me her Nano to replace my stolen Shuffle, and I've only ever used Shuffles, so help me understand if this is how a Nano works.
Unlike a Shuffle, a Nano just holds all its music as music, not in any order. It organizes it on the device; you don't have to do anything in iTunes.
There is a Sync music feature. One option is to sync the entire library, but this is a stupid feature unless your entire library is under 8 GB. The other option is to sync selected Playlists, and I think that is what I want to do to replicate the Shuffle experience as closely as possible.
So if I create a playlist called Suki in my iTunes and dump all the songs that I want to have on Suki (my Nano) and select the "Sync playlists" option and select Suki, what will happen is that when I connect Suki, it will compare the music that it has on itself with the music that is in the Suki playlist and, well, sync. If I have added music to the playlist, it will add it to the device. If I have removed music from the playlist, it will delete it from the device. If any of the files have been updated with new ID3 information, that information will also be synced to the device. Is that right?
And I can also create other playlists in iTunes (like, say, "Electronica" or "Chill" or other themes) and select only those playlists to Sync with Suki so that I can edit those playlists in iTunes and every time I connect the device, Suki will match it all up (and even if I have somehow added a song to one of THOSE playlists that I did not add to Suki, intended to be a list of all songs on the device, it will add it to the device because it is Syncing).
Is that right? This is sort of confusing but kind of exciting.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2012 8:40:57 am PDT #20676 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't understand people who don't put all their music on their iPod (I know, ND, I know--Hec, you too), so I can't help you off the top of my head.
Time Warner--they are consistently crap support with just my cable and internet connection--they're one reason I'd never go VOIP only. I am not going to trust them with two important chunks of my connectivity to the world. The one is bad enough. The idea of their DVR strikes a chill in my heart.
meara - Aug 13, 2012 8:48:59 am PDT #20677 of 25501
That sounds about right, P-C. For both my iPhone and my Nano I have only some playlists synched to them. For the iPhone it's all purchased music and everything 3 stars and up ("smart playlists") and for the Nano it's my running playlist and my top rated songs.
NoiseDesign - Aug 13, 2012 8:49:04 am PDT #20678 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
My music won't even fit on the iTunes Match service.
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2012 8:52:01 am PDT #20679 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I suppose if I actually used iTunes as my primary music listening program and rated songs and everything, it would be better, but I can make playlists manually! I will choose my favorites with my choices!
le nubian - Aug 13, 2012 9:04:48 am PDT #20680 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I had to store my itunes library on an external hard drive because my air just couldn't handle it any longer.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2012 9:14:41 am PDT #20681 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can make playlists manually!
Why would give that an exclamation point?
I had to store my itunes library on an external hard drive because my air just couldn't handle it any longer.
Mine's been on the NAS since forever. But it also fits on my iPod, so it's all good.