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Evaluator
New Contributor II
2 years ago
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Morning Boot Issue

Aug/Sep 2022 - DVR + 3x remote boxes Most mornings over the last six weeks or so, we awake to find "boot" on the DVR and no TVs come on.  Only th "b" in boot is lit.  the letters "oot" are dim. W...
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    tonyr
    2 years ago

    cloud is not a solution since what is currently on the hard drive is lost.

    cox offers no mechanism to export a list of what is on the dvr. 

    cox offers no mechanism to export what is scheduled to record.

    your suggestions are all me doing manual stuff [watch quickly, determine what is available on demand or for re-record, write down what is scheduled to record] which entails a lot of effort, high possibility of being incomplete or inaccurate. guaranteed to raise blood pressure and dislike for cox's concept of 'solution'

    i was hoping maybe someone knew of a way to actually grab information from the dvr [if it ever reboots]

    * recordings

    * list of recordings

    * list of scheduled recordings

    e.g. swap and/or copy the hard drive whether to new dvr hard drive or some other media.

    cloud translates to streaming.  if i want to stream, why bother with contour?

    no - none of what you've mentioned can be called a solution