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Marathon viewing.
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Posted by: tbaas04

Hello group leaders and other smart people,

After adding a new hard drive I got 220 hours of recording.

So, I fired my cable company and found more good, free TV then I can ever find time to watch.

Is there a way to play more the one program at a time?

It would be great to doze off for an hour or two while my favorite 30 minute show plays in the backround.

Thanks, Tim Baas

Posted by: enigma2175

Do a forum search for merge.tcl

Posted by: tbaas04

Enigma,

Please reply with a map to merge.tcl.

Thanks, Tim Baas

Posted by: SteveTheITGuy

Here ya go tbaas04. I've attached the file for you.

1) Rename the file with a .tcl extension
2) Copy this to your hack directory
3) chmod 755 merge.tcl
4) run the tcl

Instructions:
Step 1. Select the programs you want to add...
From the program description screen press the 9 key on your remote.
There's no feedback on the TiVo. If you watch the terminal or telnet session though you'll see confirmation messages from the script.
Note, if you leave the Now Showing area, all selected shows will be removed from the selection list and you'll have to start over again.

Step 2. Merge the selected programs into 1 large program...
On the last show you want to add, from the program description screen, after you've pressed 9, then press 7 and all the shows will be merged into one show called multipart.
When you return to the Now Showing list it might not show up immediately. Give it a few seconds to complete the merge.
This doesn't take up any extra space on the system, the new recording just points to the others.
When you want to exit the script, from any program description screen press the 1 key and the script should exit and return your bash prompt.

Step 3. Use the Save to VCR feature on the new Multipart recording and all the shows will be played in sequence seamlessly.
Note, Trickplay doesn't work correctly in a multipart.

- All keys must be pressed in the program description screen.
- The new merged program will remain after the script exits.
- Deleting the Multipart recording will not delete the originals.

FYI, here is the original thread:
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Enjoy :)

Steve