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I am starting to feel ignored.  ???

Sorry, it has been quite busy around here recently...  :D

However there is one thing that I would like you to check if you could. Specifically what the values are for two registry keys (and also what the PIMP client has the pre and post padding set to).

If you open the registry editor in Vista (just 'regedt32' from the "Start Search" box), than navigate to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\VideoSettings", under here there are two keys that are relevent, and these are "RecordingSoftPrePadding" and "RecordingSoftPostPadding". What are these keys set to?

Post 4b0
Pre fffffda8

From Hibernation or from S3 Standby?

I honestly don't think that will work. Unlike Standby, Hibernation completely powers off the PC and thus scheduled tasks will not wake the PC.

If it is hibernated it will not pick up any changes until it powers up again. Not sure whether you can schedule frequent / regular "wake ups" or not. I would think that it would need to be in Standby rather than Hibernate for that to happen.

I am starting to feel ignored.  ???

Seriously.... somebody else must be experiencing the padding problem I am. Anyone? Puhlease?

Have you created a device on the website? You need to create a "device" which will then correspond to the PIMP installation on the PC.

Hi. I am still not getting extended soft padding with PIMP in Vista. I change the settings, save and then reboot but it still does 4 pre and 4 post. Anyone got any ideas? Is it a permissions issue with the registry?

I am having a problem with PIMP not extending my recordings with the pre and post soft padding times. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I use it in addition to IceTV / PIMP. It is a great way of connecting to your media centre and seeing what is going on. Works perfectly fine in Oz.

Brisbane

I hope these are correct. Please correct me if I am wrong.

TEN Digital
TEN HD
ABC
ABC HDTV
ABC2 Digital
7 Digital
7 HD Digital
SBS
SBS HD
SBS World News Digital
Nine Digital
Nine High Definition

Yes I meant to post or ring the guys about this too. Is there any chance that the repeat episode flag can be set or something to that effect?

"IceQuide stores all its program category information under the subcategory of general."

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/help-software/12974-changing-tv-guide-view.html?highlight=icetv

Can this be changed as it seems that some functionality is being lost?

Yes this would be handy if it actually used the MCE categories instead of being subcategories under General.

Thanks for the new release. Will give it a shot over the next couple of days.

Doug,

This functionality would be one of the handiest features due to MCE's limited soft padding options.

BTW you wouldn't happen to be the Doug Berrett of MCE Webguide infamy would you?

Thanks,

Andre

Thanks Shane. 
Nope.  The padding is only applied for new recordings scheduled via PIMP - not existing MCE recordings.
Adding that functionality is possible, but more involved.  I'll follow up with Peter to see if this is something we can look into.
Thanks.
Doug 

Thanks Doug.

Another issue I have found is with the padding. After a couple of days of testing it doesn't seem to be working.

I tried with just leaving my scheduled recordings as they were (with the expectation PIMP would "update" them with new padding info), and I have also tried removing all of my scheduled programs and re-scheduling them again after setting PIMP to post-pad for 10mins.

What I have found is that all programs are only post-padding for 4 mins, as per the setting in MCE.

Does PIMP constantly check the recordings.xml file to ensure the padding remains as set? Could MCE be setting it back to 4 mins?

Thanks,
Shane.