Issue 20: Subscriptions Don't Seem to Update Correctly
Status:  Invalid
Owner: ----
Closed:  Nov 2008
Reported by smacdiarmid, Nov 6, 2008
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Add a subscription by clicking on a show and choosing "subscribe"
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It should fill the download queue with any episodes of that show that have not already been 
downloaded, but most of the time it does nothing.  I have left it running for hours and they never 
seem to update.  A couple of times upon start up the download queue has added shows that 
were in the subscription list, but it is rare.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.3 OS X 10.5.5

Please provide any additional information below.



Nov 6, 2008
Project Member #1 yoav.yer...@gmail.com
Your expectation is not what 'subscribe' does.  Subscribe marks a show so that when
new episodes of it appear, they are added to the download queue.

So, just need to make sure whether this is subscriptions being broken:

  When you mark a show as subscribed, it initially downloads nothing.  If a NEW
episode of that show appears, it will be added to the queue.  If it is added, but
then you quit before downloading it,  it will *NOT* be added again.

  subscriptions add only once, and only newly appearing episodes.  The intent is for
people who leave the program running regularly, and want their favorite shows
downloaded when new episodes show up.

  Old episodes are not added (irrelevant if they've been downloaded before or not). 
And a cancelled download is not re-added (assuming that you didn't want it).  If you
want it, you can still choose it yourself.

 If you want to download ALL episodes of "CSI" on your tivo, the easiest way is to
click the small word "Show" above the show names.  This will sort all shows by name.
 Then click on the first CSI, and shift-click on the last CSI.  Then click "Add Shows
to Queue"..  and voila.
Status: Invalid