I have the Hopper with Sling and a couple of weeks ago I went and protected a number of shows that had episodes piling up. I don't remember the exact sequence, but I believe I protected them by clicking Edit on the DVR screen and protecting all shows of a particular series at once. Last night I went to watch one of these shows and found that I couldn't play them back. I would just see a black screen for a few seconds and then it would act as if the show had ended. The progress bar showed the correct show length, but nothing would play. I tried from my Hopper and each of my 2 Joeys both before and after rebooting the Hopper. Are these shows lost or is there some way to view them?
Help! Cannot watch protected shows
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I forgot to add that shows that I protected individual episodes play back just fine. And my timers don't seem to protect anything when I check the protect recording box.
I don't know if there is a way, but can you un-protect the series, the same way you protected them? Or maybe try to un-protect one of the shows of the series and see what happens.
This happened to me a while back when I transferred a bunch of shows to a replacement Hopper using an EHD. In that instance, they were lost forever due to file corruption.
BTW, have you tried to view them using Dish Anywhere?
BTW, have you tried to view them using Dish Anywhere?
