Recording and catch-up
Press record on the channel you're watching, or pick a program in the guide and let Theia record it for you, once or every episode.
Premium Recording is part of Premium. Watching, rewind and catch-up are free.
Recordings
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Every episode
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Made-up shows and channels from Theia's demo source.
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While a live channel plays, press the record button in the player. Press it again to stop, and Recording saved shows when the file is written.
It records the stream you're already watching, so it uses no extra connection. Leave the player and it keeps going while the channel does.
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Click a program that's on now or still to come, then click Record in its details. A small ring marks it in the guide.
Turn on Every episode on this channel and later episodes with the same title on the same channel come along too.
Record
The Late BriefingNews Live · tonight 8:00 PM
Every episode on this channel
The Record dialog, with its default times.
If a scheduled recording fails or is skipped, a card in the corner of the window says why, and the Recordings screen keeps the reason. It's also the only place a recording missed while Theia was closed shows up.
If your streams are all busy when a recording is about to start, Theia asks Stop watching to record? and lets you choose.
Messages from Theia's recording cards.
Where your provider offers catch-up, the channel carries a small ring in the guide, and a past program plays from the start. It's free.
Catch-up is your provider's copy, so it can't be recorded.
Make the most of it
A scheduled recording runs only while Theia is open. If it was closed, the recording shows as Missed, Theia was closed.
A scheduled recording opens its own stream, so it uses one of your provider’s connections. The Record dialog warns you when it would use every one you have.
Start early and End late add a few minutes either side, 1 and 3 by default, and you can change them in Settings > Recording.
Choose folder under Recordings folder in Settings > Recording moves new recordings, and Open folder takes you there.
A recording needs 1 GB free to start and stops if free space drops below 200 MB.
Pressing Home, opening another app or the screensaver stops a recording started from the player. Keep Theia on screen while it records.
Yes. Watching, live rewind and catch-up are free. See what Premium adds.
No. Recording is for live channels. Movies, episodes and catch-up can’t be recorded.
No. Theia has to be open when a scheduled recording runs.
Each recording is a .ts file named after the show, the channel and the start time. On a computer they go in a folder called Theia inside your Videos folder.