Server-based program recording scheduling

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

• sending, by a media recorder, over a network to a server, a list that identifies two or more programs that have been requested to be recorded;
• receiving, over the network, from the server, an updated program recording schedule that the server generated based on a server generated program recording schedule for the list merged with an overall program recording schedule for the media recorder maintained by the server;
• replacing, by the media recorder, an existing program recording schedule with the received updated program recording schedule;
• and
• automatically recording programs identified in the received updated program recording schedule.

A media recorder that is configured to:

• send, over a network, to a server, a list that identifies two or more programs that have been requested to be recorded;
• receive, over the network, from the server, an updated program recording schedule that the server generated based on a server generated program recording schedule for the list merged with an overall program recording schedule for the media recorder maintained by the server;
• replace an existing program recording schedule with the received updated program recording schedule;
• and
• automatically record programs identified in the received updated program recording schedule.