Autorecs not working properly

butterkast

Hello,

I have HTS Tvheadend version 4.3-2471_g5fd594910 installed.
The issue I’m facing is that when I schedule a recording using autorecs and set it to continue recording for an additional 30 minutes after the program ends, it doesn’t actually extend the recording time.

Let me give an example:

According to the EPG, a program runs from 11:00 to 12:00, so I set the recording to continue for an extra 30 minutes, meaning it should finish at 12:30.

However, no matter how many extra minutes I add, the recording always stops exactly at 12:00, as if Tvheadend still follows the EPG duration strictly.

After reading online, I found that other users experienced the same issue. The suggested fix was to go to Digital Video Recorder Profiles and, in my case under Default Profile, uncheck the box “Use EPG running state.”
I also tried going to Configuration → Channel/EPG, then editing the channel options and setting “Use EPG running state” to Disabled.

To summarize:
Even after disabling “Use EPG running state” both in Digital Video Recorder Profiles and in the individual channel settings, autorecs still ignores the extra minutes I’ve added.

I’m not sure if there’s any actual fix for this, as I couldn’t find a working solution anywhere.

For context, I’m running Tvheadend on a Synology NAS using Docker.

Thanks for reading.

Best regards,

davep

butterkast "According to the EPG, a program runs from 11:00 to 12:00, so I set the recording to continue for an extra 30 minutes, meaning it should finish at 12:30."

Where did you make that setting - did you try to change the end time of an individual recording? I don't think that will work.

When Tvheadend tunes in to the channel to make the recording, it also starts to collect the EPG. It will see that the end time of the recording is different to the EPG and assumes that the programme has changed, so will update the recording times to match.

There is a global setting "Post-Recording Padding" in Configuration -> Recording -> General, but this applies to all recordings.

butterkast

davep
The extra 30 minutes I mentioned are set inside Autorecs, not on an individual recording.

Yes, I understand what you mean about the EPG, but I assumed that if I modify the extra stop time within Autorecs, it should respect that value instead of strictly following the EPG, right?

So, should I always use the Post-Recording Padding instead of adjusting it inside Autorecs? I don’t really like that option since it applies globally, but if there’s no other choice…

I guess there aren’t any other possible solutions, right? I thought it might be related to permissions or some misconfiguration in my Docker setup, since I’m running everything through Docker.

Thanks.

Best regards.

userxy79

Stupid Question because you may have done it, but after changeing Settings did you Restart TVHeadend to load the new Configuration File with your last changes?

I can remember that using “Use EPG running state” lead me to the same Problem you discovered but having it unticked solved the Problem. So it 100% works, for me, or/and should work 99,9% for you too.

I also use the "Pre-recording padding" and "Post-recording padding" under Configuration -> Recording -> Digital Video Recorder Profiles with 5 Minutes Pre and 15 Minutes Post and it also works 100% for every startet Record, both, Autorecords or manualy planned ones.

If i remember correctly, when i setup a Autorecord with "Extra start time 15 Minutes" and "Extra stop time 30 Minutes" instead of using "Not set (use channel or DVR configuration)" it will overwrite the Global Pre and Post Recording as explained before. You might have that in mind.

So you might have a second look at your Configuration and recheck them, and dont forget to restart TVHeadend or your Conatiner to take the changes to effect.