sward 26 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Recently it seems that if I put my computer to sleep, the start time for any recordings will be delayed by the exact amount of time computer was in sleep mode. So as an example if I let my computer sleep 20 minutes, then all my recordings will start 20 minutes late, although they still end at the correct time which is strange. Thus what was supposed to be a recording of a one hour show, will only have the last 40 minutes. I have been able to reproduce this. Please help as my only solution at this point is to keep my Emby machine up & running 24x7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Post your server log but why would you want a media server to ever sleep? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward 26 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 I would like my media server to sleep for several reasons, most importantly because it costs money to have it running 24/7, when I only use it for a few hours a day. I'm attaching full log file as well as a separate log file with only the entries that are relevant to the testing I conducted. How frequently are the firing timers sync'd up with time of day? Seems these timers are based on relative time, versus absolute time. embyserver-63742519437.txt relevant log entries for test recordings (annotated).txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward 26 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Could someone at least tell me how often the firing timers are updated, or does it require a reboot to 'sync' them with system time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Have you set a scheduled task to sync your system time with a time server? Windows in notorious for not keeping good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward 26 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Yes, my system time syncs with a time server every 4 hours. Just need to do the same with recording timers, or at least know how/when they get updated. I know a reboot resets them, but that isn't ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 @sward are you still running into this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward 26 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Yes, nothing's changed. Even after updating to the latest version of Emby server (4.5.4). This is actually a deal-breaker for me, and I will need to find another HTPC software platform if we can't address this. Why should I leave my HTPC on 24x7, when it is only needed 9 or 10 hours a day? This is bad for global warming, while also costing me money and causing unnecessary wear & tear on my computer. Hoping we can resolve this, but also testing other HTPC platforms in case we can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 @Luke This seems to be an issue that a lot of people have. The timers are essentially off by the amount of time the computer sleeps in seconds until a task runs to update the timer ticks? Could this be switched to absolute time or could this update take place on server wake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Anything ever come of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 12/30/2020 at 2:49 PM, Sammy said: Anything ever come of this? Not that I'm aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward 26 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 I've come up with a workaround: I use a program called SmartPower that provides a GUI for configuring sleep and wake times The SmartPower GUI allows you to name services that can be stopped right before going to sleep, and then started again upon wake; since I installed Emby as a service (using the NSSM freeware program), I found that stopping & starting the service is equivalent to a reboot, and that this fixes the sleep issue with the delayed recording timers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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