Live sports go to overtime

[feltonquin 10]

How are you all watching sports?

Unlike TV shows, sports programming frequently end AFTER the specified time in the channel guide.

I have been doing this

1. Manually select the game I want to record
2. After I hit record, I go into the the settings and enter a value for "Stop when possible" -- I usually put 40 mins which will get most overtimes (unless it goes double overtime).

If you don't pad the sports "episode" and rely on channel data you WILL miss the final minutes of the majority of games. Most games (basketball, hockey, football) run at least a few minutes over the scheduled time in the Channel guides.

I think the sports recording user experience with Emby would be improved if:

• We had way to check a box, or otherwise tag arecording, as Live or Live Sports to automatically pad the "episodes" -- ideally this option will be available the same time (i.e. before) I click the "Record" button, so I don't have to pad each episode manually, after setting it to record
  • This could have the added benefit of making a smart "sports" library available under recent recordings etc, since it would already be tagged...
• Alternatively, I would be very happy with a process where I could just select
  1. Channel
  2. Start Time
  3. End Time (or better yet, Duration)

 

If Emby already supports this (pick channel and start time, instead of using the channel guide) I don't know how to use it.

The sports teams I usually watch move from channel to channel. My game might be ABC today, TNT tomorrow, and ESPN on Sunday. Sometimes (during the playoffs) I have the option of recording either the national game or the local cable network version of the game. I use the HDHR Prime with the CableCard to pull in my cable networks.

 

 

 

 

[MBSki 1114]

I do the same as you and manually add extra time. 

[Spaceboy 2573]

7 hours ago, feltonquin said:

If Emby already supports this (pick channel and start time, instead of using the channel guide) I don't know how to use it.

 

[feltonquin 10]

Thank you @Spaceboy- I have scheduled a recording tomorrow using the Channel and Time option!

Most often, I schedule recordings using the Emby iPhone app, but I am afraid I did not see the "Channel and Time" feature in the app.

A while back, I requested the ability to pad recordings (aka "Stop when possible") on iPhone and this feature was added, much to my delight!

I will hope for similar feature parity with the "Channel and Time" 

 

 

Overall, when thinking about the Live Sports user experience, I like selecting my sporting events from the Channel guide. I just wish for an automatic "padding" option that will extend the recording time beyond what is posted in the Channel guide. (A simple padding / "stop when possible" option might lead to a better UX, on mobile as well, since date pickers can be fiddly.)

 

 

[TMCsw 249]

I just record NHL and NFL as a series like this:

then add the padding, one and done. Yes sometimes I don't want to watch all the games but they are easy to delete... 

[Luke 42078]

5 hours ago, feltonquin said:

Thank you @Spaceboy- I have scheduled a recording tomorrow using the Channel and Time option!

Most often, I schedule recordings using the Emby iPhone app, but I am afraid I did not see the "Channel and Time" feature in the app.

A while back, I requested the ability to pad recordings (aka "Stop when possible") on iPhone and this feature was added, much to my delight!

I will hope for similar feature parity with the "Channel and Time" 

 

 

Overall, when thinking about the Live Sports user experience, I like selecting my sporting events from the Channel guide. I just wish for an automatic "padding" option that will extend the recording time beyond what is posted in the Channel guide. (A simple padding / "stop when possible" option might lead to a better UX, on mobile as well, since date pickers can be fiddly.)

 

 

HI, what are you asking exactly? You can already set padding times both at the series and individual recording level. You just can't do it during recording at this time.

[feltonquin 10]

The community members have given me solutions, so I'm all set! My original post was a request for strategies and best practices, because missing the end of sports games is very frustrating. (The end of a game is often the most exciting part!)

Feature requests:

1. Would I like to be able to pad a recording already in progress? Yes!
2. Would I like to be able to schedule a recording using the "Channel and Time" feature via the iPhone app? Yes.

However, these requests are less critical. I will use the idea from @TMCswto record a series based on a keyword (and I will pad every recording in the series using the Series Settings).

Thanks for the help and the great software. I really enjoy using it.

 

 

[Luke 42078]

Once we have the ability to adjust stop times while recording, the next step could be to get live updates from Emby guide data. If that’s the guide source that you’re using.