Deleting an orphan TV recording

[atreyu4055 18]

Its late and I'm rambling.... sooooo.... heres the scenario.

A manually-specified IPTV recording for a specific channel is created. That's fine, works perfectly as intended.

However - If that IPTV channel for which that schedule is based on is deleted or renumerated as something else, that manually specified recording schedule becomes an "orphan" meaning it shows up in the Schedule as to be recorded which never happens because the programmed channel has vanished. It just remains in the list of Scheduled recordings, even AFTER a Guide Refresh.

The solution I found for this is to shut down Emby, then backup and manually edit the "Seriestimer.json" file in data\livetv to remove the reference AND delete the Timers.json file.

Then restart Emby and do a Guide Refresh - The orphan scheduled recording is gone, and the schedule correctly repopulates.

Am I missing a step here in this scenario? I'm hoping this explanation makes sense.

It seems that by deleting Timers.json, Emby is forced to rebuild that file when Guide Refresh is done and perhaps renumerates the schedule..... ??

[Luke 42282]

Hi, did you try removing the series schedule from the series tab?

[atreyu4055 18]

It was not listed in the Series tab...

It just showed up in the Guide as set to record, with only the option to cancel the recording, not the series.

Thats why I had to edit the Json file

Edited 7 hours ago by atreyu4055

[Luke 42282]

Are you sure there was ever a series recording? Maybe you scheduled it one off?

[atreyu4055 18]

Here is how to reproduce the problem.

- Populate some IPTV channels, go to Guide, right-click on a channel in the listing (NOT on a show) and schedule a recording.

- Set as a reoccurring recording, set it for whatever days of the week.

- Go to Schedule, verify that channel-specific item is present for the days and time specified.

- Go to Series, verify the channel-specific title is there.

Now delete the IPTV playlist from the Live TV setting screen. Refresh the Guide so the channels are gone.

The channel-specific recording is now no longer in the Series screen. That is logically correct.

But it is still present in the Schedule, not mapped to a channel and with no way to fix this.

You can only cancel for the days scheduled in the Schedule, but you do not have an option to cancel the entire reocurring channel recording.

The only apparent way to delete this from the Schedule is to shut down Emby, edit the Seriestimers.json file, delete Timers.json and Refresh the Guide.

When the Guide refreshes, the Timers.json file is rebuilt correctly with orphaned scheduled recording gone.

 

[Neminem 1629]

Screenshots + logs should prove it

Luke is a AI Bot that wants facts.

[atreyu4055 18]

4 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Screenshots + logs should prove it

Luke is a AI Bot that wants facts.

If he wants the many screenshots I can take of these facts, sure.