Cannot set LiveTV recording pre and post durations

[cypher0117 4]

Attempted to record livetv using HDHomeRun.  While the recording does start and records without issue, I cannot set the "record after if possible time" to anything but 0.

I've tried setting recording settings to default pre and post recording durations

I can change the start when possible and stop when possible values here but they don't save or register in the logs.

The logs and see that it's only scheduled to record the length of the tvguide

 

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[Luke 43549]

Hi, is this an active recording? Currently it is not supported to change these values for a recording that has already started.

[cypher0117 4]

I've attempted to stop and re-start the recording as well.  The values in the advanced settings do not appear to have an effect on recording duration

[Luke 43549]

If it's something that is currently airing right now, then there is currently no way to do it. You have to have the value applied before the recording starts, not after you've restarted it.

And for single one-off recordings there's actually no way to do it in the UI right now, because as soon as you click Record, the recording starts immediately.  But if you click Record on something that hasn't started yet, then you are able to change it.

So yes there are things we can improve on here.

[cypher0117 4]

Ah so if I catch a one off show to record but start it after the show starts by say 30 seconds, it will only record the length of the TV guide and not the pre/post recording settings?

[Luke 43549]

1 minute ago, cypher0117 said:

Ah so if I catch a one off show to record but start it after the show starts by say 30 seconds, it will only record the length of the TV guide and not the pre/post recording settings?

It will apply the post padding, but it would be too late for the pre-padding, right?

[Luke 43549]

And the only place it would apply the post padding from is the default settings.

[cypher0117 4]

Live recording: I briefly saw the 10/60 pre/post recording durations I have as default when I initially started the recording.  navigated away from the page and the went back and the values were blank.  I changed the post-duration to 10 and pressed enter since there is no "save" button.

navigated away and then back again to fine the values blank.

When the show ends per the tvguide, the recording stops regardless of the default settings or changes made to the post recording duration

[Luke 43549]

I understand that those fields are showing, but I'm saying that if the recording has already started then changing them is not supported yet. The only way to change the post padding on an immediate recording is through the default settings.

[cypher0117 4]

I misinterpreted what you said earlier and understand that changing the pre/post recording duration for active recordings is not supported.

So, the only way for pre/post recording duration to be effective is to have something scheduled to record before the show airs minus the pre-recording duration?

[Luke 43549]

4 hours ago, cypher0117 said:

I misinterpreted what you said earlier and understand that changing the pre/post recording duration for active recordings is not supported.

So, the only way for pre/post recording duration to be effective is to have something scheduled to record before the show airs minus the pre-recording duration?

Correct, but I think it's been long enough. We can look at supporting this soon. Thanks.