Watching a TV recording in progress?

[cncb 25]

Can anyone tell me what happens when watching a TV recording in progress?  This would be MPEG2 with no transcoding (.ts from NPVR) on the Shield TV.  Does playback stop when you hit the end of the recording (length when you started playback)?  Or does it know how long the recording will be and update things accordingly?  Is there different behavior when using the built-in Emby TV?  Thanks.

[spencerisadog 4]

I am not able to watch a recording until after the episode is complete.  Even though it shows up as soon as the episode starts in my Recordings list, playing it just results in spinning wheels.

[ebr 16169]

I am not able to watch a recording until after the episode is complete.  Even though it shows up as soon as the episode starts in my Recordings list, playing it just results in spinning wheels.

 

What live TV back-end are you using?

 

I just started a recording and then went to Recorded TV and started playing that item and it worked.

 

This is using the built-in TV in the server.

[spencerisadog 4]

Same, Emby back-end.  Just last night my wife asked if American Idol was recording, it was 20 minutes after it had started.  The recording was there, we started playing it.  I got the Android loading circle and the playback length was 00:00.  If I recall correctly, this has happened with other shows.  We rarely watch shows when they're on though, so it's not a huge deal.

[ebr 16169]

Maybe it depends on the exact content.  My test worked but it transcoded and couldn't seek because we had no media info on the stream.

[spencerisadog 4]

I'll try it with something else sometime and report back!