DVR does not wake up PC for recordings

[madbrain]

@pshanew

Plex doesn’t modify the recorded files or create new XML files. The XML info I’m referring to is pulled from the Plex database. The document I linked describes this, but if you “Get Info” for an item and then select “View XML” from the bottom-left of the dialog which opens, you can see its XML info (sorry for the repeated links, they’re created automatically by the forum). The XML file from your screenshot is the one created by NextPVR; Plex doesn’t utilize it in any way.

Thanks. Sorry I should have read the link . The XML info doesn’t show any markers at all on the files imported from NextPVR into the Plex library.

You may want try the Plex Dance on an item recorded with NextPVR to see if that triggers the detection (when it’s added back). If not, try a manual analysis afterward. I’ve not got anything particularly special going on on my system; but, for what it’s worth, it is a Linux-based server. It should behave identically on Windows however.

Now I have to google what the Plex Dance is.
I have been writing software for 3 decades. Linux vs Windows is a pretty big difference. Could easily be a bug snuck into one and not the other.

I have a Linux Plex Media Server as well on my NAS, but the OTA antenna doesn’t go to my home office, and the Hauppauge PCIe tuner card is in the Windows HTPC in my home theater.

My DVR library on this server currently has only one top-level directory. However, when I initially set it up, I had two directories (one for my Plex DVR stuff, and one for the thing recorded by NextPVR. It worked fine either way. I’ve tested beyond two directories, but have no reason to believe it would cause any issues.

You are right, I have ruled the 2 folders being the cause of the problem.
I just did an experiment : I deleted the library on my Plex server.

The library contained a bunch of Seinfeld episodes that were recorded with Plex DVR, and which were doing commercial skip just fine; and a couple of recordings I made with NextPVR, which were not working with commercial skip.

I re-created the Plex library, pointing it at the exact same same files, and now the commercial skip for those same Seinfeld episodes isn’t working. No markers of any kind. Same problem for the recordings from NextPVR. Plex definitely didn’t run the commercial skip processing any of the video files.

I’m really not sure what to do at this point. Commercial skip processing only appears to be triggered for Plex DVR recordings, not for anything else, despite the correct settings. It’s really maddening. 100% a bug …