# DVR recordings too long and delayed
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188
**Category:** Live TV & DVR
**Tags:** livetv-dvr
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188 "2019-11-12T00:56:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Mike-Denver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mike-Denver)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188/1 "2019-11-12T00:56:17Z")
I’m hoping someone can give me suggestions where to start looking to figure this out. For the last 2 weeks, Magnum PI has started recording very late and is listed as a partial recording. We also record Hawaii 5-0 on the same channel immediately before it.
It seems to me that Hawaii 5-0 is recording longer than it needs to. It records 6 minutes after the show ends after Comskip does its thing. It is set up to record an extra 4 minutes, but maybe that’s close enough to allow for my time being different from TV time.
But then Magnum (which is supposed to start 3 minutes early) doesn’t start for 5 minutes or more after Hawaii 5-0 stops recording, so even if I go back and watch the beginning of Magnum on the tail end of H5-0, there’s still a significant gap.
I don’t think it’s an EPG issue. It claims to know when it is supposed to start and stop.
Where should I look? What should I do.
This seems like a good time to again request manual recording. If I just recorded that channel from 7:00-10:00, I’d be good.
Plex PMS, Ubuntu 18.04, AMD 2400G, Multiple HD Homeruns.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mike
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### Author:  [@Mike-Denver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mike-Denver)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188/2 "2019-11-17T04:02:30Z")
It is now 3 weeks in a row. Magnum (Denver, Channel 4.1, Friday Night 8:00) only records as a partial recording. I disabled ComSkip and it still seems to skip the 3 minutes of padding and the first three minutes of the show. The recording is then flagged as partial. I’ve dug through logs, but there are a lot of different files. Any suggestion which one I should be look through?
I haven’t watched everything I’ve recorded, but I’ve watched a lot. This is the only show for which this happens. The EPG is planning on recording the correct time.
Next steps?
Thanks,
Mike
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### Author:  [@Freemgl](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Freemgl)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188/3 "2019-11-21T01:55:16Z")
I get this randomly as well. Just happened this week with The Resident. Yet other shows around the same time recorded just fine.
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### Author:  [@Mike-Denver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mike-Denver)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188/4 "2019-11-21T04:44:28Z")
We’ll see what happens this week. Plex currently recognizes 4 tuners. It is scheduled to need 2 tuners 6:57-8:03, 1 from 7:50-9:03 window, and 1 8:57-10:04.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dvr-recordings-too-long-and-delayed/489188/5 "2020-02-19T04:49:55Z")
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