Now now I too ditched WMC to this. But hopefully they get these basic features included soon. Its not only that but others like when a recording stops for some odd reason and then continues, PLEX overwrites the file it started in part 1 of the recording where WMC nicely creates 2 files so you can watch them both back to back even if a small piece is missing in the middle! But of course PLEX would have to timestamp orsuch the recorded files they are creating to preserve both parts. There are many what seem basic and simple ideas that need to be added.
how hard can this be? every other PVR software has this basic feature.
the most frustrating thing is that PLEX refuses to even acknowledge the multiple requests made for this essential function.
Ditto and until they build it in I use my own MS cmd script and the MS task scheduler to as best simulate this but I agree this should be a feature. I doubt all PLEX installs are standalone servers and a survey would be interesting to find out. I use my laptop as my media center and player connected HDMI to m y 54 inch plasma. And use the android app and chromecast if I want it on my i.e. BR tv which is rare.
Unfortunately, itās literally (not figuratively) the only reason I havenāt made any effort to switch from WMC to Plex Server. I bought the lifetime subscription expecting Plex to improve the DVR over time, but it (and the Plex Cloud Server) havenāt changed in (it feels like) years. (The PCS doesnāt even support the new server features PlexAmp uses, such as SoundPrint and loudness leveling.)
Like I said I created a few tasks in windows scheduler around when the server should maninly be asleep and when awake. So say 1am to 10am sleep. So in one bat file I put this and schedule it to sleep i.e.
Then in the wake task you can just code an echo statement to be executed without a bat or put it in a bat file too to execute the wake sequence. This is what I am living with until they add this too. But yes that was a big issue for me jumping from WMC.
MySleep.bat
@echo off
powercfg -h off
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
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Like I said I created a fedw tasks in windows scheduler around when the server should maninly be asleep and when awake. So say 1am to 10am sleep. So in one bat file I put this and schedule it to sleep i.e.
Then in the wake task you can just code an echo statement to be executed without a bat or put it in a bat file too to execute the wake sequence. This is what I am living with until they add this too. But yes that was a big issue for me jumping from WMC.MySleep.bat
@echo off
powercfg -h off
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
I did something similar but it really ought to be built in. The Nvidia shield does it perfectly.
@theeiman said:
Like I said I created a fedw tasks in windows scheduler around when the server should maninly be asleep and when awake. So say 1am to 10am sleep.
Plus, the one time I record something at 2 AM or 6 AM, it wonāt wake up to record it unless I wake it up and override that system. Iād have to write something to read the wake time from a file that OneDrive syncs from my PC. Then Iād have to be sure to modify that file before it wakes up the time before the period when it needs to record it. Ugh. 
Totally agree that this needs to be a feature in Plex going forward as when I was on Kodi with NPVR as the back-end this was automatically done so the PC would wake up when a recording started and would go to sleep after a certain amount of inactivity.
Iām sure Iām not the only person who doesnāt like the idea of running my HTPC 24/7. Increasing electricity bill cost decreasing performance in hardware and as we are paying for a service that a free open source application can already do you have to ask āHow Hard Can It Be?ā
until this is fixed, PLEX DVR is unusable. meanwhile, the new KODI v18 64bit with NXTPVR works flawlessly, removes commercials, wakes to record, works for almost any tuner and itās free.
Plex needs to fix this, itās bad for business. no one wants to pay for a product that wastes electricity.
Is there no way to read the scheduled recordings in Plex via API or file? Than anyone can write a script that set a rtcwake.
Windows builds of Emby are now able to wake up the server from standby for scheduled DVR recording.
When you schedule a recording, the Emby server automatically sets a wake timer for that time. Should the system happen to be in standby when itās time for the recording, Emby will wake up Windows and set the machine into Away-Mode for the duration of the recording.
In case the devs donāt know how this works, thereās an open source tool (link) that youād might take a look at. The code is pretty straight forward.
COME ON PLEX!!! Has anyone at Plex even looked at this feature request or acknowledged it?!?!? I bought a Plex Pass over a year ago just for the DVR functionality and was EXTREMELY disappointed when I found out it couldnāt do something as simple as wake the computer from sleep to start a scheduled recording. PLEASE give us home PC users some love like youāve been doing with all the other mobile, etc. features youāve been rolling out.
I agree this should be a basic feature of any DVR. Even 30 years ago video recorders could wake up, record a program, and then go back to sleep. Come on Plex itās 2018. Surely this is a simple fix that will at least add the same functionality that every other DVR already has!!
Iām very keen to have this feature, this was a feature in MythTV that was very easy to setup.
Does anyone know if it can be done using Emby (on a Linux build)?
Only 7 votes? Click the vote button at the top of the thread, please!
This really should not be a feature request, this is a must have for a DVR. Period.
My windows machine will not wake up to record a show.
It will not go to sleep if itās recording, which is good, though.
Plex canāt record if the computer is asleep. This is a huge problem in my opinion.
And now that I think of it, this was probably my problem with missed recordings when I first started trying to use Plex DVR months ago. Ended up moving all recordings back to wmc and recently bought a new tuner card, ssd drive and windows 10 for an old unused computer just so I could test Plex more.
I agree. This needs to be fixed if itās ever going to replace Windows Media Center.
Has anyone tried TV Mosaic (which I just ran across a couple days ago) as a separate recording engine to feed content into the Plex database?
http://tv-mosaic.com/en/
This is my personal opinion, but I think the severity of this might be underestimated.
By default, windows is set to go to sleep after inactivity. How many people change this behavior?
How many people have tried Plex DVR, only for it to start missing recordings and didnāt know why?
How many people were upset that they paid the money for a Plex pass only to be disappointed that it doesnāt work reliably.
If only they knew it was just because the computer is going to sleep. How many people have been here and didnāt know they could set windows to not go to sleep to fix the problem.
How many people have read of the reliability problems and decided not to get a Plex pass to try out the DVR?
In my mind, if I was a plex developer or anyone on the inside, Iād want this fixed ASAP.
And this should probably be split up into at least two separate issues.
Plex clients sending wol packets is one thing. (Actually this is something another app can do if you know how to set it up. I have.)
And Plex DVR setting scheduled tasks (or whatever you want to implement) to wake the computer for recordings is a different more important matter altogether.
Please vote for this!!! The DVR functionality is worthless without it - it should be considered a bug. The DVR was the ONLY reason I bought a Plex Pass a year ago. How does this feature not have more votes?!?
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@Kris3KGT - The DVR function works fine on a NAS unit that never sleeps. So itās not really worthless. You can set the PC to never sleep.
I agree that it should be added into the Windows version for sure. I mean Windows Media Center has had that feature for over 10 years.
