Hi, I just got a HDHomerun Connect and I configured it on my plex server. I scheduled a live sports event and was hoping to watch it, but it’s still recording. I expected that the show would appear in my TV Shows library as soon as the recording started but it’s not there. Am I expecting too much? …

I hate to admit this, but it turned out be a file system permissions issue on the server. I’m running it in docker using bind mounts and the container runs as my user, but the save location wasn’t writable. All is working as expected once the perms were fixed. Sorry!

What client are you using? For some (most?) you can just go back to the live TV guide and select the program. It will ask you you want to start from the beginning or live. However, I believe that the Android-based clients are having an issue with this functionality currently (live playback while …

So far I’ve only used the Roku client on my TV, but I just tried a browser (chrome on Linux), and it’s the same. The point is, there is nothing under TV Shows for this recording, yet the guide shows it as currently recording. The directory on the server where the library exists only contains the sh…

What specifically is broken? From what I can tell so far, this is a server issue, as in, the show is not being placed into the library while recording. Should I not expect to see a new file in the directory I’ve assigned to this library when DVR recordings start?

Just to be clear, I’m suggesting you go back to the Live TV & DVR section in your Plex app and navigate to the currently recording program. Select it like you normally would, as if you wanted to play it live. The only difference is that now it should ask if you want to start from the beginning or …

Shows are never put in the library until after the recording is complete. As already stated intended behavior to use the guide to view an in progress video.

Selecting the item from the guide immediately takes me to the live stream and provides no other options, in both Roku and browser. The guide item shows the recording icon: [image] Thoughts?

That’s probably related to the problems mentioned in the other thread and, unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a ready solution for it currently. I know the exact behavior varies by client, but in many cases there are problems with: Starting an in-progress recording from the beginning Fast-…

Thanks, I just tried on android and the experience was the same. I’ll add some comments to that thread once I read up some more. Might be a while, as that thread is huge!

Seems to work for me in plex web + chrome on iPad. It works on shield (I did it earlier). I’ll try roku later.

How does one watch DVR recordings as they're being recorded?

Live TV & DVR

jkramer February 2, 2020, 6:04pm 4

All clients are broken except Nvidia Shield.

1.5 year old thread here.

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How does one watch DVR recordings as they're being recorded?

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