So I wanted to make sure this is actually a thing before I started asking for something that’s already there. In fact I was skeptical that a master DVR app like Plex would not have this recording feature, because every DVR I’ve ever used has had it. But no, I learned on the forums, Plex does not have my feature and everybody knows about it .
So what do I want? I want to be able to program recordings based on keywords that I enter and Plex remembers. I type in “auto racing” as part of the recording trigger and Plex records any episode of anything that has “auto racing” in either the title or description, whether it is on the guide today or appears in three months.
ReplayTV had this. Windows Media had this. This is the primary reason I have a DVR of any kind. If I hear about a new show starting next season, I want to setup a program NOW to catch it and check it out when it does start.
I’m a Plex Pass holder and my server is underutilized, because I don’t sit around and browse the guide like a pastime. I know what I want to record and I want Plex to be able to do it for me like every earlier-generation product was able to do efficiently, otherwise there’s no value here. I have Netflix and Hulu and F1 here and right now, they’re winning this game over OTA because Plex can’t hack the requirements.
I know this is not a new request. But it’s a fresh one, after I just came to the realization that no, it’s not some back-menu option that I can’t find, it’s a really basic feature that you actually can’t do.
I don’t know what most of you use Plex for, but if it is for recording, I can’t imagine you not wanting this feature.
For me this is the entire deal. Starting today, because I only just learned that you really don’t have this feature, I’m restarting the clock with this request.
I’ve heard that a lot of people out there have requested this feature already. I want this feature or I’m cancelling. You don’t care? I’m also recruiting everyone out there who uses Plex as a DVR replacement - you want this too, right? they don’t add it? Join me and quit. There are alternatives.
So six months. Let’s round it off to 4/1/2021, April Fool’s Day. If there’s no keyword recording in Plex, I’m leaving, and maybe many others are also.
