Live TV Not Recording Some Programs

Server Version#: 1.41.8.9834
Player Version#: Plex Web
Tuner Make/Model: HDHR4-2DT
Guide/Lineup name: Freeview - Brisbane
Using XMLTV?: No
Channel number/Name: Multiple incl 7HD, 7mate, ABC

At some point one of the updates has broken Live TV again. Many of my programs that were set to record no longer record. Some that still indicated they were going to record on the DVR Schedule page, didn’t record. The search also can’t find any programs in the Live TV Guide anymore. If I manually find a program in the Guide page I can still schedule a recording but it doesn’t always appear in the DVR Schedule. Of the ones that won’t record, I’ve tried the recurring recording and single event, just New and New and Repeat. It still won’t appear on the DVR Schedule.

I’ve tried refreshing the guide, deleting the DVR and reinstalling, re-tuning all the channels and deleting and re-adding all my scheduled recordings. Nothing seems to have fixed the issue.

Check your tv folders, if the file name already exists it won’t record or show up on the DVR Schedule.

Need a show name and set of logs to tell you why.

One of the programs that didn’t record has some errors as detailed below. I don’t know why it would be trying to create a directory when it already existed as it had recorded previous episodes. The rest of the log files didn’t go back far enough to when some of the problems had occurred.


I’ve attached a screenshot of what the missed recordings looked like on the DVR page.

Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.091 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Scheduling 'LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E7 - Caught in the Act' for assimilation.
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.094 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Subscription: No existing library item show 'guid: plex://show/68340ba1423857814c822959 ratingKey: plex%3A%2F%2Fshow%2F68340ba1423857814c822959 thumb: https://metadata-static.plex.tv/0/gracenote/09b217cba6a473b00870cb1c073c63fe.jpg title: LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy type: 2 year: 2025'
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.094 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Assimilator: Postprocessing, we're going to put `LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E7 - Caught in the Act` in `/mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025) - S07E07 - Caught in the Act.ts`
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.096 [125126374513464] ERROR - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Error creating directory "/mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07": Permission denied
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.096 [125126374513464] ERROR - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Assimilator: Could not create directory at path /mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.096 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Grabber: Operation for 'LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E7 - Caught in the Act' on channel 5fc76c607dc1e8002d48a674-5fc70602104230002d14dd26 completed with status error (Could not move recorded media to destination)
Jun 16, 2025 13:34:59.096 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/aed02b050487cd32c0e5dc95fb1932280c58e0ea] Activity: Ended activity ae988d24-c4da-43cf-928e-4fe97b9c05e8.
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.117 [125126374513464] DEBUG - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Scheduling 'LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E8 - The Fresh Food People' for assimilation.
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.120 [125126368185144] DEBUG - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Subscription: No existing library item show 'guid: plex://show/68340ba1423857814c822959 ratingKey: plex%3A%2F%2Fshow%2F68340ba1423857814c822959 thumb: https://metadata-static.plex.tv/0/gracenote/09b217cba6a473b00870cb1c073c63fe.jpg title: LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy type: 2 year: 2025'
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.120 [125126368185144] DEBUG - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Assimilator: Postprocessing, we're going to put `LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E8 - The Fresh Food People` in `/mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025) - S07E08 - The Fresh Food People.ts`
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.122 [125126368185144] ERROR - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Error creating directory "/mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07": Permission denied
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.122 [125126368185144] ERROR - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Assimilator: Could not create directory at path /mnt/nas/TV Series/LEGO Masters Grand Masters of the Galaxy (2025)/Season 07
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.122 [125126368185144] DEBUG - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Grabber: Operation for 'LEGO Masters: Grand Masters of the Galaxy - E8 - The Fresh Food People' on channel 5fc76c607dc1e8002d48a674-5fc70602104230002d14dd26 completed with status error (Could not move recorded media to destination)
Jun 16, 2025 20:49:59.122 [125126368185144] DEBUG - [Grabber/04af5f643f12ebf5531d3359d3b106aa5f5a331c] Activity: Ended activity 3eab91b7-b2a0-4b3c-8e26-bbe9f612d8e9.

If a NAS is involved and the mount point became unavailable or remounted then the permissions could change. Run the commands below on the host to fixup the permissions.

find /mnt/nas/TV Series -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /mnt/nas/TV Series -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

I thought that was possible as well and checked all permissions and they hadn’t changed. Also, other programs have been recorded without issue. Why would there be a possible permission issue on one program and not the other?

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