Manually start/stop recordings

[tom80H]

As for your 2nd question:
No, you currently cannot do that but there’s a related feature suggestion you could vote for

[Feature Request] [DVR] Create recording for program not in EPG

Allow the search to provide a match a user can select for recording regardless of that programs pressence in the EPG. Use case: New series to premier in the fall but it’s still the spring. Since I saw the trailer today I want to create a schedule for when it airs. Then I don’t have to keep tracking the news to find the premier date and create a calendar event to create the schedule. Similar to but without the mysql syntax: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Custom_Recording