Server Version#: 4.93.3
Player Version#:
Tuner Make/Model: 2) HDHomerun connect, connect quatro
Guide/Lineup name: METV and others
Using XMLTV?: no ?
Channel number/Name: METV
I have several shows marked to be recorded. however, when i look at the dvr schedule none of them are there but in the guilde they are all selected with the RED mark next to the name ? i have refreshed the guide but that did not help. i have tried to Cancel and reselect the show but still nothing.. also sometimes when i attemp to cancel some of the schedule recordings give me an error with the text “Something Went Wrong” and i have to go out and back in again and the show will be enabled, meaning i cant cancel it ? Also, if i go to the channel and click play to watch it live, it works fine. Any help would be appreciated
I don’t know what the history of your recordings is, but on my system it shows that way if a particular episode is already in the library. It shows in the guide because the series is set to record, but it doesn’t actually schedule a particular episode because it already exists in the library.
I had something similar to this recently. If I remember right, my recordings were set to New Airings Only. I may have forgotten that the New Airings does not mean new-to-me, but New to all (DVR Schedule chart will indicate a “NEW” graphic.
Maybe check that and change to New and Repeat Airings?
No there is nothing in my libarary. here are some screen pics of The Bob Newhart Show. I currently have nothing in my library. When i look at the series it shows 9 episodes but most of them are scheduled to be recorded. S02E10 says “airing” - currently it is playing but the activity indicator at the top does not show Plex recording anything ?
no i havent i will try that. what i have noticed is the non-recording of programs appears to be only on a specific channel and sub-channels. i’m in the philadelphia area and its channel 2 series of channels (see pic) which includes: MeTV, Grit, Ion myster, H, Retro, Decades, and Story channels. is there a way to accidently elminate one channel and the subchannels from being recorded ?
Note that the red marks on the guide only mean that “there’s a recording rule for this program”. It’s not the smartest UI decision that Plex has made because many users get confused by this. After giving up on Plex myself, the free DVR software that I use now only uses special red marks on the programs that will actually record. I definitely find that approach a lot more useful.
Whats really strange is the DVR Schedule tab displays “no upcoming airings” and the show is not only listed in the current guide but it has the red indicator to record it. So its almost like Plex doesnt know its playing to record it (see attached)?
Like I said, the red marks only mean that you’ve created a recording rule for that program/series. It doesn’t mean that episode will actually record. There are a number of reasons why Plex won’t record a give show/episode:
The rule says to record only new episodes and the EPG doesn’t have the episode listed as being new (and the EPG can be wrong)
Plex has determined that the episode/program “might” already exist in your library and duplicates are not allowed under any circumstances - of course, this can be extremely problematic when the EPG information is either incomplete or just wrong – HUGE program for sports and also for shows like Saturday Night Live
Your recording rule specified a specific channel or time of day and the episode doesn’t match – I found that the time of day rules were not applied in a reliable way
So the red marks in the guide mean nothing. Only the DVR Schedule screen tells you what will actually record. So yes, given how finicky the whole process is, you end up having to cross-reference the two screens and then you are still left scratching your head why something you want to record just won’t schedule to record.
Also, you’ve got to love it when a recording just stops part way through for no particular reason.
changed the rules and removed the NEW ONLY - did nothing
NONE of these exist in my library. by NONE i mean, zero episodes
the recordings are NOT channel specific.
Note: 1)since there is an option for New Airings Only shouldn’t it work? 2) now since ALL of my recordings are set to New and Repeat, I assume my DVR will be doing WAY MORE work than necessary by overwriting existing episodes (assuming thats how it works).
As I said earlier, some of the series that I have marked to record, when I try to Cancel them I get the “Something Went Wrong” screen and i have to click on Live TV to reload. And the show is continues to show active.
If you select New and Repeat, it should record every time the program is found in the guide unless it is already in your Library. I don’t remember what happens if you previously recorded an episode, watched it and deleted it. I believe it will record again after it was deleted. Not 100% sure, but I don’t think Plex keeps track of watched programs in the database - I may have complained about that before…
When I am on the DVR Schedule page, Calendar view, I do not see any Chicago Fire listings even though I have it listed in the right-hand column of the same page, but that is because it is set to New Airings only. If I change that recording to New and Repeat Airings and click on Save, the resulting Calendar view immediately lists all the repeat Chicago Fire episodes on ION TV.
You might have something else going on if you’re finding differently.
I wrote down everything in my DVR schedule and deleted everything and then went back for hours this morning and re-entered them all and made sure they are all set to New and Repeat. The reason I deleted them is I came across multiple shows that were in the list more than once. I’m not sure what that does to Plex but was worried that could be causing the issues. After re-entering every show they are now listed on the DVR schedule. I should know by tomorrow if everything is working.
So far it appears to be working and recording everything on the Schedule. Thanks to everyone for your help!
1 additional follow up question. I have 3 dvr’s (see attached pic). In this current configuration (2 x 4 tuner, 1 x 2 tuner) does that mean I can record 10 shows at the same time? Not that I would attempt that many but is that theoritically possible?
I do have a stout windows box running my plex server with 16gb ram, i7 proc and 14tb of free disc space. Given that hardware, how many shows would say should be my max (limit)?
I would assume yes, theoretically. With my setup (one Quatro), I can easily record four at a time, but I notice the commercial detection after the recording can really increase CPU usage even with only one recording. It would be nice if comm. detection could occur via h/w.
If you suppress post processing (e.g. automatic transcoding and/or commercial detection/removal), you should be able to record all 10 at once as long as you have sufficient/reliable network bandwidth to your tuners. If you have multiple hard drives in the server, you might want to record some of the programs to one drive and the rest to the other hard drive just in case your hard drives are slow and can’t keep up – a lot of time sensitive storage going on if all 10 tuners are recording at once.
Most graphics cards can only transcode a small number of video at once. So if you had 3 hardware transcodes and 7 software transcodes going on at once, I suspect the demands on your server resources would be extreme. This is why I suggested turning off automatic post processing.
thanks for the tip. i have never turned on post processing. however, this was a gaming machine and i did remove the video card assuming it wouldnt be necessary. are you saying that if i put the gaming video card back in the machine that plex will be able to process the recordings move efficently ?
