# Sports recording needs help **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** livetv-dvr\ **Created:** [October 16, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sports-recording-needs-help/477172 "2019-10-16T16:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dumplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dumplex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dumplex)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sports-recording-needs-help/477172/1 "2019-10-16T16:58:36Z")
I record sporting events. Sports events aren’t always time “friendly” they can run short or long. The ‘modify recording – minutes after end’ feature works well for events that run long, but there is no way to end the recording if it runs short. I generally watch the sports event as it happens. If the event ends early, there is no ‘stop recording now and save’ option. I tried to put a negative number in the minutes after end as kind of a kludge, but that doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sports-recording-needs-help/477172/2 "2022-04-18T22:35:23Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate > [@Automatically extending live sports recordings in DVR](https://forums.plex.tv/t/automatically-extending-live-sports-recordings-in-dvr/502503): > > What was once an impossible idea is now very feasible. There are multiple paid services that now offer API’s for real-time sporting event updates. One example (but not the only!) is [sportsdata.io](http://sportsdata.io). Regular sports viewers would know these kind of API’s when seen in ESPN’s Gamecast system, among others. With access to this kind of live data, Plex DVR developers could track live recordings of sporting events by matching the event with the API, then automatically extend those recordings until the g…