2024-06-23, 10:38 PM
I'm running into what seems to be a bug, where adding or editing a timer from the Kodi guide interface to be a "One time (manual)" type has no effect; that is, once I click OK to create or edit the timer, it still remains a guide recording with none of the manual modifications saved.
I can make a video of the process if need be, but this is pretty straightforward to reproduce:
In Kodi (v21, on Windows), navigate to TV->Guide and click on an upcoming show. Then click the "Add timer" button. Change the Type to "One time (manual)". Change the end time to, say, 30 minutes longer than what is pre-filled. Click OK to create the timer. Now go back one screen, and click on Timers. Find the timer that was just created and click on it. Note that the Type is not "One time (manual)", but "One time (guide)", meaning the manually edited extended time entered will not be recorded, but, instead, it will just default to whatever is in the guide. If you try editing the Type here and changing the end time and clicking OK, the timer still doesn't get edited. It remains a "One time (guide)" recording.
I noticed this happening in practice today because I wanted to record a sports program from the guide, but wanted to enter a manually extended amount of time (a few additional hours). Unfortunately, because of the bug, these manual modifications were ignored and it ended up just recording the program for the guide's length of time.
I understand workarounds might be to set some default padding that is significantly extended across all recordings, or to remember to record all the following programs in a row, but those are obviously just workarounds.
I can make a video of the process if need be, but this is pretty straightforward to reproduce:
In Kodi (v21, on Windows), navigate to TV->Guide and click on an upcoming show. Then click the "Add timer" button. Change the Type to "One time (manual)". Change the end time to, say, 30 minutes longer than what is pre-filled. Click OK to create the timer. Now go back one screen, and click on Timers. Find the timer that was just created and click on it. Note that the Type is not "One time (manual)", but "One time (guide)", meaning the manually edited extended time entered will not be recorded, but, instead, it will just default to whatever is in the guide. If you try editing the Type here and changing the end time and clicking OK, the timer still doesn't get edited. It remains a "One time (guide)" recording.
I noticed this happening in practice today because I wanted to record a sports program from the guide, but wanted to enter a manually extended amount of time (a few additional hours). Unfortunately, because of the bug, these manual modifications were ignored and it ended up just recording the program for the guide's length of time.
I understand workarounds might be to set some default padding that is significantly extended across all recordings, or to remember to record all the following programs in a row, but those are obviously just workarounds.