Recording with extended end time reset to original program end time after EPG update

[jfestrada]

Hi,

I'm recording the NFL games and I'm specifying a 60 min extent end time that work OK until NextPVR update de EPG and reset the original end time of the recording.

For example, next sunday is the game of Green Bay vs Chicago Bears, I search in NEWA for the game and mark the Record Me check box and specify 50 on the "Extend End Time Minutes" field and click the Record Selected button, that work ok and if I go to Manage Recordings the begin and end time of the recording show the minutes I extended, but If I run an update of the EPG manually or when is updated automatically by NextPVR the end time of that recording resets to its original time.

I have NextPVR 3.1.1 with the latest patch.

Any help?

Thanks.

[johnsonx42]

The Extend End Time Minutes feature is sort of a hack, and isn't supported by the internal NPVR scheduling engine. So, it doesn't survive an EPG update because the scheduler deletes and re-schedules all recordings, and the scheduler doesn't know about the Extend feature. You can use Padding instead, that is supported by the scheduler, but Padding isn't considered mandatory and will only be added if no other recording needs the tuner.

Really the Extend End Time Minutes is only usable if you're scheduling a recording for the same day, before any EPG updates.