[primaeval]

Set Jobs and Rules to defaults, remapped to the SMB recording location, ensured 'pipe ffmpeg output through Kodi (for network folders)' was enabled (it was anyway), and ensured the ffmpeg exe location is correct.

Still no luck.

Also, the py file looks wonky but no invalid characters I know of for a file name...  Here's what I see:

Code:


# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os, subprocess, time
cmd = ['C:\\Users\\<ME>\\Downloads\\ffmpeg-4.1.1-win64-static\\ffmpeg-4.1.1-win64-static\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe', '-i', u'http://<iptvproviderstuff>', '-y', '-t', '4200', '-c', 'copy', '-reconnect_at_eof', '1', '-reconnect_streamed', '1', '-reconnect_delay_max', '300', 'smb://<NASCREDENTIALS>@192.168.0.4/Media/Recordings/Other\\24%2F7 FAMILY GUY\\24%2F7 FAMILY GUY - 2019-04-07 20-33.ts']
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
f = open(r'C:\Users\<ME>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.iptv.recorder\jobs\705f4140-5974-11e9-ae95-cc4b7364fa95.py.pid', 'w+')
f.write(repr(p.pid))
f.close()
p.wait()


Is there a different ffmpeg version I should use?     

You didn't turn on "pipe ffmpeg through Kodi".
If you did the last cmd argument would be "-" which means pipe the stdout output through kodi.

python:
cmd = ['D:\\utils\\ffmpeg.exe', '-i', u'http://****', '-y', '-t', '6620', '-c', 'copy', '-reconnect_at_eof', '1', '-reconnect_streamed', '1', '-reconnect_delay_max', '300', '-f', 'mpegts', '-']

The whole job file should also have a while loop which uses kodi to write the output to a file.

python:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os, subprocess, time

import xbmc,xbmcvfs,xbmcgui

xbmcgui.Dialog().notification("Recording: ESPN HD", "MLS Soccer", sound=True)

cmd = ['D:\\utils\\ffmpeg.exe', '-i', u'http://****', '-y', '-t', '6620', '-c', 'copy', '-reconnect_at_eof', '1', '-reconnect_streamed', '1', '-reconnect_delay_max', '300', '-f', 'mpegts', '-']

p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)

f = open(r'D:\kodi-18.1-Leia-x64\portable_data\userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.iptv.recorder\jobs\72e2f600-5960-11e9-acf5-5404a6420d2f.py.pid', 'w+')

f.write(repr(p.pid))

f.close()

video = xbmcvfs.File(r"D:\kodi-18.1-Leia-x64\portable_data\cache\Other\ESPN HD\MLS Soccer - ESPN HD - 2019-04-07 20-00.ts","wb")

playing = False

while True:

  data = p.stdout.read(1000000)

  if data:

      video.write(data)

  else:

      break

video.close()

xbmcgui.Dialog().notification("Recording finished: ESPN HD", "MLS Soccer", sound=True)

 

Is this NOT the correct setting?  Or is there some other place?  This is what I have had set all along so I'm either missing something, or the setting is being ignored.

Screencap 

The jobs files get made in advance when you create a Rule.
Maybe they were left over from before.
It could also be a bug.

It might be an idea to rename or delete the addon_data folder and start again.
"userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.iptv.recorder"

Make sure you've turned off the ffmpeg debugging again.
In the file
"userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.iptv.recorder\settings.xml"
you should have

xml:
<setting id="debug.ffmpeg" default="true">false</setting>

<setting id="ffmpeg.pipe">true</setting>

<setting id="ffmpeg.reconnect">true</setting>

<setting id="ffmpeg.recordings" default="true"></setting>

<setting id="recordings" default="true">special://temp</setting>

with your smb path instead of special://temp.