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This is definitely not working. The end time doesn't get updated and as soon as the current position reaches the end time (which in fact isn't the real endtime, since it's a growing file), I'm dropped back to the the recordings menu. This is with nextpvr and the last Kodi beta 2, but I would be surprised if this is working with another backend that use http streams for recordings playback.
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I can confirm that this is not working with the latest Kodi build and the Argus-TV back-end.
This is one of the latest bugs that I know of (and for me) that should be fixed, before I migrate to Kodi.
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2014-11-12, 22:12
(This post was last modified: 2014-11-12, 22:13 by haverer2.)
for me I don't notice a difference between Kodi and the other builds... they just don't work properly with nPVR.... I'm about to give up on XBMC/KODI - I think it's a great piece of software and the developers do a great job... but for me, the lack of this basic pvr feature ruins the experience.
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I can confirm that this doesn't work using Mediaportal as a backend either.
Eg: I start recording an hour long show, 30 minutes in I start to watch the recorded file - then when I have watched 30 minutes playback stops (I also cannot seek past 30 minutes).
Even though by this time the recorded file is 1 hour long..
It's a real pain as you have to keep stopping playback and re-starting it again so that the file length is re-read.
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why does this never get fixed? Has it not been posted in the right place?
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Uukrul
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Sorry, but I never used DVBLink so I don't know how good it is.
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We support it in pvr.wmc/ServerWMC
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In addition to having kodi detect that an active recording is growing, it would also be great if we can tell kodi what the time duration of the active recording will be so that the play position is reported accurately in the OSD.
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What do we need to do to get this fixed in Kodi? I'm seeing several threads on this forum, some very old, some newer like this one. But I can't find any ticket that's going to solve this. Maybe someone can explain the technical background of the solution in the dvblogic addon? The same goes for the pvr.wmc/ServerWMC. Is the end time changing, thus showing the total time recorded at the current moment?
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It is probably not ideal, but if you know what time the recording started, and you know the current time, you should (at least in theory - not sure if there can be exceptions) know the total length of the recording.