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When I was trying to fix. I remember installing the optional PySocks dependency. At the time I did not think it did anything but maybe that had something to do with the fix. I also feel it may have been part of a wider communication issue within the raspberry so I disabled other communication dependent addons like next up, Amazon prime, Netflix.

I just tried it, and the Recordings and Continue Watching is back. So, I think your original assessment of Sling doing something on their end was the issue.  Which honestly surprises me.  I would think that if they were making aa change it would effect all users at the same time, but perhaps they're doing it region by region. 

Anyway, I'm happy that the functionality is back.  Thanks for your replies.

Daryl