BIG NEWS - "Record This Airing" now works for everyone

[signcarver]

On my phone I was very surprised by the prominent location of the record dot (don't use phone for such often as tv belongs on much bigger screens). When I go to my google streamer (and other android tv devices) it is a bit further to the right as jumping back, pause, and skip are earlier while on the phone those are larger in the middle of the screen including vertically (used to be much further right on that bottom bar). But I am subscribed so it may be that it is showing the dot for that reason (I know long ago they didn't show when not subscribed).

[nickk]

There will be a UI update out shortly (today).

[danieljlevine]

Thanks. That explains it. I’ll be looking for that then.

The capability seems to be working great for me.

Other than fast forwarding, is there a nicer way to skip over commercials?

[nickk]

UI is out for early access customers...

In the HDHomeRun app go into Settings and enable "early access to new features".

[danieljlevine]

Early access was already on for me. But today I see the record circle on my Google 4K Streamer. Thanks for this upgrade. How unexpected. Now I need to think about what I actually want to record.

[danieljlevine]

While watching live, I started a recording and it worked. It’s visually unintuitive to know how to stop that recording. I assume it would automatically stop at the end of the program. I’d expect the circle to become a square on the live view of a channel I’m recording in this way. But it remains a circle. Selecting that circle presented me with a delete option, I believe and that’s what I did. But what if I wanted to stop it and keep the snippet?

[pshanew]

BIG NEWS - "Record This Airing" now works for everyone, no DVR guide subscription required.

Nick

Thanks for this new feature. I'm testing it on a Flex 4K and it works very well so far. I've primarily used Plex for my DVR needs to this point (and NextPVR, to an extent), but being able to test the HDHomeRun DVR in this fashion is making me consider changing to it. Thanks!

[danieljlevine]

I’ve noticed that if I skip a decent amount into a recording and then try to play from there, it’ll play the audio with no video for a few seconds and then crashes. If I back out before it crashes, I can get in the recording immediately and watch from that point just fine. Is this a known issue? I have Google 4K streamer.