[CutterX]

Hi,
Kodi does not show the "start before" and "start after" TVHeadend settings in auto-recordings created from the EPG. It seems to derive the actual values from the start time and duration. This makes it impossible to scan a time window larger than the duration of the recorded show on the EPG. It is much less flexible than showing both settings. Please show "start before" / "start after".

[ksooo]

That’s not correct. Padding times for start and stop as defined in kodi pvr settings are taken into account by kodi when creating an autorec.

Can you please proof what you are saying by providing screenshots from both the tvh GUI and the timer rule settings in kodi?

[CutterX]

Sure:

[ksooo]

What you are looking for is labelled „start padding time“ and „end padding time“ in kodi timer settings.

No idea why this is 0 for you as default for both is 5 mins.

Can you post a screenshot of kodi PVR settings, Recordings page. There, the defaults for start snd stop padding times are defined.

[CutterX]

Are those the same settings ? I don't want to start the recording earlier, I want to restrict the scanned time window. This autorec should only match EPG entries beginning between "start after" and "start before", but recordings should still start at the advertised start time.

These are my default padding times, which by the way should not matter since they are set to "0 minutes" in the autorecording.

[ksooo]

Oh, those are actually not the same settings. Sorry, got that wrong in the first place.

[ksooo]

Alright, what you want to achieve is possible, but i have to admit actually not obvious.

There is an addon setting, on the Timer page. There, you can set start time calculation method to relaxed

In the timer rule settings, then the setting labelled end time is handled as time span relative to start time.

[CutterX]

It was set to "Relaxed"; I switched it to "Strict" and the "End time" setting now appears in timer rules, thanks !

A suggestion for EPG-based rules : the labeling would be clearer if "Start time" / "End time" were labeled "Start after" / "Start before" instead (as the corresponding TVHeadend settings). The current labeling gives the impression that they set the start / end time of the recording, when in fact they set the scanned time window.

Also an additional Padding time value would be welcome to differentiate between "0 minute" and "default".

[ksooo]

Renaming would make sense for tvheadend, but not for other backends supported by kodis generic GUI. Such things are often a tradeoff.

[ksooo]

I recently added support for backend specific timer settings to PVR core. I can at some time have a look whether this can help to improve the tvheadend kodi integration. But no promises.