I find this setting very dangerous. did it once and my poor n100 couldn't keep up when a couple channels all started marathons.
Much prefer marking specific episodes for re-record. also like having the corrupted/delayed until it's rebroadcast.
Well, he could simply say (as the Channels devs would) that it's an admin function and should be done from the DVR web UI (but you can only do it there if another airing is in the guide).
by that logic setting any recording is admin.
Can you do it in any Channels client?
All you can do on a client is view upcoming episodes and choose one to record. Same as choosing Record Again from the web UI. It just manually picks the next airing to record, and if the guide data changes and the airing moves or disappears you end up recording whatever is in the timeslot.
Mark as not recorded does what it says, allowing your pass to schedule the recording. That cannot be done from a client and the developers don't want to add it. And if there are no future airings in the guide, you can't even use Mark as not recorded in the web UI.
well, not advanced passes, but you can set passes, delete passes. also clients can change favorites, and even sync them back to source.. (seems pretty admin to me) lol anyway.
I've been using @mjitkop 's Channels DVR Extras long enough I didn't realize all the limitations otherwise.
does Channels DVR Extras actually successfully re-record a marked episode if it's not in the guide?
Yes.
Mark as not recorded makes the elephant (Channels DVR) forget (that it recorded it).
So if it never recorded it, a pass will pick it up.
This is working really well, thank you! Feature request: a filter to sort TV Shows by most recent episode ("Recently Updated"). Sorting the shows on each folder's most recent File ID seems easiest.
Version 1.2.2 is now available. The episode details page now has:
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Episode Trash button. The episode is sent to the trash. (v1.2.1)
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Mark as not recorded button. If the episode was created by a DVR rule, the button is enabled, and marks it as not recorded. (v1.2.1)
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Sort buttons now have ascending and descending options. The modified date is now used instead of the date added. (v1.2.2)
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Thank you!
Nice.
Just to let you know.
A ProgramID containing special characters needs to be url encoded.
These are common on custom M3U channels, like this one
"ProgramID": "Elton John: A Life in Song/5bc2998b664348573cb35760dbc789f5894fb036476be687909fde0a604ccd0f"
Failed to mark as not recorded: No compatible mutation endpoint found. Tried: DELETE /dvr/programs/Elton John: A Life in Song/5bc2998b664348573cb35760dbc789f5894fb036476be687909fde0a604ccd0f (no-body): API error 404: DELETE /dvr/programs/Elton%20John:%20A%20Life%20in%20Song/5bc2998b664348573cb35760dbc789f5894fb036476be687909fde0a604ccd0f
So url encode that string (including the colon and forward slash) and it will work.
See Unable to re-record deleted episodes or mark as not recorded for Pluto source