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Recording Schedule

Martin Vallevand edited this page Jun 15, 2026 · 1 revision

Recording Schedule

The Recording Schedule screen lets you view, manage, and create scheduled recordings. For watching completed recordings see Recordings.

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Pending Recordings Shows scheduled to record
Recurring Recordings Season/recurring recording schedule, ordered by priority (top = highest priority; use the Skip/Replay remote buttons to move items up or down)
Conflicts Scheduled recordings that conflict with each other

Recording Details Popup

Selecting a pending or recurring recording opens the Recording Details popup:

Action Description
Update Edit the recording — e.g. add post-padding for a late-running show. Only shown for pending or in-progress recordings.
Cancel Cancel a pending or recurring recording.
Finds All Show all similar programmes across the guide.
Close Close the popup.

Types of Recordings

Type Description
Record Once A single one-off recording.
Record Daily Records at the same time every day of the week.
Record Weekly Records at the same time on the same day each week.
Record Week Days Records Monday–Friday at the set time.
Record Weekends Records Saturday and Sunday at the set time.
Record Season Records all new episodes of a show on a specific channel (requires an EPG that marks new episodes).

Manual Record

Access the Manual Record popup from the hidden menu bar (Home key or Info/Menu remote button, then Man-Rec). This lets you schedule a recording without using the TV Guide, and supports advanced conditional recording options.

Field Description
Recording Type One-off or recurring type (see above).
Channel Channel to record.
Name Filename format for the recording.
Date Date on which to record.
Start Time Recording start time.
End Time Recording end time.
Pre-Padding Extra minutes to record before the start time.
Post-Padding Extra minutes to record after the end time.
Keep Maximum number of episodes to retain (for recurring recordings).
Directory Save location. Only shown if multiple recording directories are configured.
Advanced Rules Optional conditional rules — e.g. record anything with "gadget" in the title. When set, Start/End times are ignored.

Notes

  • You can also schedule recordings from the TV Guide, the Search screen, the Web App, or third-party plugins.
  • To cancel an entire recurring series, do so from the Recurring Recordings view. Cancelling an episode from the TV Guide cancels only that episode.
  • To let NextPVR re-record a failed episode, use Forget from the menu bar before deleting the failed file — this removes the unique ID so the scheduler treats it as never recorded.

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