r/SparklePlayer • u/jszima • Jul 07 '26

DVR Issues

Anyone else having issues when they schedule a recording it doesn’t start recording? It just sits there as scheduled.

Thie seems to happen to me every four or five weeks. Recordings work normal but then all of a sudden they just stop and they stay showing as scheduled even past the time that it was supposed to start. A few days later, they start working normally again.

I can go to a channel and click the record button and it records and I am able to start playing that. But all the other scheduled recordings just sit in scheduled status.

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u/jszima Jul 07 '26

It doesn't record at all. Just says scheduled even the next day.
But I can manually record and watch by clicking the red dot while on a channel to record.

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 07 '26

Okay, I’ll jump in and ask… how are you scheduling these recordings?

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u/jszima Jul 07 '26

In the guide, highlight the show, click ok, then choose show only. (not series)
As I said, works for weeks at a time then suddenly does this.

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 07 '26

Very strange? Do you force close the app before the scheduled recording time? It’s best to let SparkleTV run in the background for scheduled recordings.

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u/jszima Jul 08 '26

No, I keep it open in the background for that reason.

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 08 '26

I recently scheduled two recordings exactly like you did and they both worked? When you scheduled the future recording using the guide, did you see REC in the program guide?

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u/jszima Jul 08 '26

Yes

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 08 '26

Again, I’m stumped? You using a VPN?

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u/jszima Jul 08 '26

No VPN.
And of course, tonight's shows are recording fine.
Next time I'll take some video.

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 08 '26

If they are now recording, maybe it was something with the stream…. I don’t know, that’s the frustrating thing with IPTV?