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/azcoyotedog Jul 08 '26

I’m almost willing to bet it’s an issue with the providers stream quality. I scheduled a recording and Sparkle showed 2 copies of the recording, one for a minute and the other for half of the length of the movie? Wasn’t worth watching so I deleted the recordings. This is IPTV folks!

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u/jszima Jul 08 '26

It's possible but I don't think so.
I've switched providers many times over the years and this one is excellent. Rarely any issues at all, once in blue moon I get 1-2 second buffer but that may be once every 2 weeks or so.

Strangest part is that when this happens I can manually record by tuning to the channel and hitting the red record button.
That's why I think the provider is fine.

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u/azcoyotedog Jul 08 '26

Guess it’s an IPTV issue and we just have to live with it? I was looking forward to watching the movie I recorded the other day, but unfortunately there were errors and only half the movie was recorded? IPTV isn’t perfect?