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Recording error

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:36 pm
by davewalsh
I am getting a “Recording error!No access for recording” message when trying to start a recording on my 2017 Nvidia Shield TV. I configured ProgTV to use a flash drive that is formatted as NTFS and is recognized by ES File Explorer. My version of ProgTV is 2.37.6.0. The flash drive is NOT being used as internal storage.

Re: Recording error

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:58 pm
by Prog
Check app permission in Android settings.

Re: Recording error

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:19 pm
by davewalsh
Storage permission is on.

Re: Recording error

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:51 pm
by gbest1950
Hi, I am having exactly the same problem.
Have tried everything

Re: Recording error

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:48 pm
by Prog
Try select other folder. For example download folder not request addition rights.

Re: Recording error

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:32 pm
by gbest1950
I want to record to an external source so that I can increase the storage space and also to remove it and play on a laptop

Re: Recording error

Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:42 pm
by Prog
Modern version of Android not allow record to external devices. Need changes of Android config. Or can you give me hint about fix that on app side?

Re: Recording error

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:40 am
by ProStock
This is due to new Android 6+ write restrictions. If you didn't have realized, there's a folder called Android/data on any external storage to write new data because this app don't ask for write permission to user.
As of Marshmallow, it's impossible to write to the root directory or any other folder of any drive without asking for permission first. It seems your app is not asking for permission, so you must use a specific directory. Follow these steps:
1. Find out the name of the package corresponding to the ProgTV app i think it's com.progdvb.progtva
2. Create a folder called 'Android/data/com.progdvb.progtva on root directory of your USB drive For example, Kodi data directory is /Android/data/com.org.xbmc.kodi/
3. When you are going to record a new show, select this new folder for recording. If I'm not wrong, the app will have write permission and you're done.

PS: ProgTV Beta package name is com.progdvb.progtva_adv

Re: Recording error

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:02 am
by Prog
What permission I can ask from app side?

Re: Recording error

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:37 am
by kbkranz
ProStock,

Thanks! Recording to usb works perfectly now adding that folder location.