❗ Bug / Support request: onLiveTVRecordingStart fires inconsistently in Scripter-X

❗ Bug / Support request: 

onLiveTVRecordingStart

 fires inconsistently in Scripter-X

Environment

Item	Value
Server	Emby 4.8.11.0 (macOS 10.15.7)
Hardware	2012 Mac mini (i7 2C/4T, 16 GB RAM)
Scripter-X	3.3.6 (latest in catalog as of 2025-07-09)
Comskip	Donator 0.83.001 (installed in ~/bin)
Com Skipper plugin	2.1.1
Live-processing wrapper	/Users/arooni/bin/emby_preprocessing.sh (uses onLiveTVRecordingStart)

What I’m trying to do

• Post-processing commercial detection works 100 % (Emby “Recording Post Processing” runs /Users/arooni/bin/comskip --ini=… "{path}").

• I’m adding real-time commercial detection with Scripter-X.

  • Action: onLiveTVRecordingStart

  • Script: /Users/arooni/bin/emby_preprocessing.sh

  • Parameters: %recording.path%

  • Interpreter: /bin/bash

Problem

onLiveTVRecordingStart sometimes fires, sometimes doesn’t.

• ✅ Example where it did fire (BBC feed):

2025-07-09 12:58:27 >>> Scripter-X FIRED with [/Volumes/FilesArooni/EmbyTV/Sportsday (2014)/Sportsday 2025_07_09_12_30_00 - 3.ts]

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• ❌ Example where it did not fire (CNN & Fox News):

  • Started watching Live TV, then hit Record.

  • No entry in sx_probe.txt.

  • No invocation of my preprocessing script.

  • I have to uninstall / reinstall Scripter-X before it fires again.

Once the event fails for a channel it seems “stuck” until the plugin is re-installed.

Repro steps (reliable)

1. Start Live TV on CNN HD.

2. Let it play ~10 s.

3. Hit Record This Episode.

4. Watch sx_probe.txt (simple probe script prints its args): nothing.

5. Repeat with BBC World → fires as expected.

What I tried

• Verified Scripter-X action list ✔︎

• Simplified wrapper to bare-bones probe that just echoes args ✔︎

• Confirmed %recording.path% works when event fires ✔︎

• Server restart → no change

• Plugin reinstall → event fires once then goes intermittent again

Relevant logs

# ~/.config/emby-server/logs/sx_probe.txt
2025-07-09 12:58:27 >>> Scripter-X FIRED with [/Volumes/FilesArooni/EmbyTV/Sportsday (2014)/Sportsday 2025_07_09_12_30_00 - 3.ts]
2025-07-09 13:02:39 >>> Scripter-X FIRED with [/Volumes/FilesArooni/EmbyTV/Sportsday (2014)/Sportsday 2025_07_09_12_30_00 - 3.ts]
# (nothing for CNN or Fox attempts)

Full embyserver.txt snippet around a missing fire is attached in the ZIP (contains playback HLS requests but no Scripter-X lines).

Expected

onLiveTVRecordingStart should fire every time a recording begins—regardless of channel or whether I started from Live playback.

Actual

• Fires for some channels, not for others (CNN/Fox).

• Post-processing trigger (onRecordingEnded, via “Recording Post Processing”) is always reliable.

Things I’d love help with

• Is there a known issue with onLiveTVRecordingStart on macOS or certain tuners/streams?

• Any extra logging flags I can enable to diagnose why Scripter-X skips the event?

• Would a channel name with spaces/special chars break %recording.path% resolution?

• Happy to supply full debug logs or do test builds.

Thanks for looking—really want to get real-time Comskip working for live news!

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