Record shows, sports, events, & movies

Never miss an episode or game by recording your favorite programs to your personal library.

How to record shows, sports, events, and movies with YouTube Idiot box | US only

Add or remove programs from your library

Add a program to your library:

  • Anytime y'all encounter the add together choice next to a prove, sports team, upshot, etc., you tin add information technology to your library.
  • Adding a program to your library means that all electric current and upcoming airings will exist recorded.

Remove a programme from your library:

  • To remove a program from your library, select the remove option side by side to the title on the programme page.
  • Removing a program from your library means that electric current and upcoming airings volition no longer exist recorded. Your recorded programs volition exist bachelor until they expire.

Find recorded programs

Your recordings tin can be constitute in theLibrary tab. Select any plan page to encounter electric current and upcoming airings.

Understand your playback options for recordings

If you're recording a game or program, yous tin can choose to:

  • Showtime your program from the first
  • Resume the program where y'all paused it
  • Watch the currently live program
  • Sentry key plays (Notation: check whether the stats & key plays feature is supported for the league you're watching, and on your device)

Recording storage infinite

  • Add equally many programs to your library as you similar—YouTube TV includes DVR without storage space limits.
  • You can record any programme that arrogance on YouTube TV. Recording doesn't take upwards space on your device, merely you need to be continued to the internet to view recorded programs.
  • If shows have episodes airing in the next two weeks, you can typically detect them on YouTube TV. Once yous've added a evidence to your library, it will stay there, even if there are no upcoming episodes.
  • As long as you maintain your membership status, alive TV recordings will exist saved for 9 months. Other programs will vary based on agreements with our content partners.

Recording extensions

  • Sports recordings will generally be extended thirty minutes beyond the scheduled end time in case games run long. YouTube TV may also discover the specific end time of a game and extend the recording to that point.
  • All other recordings will be extended 1 minute past the scheduled end fourth dimension in case programs run long.

Recording single episodes, games, or events

  • For shows: If yous add together a show to your library, all airings—including upcoming airings and reruns—volition be recorded automatically. You can't record a single episode, but with Google taking care of your recording space, who needs simply 1 episode?
  • For sports: Add together your preferred teams, leagues, or group of games (for example, all NBA Playoff games) to your library. Whatsoever games bachelor in your surface area will be recorded across any of the networks they air on. On some occasions, certain sporting events may not be available. Acquire more about viewing restrictions on YouTube Television receiver.
  • For i-off events, like awards shows: Simply add together the consequence to your library.

Ads on recorded programs

If you've added a programme to your library, you'll be able to sentinel DVR recordings by default in most cases. This means you tin skips ads, besides equally break and rewind your recording.

Learn more about ads on YouTube Television set.

Report a bad recording

If you come beyond a bad recording in YouTube TV, you lot can report it past doing the following:

  1. While trying to lookout man the recording, tap Morebelow the video actor.
  2. Select Report recording.
  3. Select the specific issue you're having with the recording, and so submit.

Notes:

  • For some programs in your library, yous tin select your preferred format—recording or video on-demand—when you beginning watching.
  • In the YouTube TV mobile app, you can press down on your screen on any page to open a Carte. The Menu includes diverse actions, similar adding a program to your library.
  • If you add a programme to your library while an episode is in progress, your recording volition get-go from the fourth dimension you added the plan. If a rerun of the episode airs, your fractional recording will be replaced by a full episode.

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