From dddeea1f7bff45812921eafc113b3b1c5b479054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Watson <2922868+theshoeshiner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:13:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with EncodedRecorder streams not showing up under
 "Active Recordings" (#14357)

---
 CONTRIBUTORS.md                           | 1 +
 src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 06c72c6168..c805fd4314 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
  - [allesmi](https://github.com/allesmi)
  - [ThunderClapLP](https://github.com/ThunderClapLP)
  - [Shoham Peller](https://github.com/spellr)
+ - [theshoeshiner](https://github.com/theshoeshiner)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 
diff --git a/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs b/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
index c04954207b..be7ff52977 100644
--- a/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
+++ b/src/Jellyfin.LiveTv/IO/EncodedRecorder.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ namespace Jellyfin.LiveTv.IO
         {
             _targetPath = targetFile;
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFile));
+            if (!File.Exists(targetFile))
+            {
+                FileHelper.CreateEmpty(targetFile);
+            }
 
             var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
             {