I just did it on Mac and recorded perfectly fine. while recording I tried to change channel and it gave me warning that recording will be canceled if I switch channel.
unable to use navigation keys on Netflix app. so when launch Netflix app it does not let me sign in or go up or down with any keys on both remote controls except mouse courser.
yes definitely primary is the best as you mentioned the features. as far implementing something on backup player what primary has then I guess no need of backup may be??? or maybe backup does not work well??
I have same experience with few servers. yes primary has the best experience but if stream source gets changed and not compatible with primary then theres nothing much buzz can do. they can not constantly change player or settings because of servers.
I personally love primary player but I had only one issue with it. for my parents and family friends I usually leave it on suspend mode and like to go to live tv straight from suspend mode but if I leave it for few hours to over night I usually get a black screen (stream decode issue). I believe thats maybe due to stream change or whatever reason. so in order to fix this I have to reboot which they dont like to do it on daily basis.
when I try backup player I dont have that decoding issue and no need to reboot but yeah channel changing is couple of seconds delay. but thats ok and nobody complained ever
so backup player has been rock solid for me and no complaints but option to add external player of choice will be an awesome
end of the day im very happy and satisfied with backup player.