When starting game not through Playnite, play time isn't tracked
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Describe the bug
When starting the game not through Playnite, the play time is not tracked. For example, through Steam, Xbox app, EA app, Battle.net or directly through the .exe file to launch the game. However, only when launched through the Epic Games Launcher, the play time is always correctly tracked.
Is this the expected behavior? Since I could not find information about this in the Wiki, only one mention: https://github.com/Jeshibu/PlayniteExtensionsFeatures/blob/main/libraries.md#user-content-fn-h-e1642277905184e056e9996d65cdc9c1:~:text=Play%20time%20is%20always%20tracked%20when%20launched%20through%20Playnite%20%E2%86%A9
To Reproduce
- Launch Playnite
- Start any game not through Playnite
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Diagnostics ID
889d91cc-8ebe-41a4-8b1c-ddb0700d35a6
Games have to be started through Playnite for time tracking to work 100% reliably. Alternatively, you have to have time sync set to "always" in general settings (it's set to import time for newly imported games only by default). Also not all integration plugins support play time sync.
Also just having Playnite running is not enough, you have to actually start games using it.
Is it even possible to implement the functionality I described?
Possible? Yes, but not practical to implement and maintain in long term. If you want Playnite to keep accurate play time tracking, you need to use it to launch games.