check for recording in progress??

[agidius]

I was wondering if there was a way to have a batch file check if there was a recording in progress.

there are a few things I would like the nightly batch file to do but not if it will interfere with a recording.

[sub]

There is nothing built in that would do this for you.

[K.S.]

search for recstatus & check the results
i use GBPVRcli for that task (information about pending & in-progress recordings)

[pBS]

is this a batch file you are running separately with scheduler or something?
you can use recordingstatus.bat to write to a file, and check that file from your batch to see if it's recording now or what...

here's my recordingstatus.bat that i use to mirror the gbpvr tray app to the registry for my lcd to read from...
i'll modify it here to just output to a file...
and delete it if not recording, so just do a 'if exists recording.txt' etc. in your batch to read...

Code:

set cap001=
set cap002=
for /f "usebackq delims=: tokens=1,2,3,4,5" %%f in ('%2') do (
set cap1=%%h
set cap2=%%j)

source2:%cap2:~0,-1%>>rstatus.log
set cap01=%cap1:~0,-3%
set cap02=%cap2:~0,-1%

if not "%cap01%" EQU "Sleeping" (echo "%cap01%">recording.txt)
if not "%cap02%" EQU "Sleeping" (echo "%cap02%">recording.txt)
if "%cap02%%cap01%" EQU "SleepingSleeping" del /q recording.txt

save as recordingstatus.bat in gbpvr dir...
then notice as you record or watch tv, there willl be a file named recording.txt in gb dir...when not, it will be gone...
and you can read in it what is being watched/recorded...
works with 2 recording sources or less only...

EDIT: silly me, first param [%1] is a y/n recording flag..
just do this:

Code:

if "%1"=="Y" (echo Y>recording.txt) else (del /q recording.txt)

and check for existance of the file in your batch file..