Best way to load settings for NPVR?

[reven]

whats the best way to load settings like
- Default post/pre padding
- Recording directories

also for ScheduleHelperFactory.ScheduleRecording() what should I use for RecordingDirectoryId? Only thing I can see it might be is either the path or the name, but what happens when a user changes either of those (or both) to scheduled recordings?

also is there a way to use the "default" post/pre padding when scheduling? so when the user changes these in the config, the scheduled recordings use these new figures (ie determines them at record time) and not have them just use the default when the initially scheduled the recording.

is there any point to use anything other than RecordingQuality.QUALITY_DEFAULT ? any more (i think people use to use this when doing analog recordings in gbpvr....)

cheers

[sub]

Code:

SettingsHelper settings = SettingsHelper.GetInstance();
            int prePadding = settings.GetSetting("/Settings/Recording/PrePadding", 1);
            int postPadding = settings.GetSetting("/Settings/Recording/PostPadding", 2);

;

Code:

string extraDirectories = settings.GetSetting("/Settings/Recording/ExtraRecordingDirectories", "none");
            if (extraDirectories != "none")
            {
                string[] parts = extraDirectories.Split(new char[] { '~' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                for (int i = 0; i < parts.Length; i += 2)
                {
                    recordingDirectories.Add(parts[i]);

also for ScheduleHelperFactory.ScheduleRecording() what should I use for RecordingDirectoryId? Only thing I can see it might be is either the path or the name, but what happens when a user changes either of those (or both) to scheduled recordings?

The RecordingDirectoryId can be null to stop it in the default directory, or "[directoryid]" where directoryid is the identifer of one of the recordings. The value is only looked up at the time the recording is started. If they've since deleted that directory entry, then the default directory is used.

also is there a way to use the "default" post/pre padding when scheduling? so when the user changes these in the config, the scheduled recordings use these new figures (ie determines them at record time) and not have them just use the default when the initially scheduled the recording.

No, it stores a copy of the values with the recording.

I'd just schedule with RecordingQuality.QUALITY_DEFAULT. I had intentions of doing more with, but nearly everyone is using digital these days, and multiple analog quality profiles doesn't seem to be a big deal to anyone.

[reven]

cheers, thought there might have been a configuration class hidden away in the "api" somewhere.

have you ever thought about allowing "null" to be used for pre/post padding, and if its null, use the default set at schedule time? so users can keep it all to default and if needed to change it in the config which changes it for all their future recordings, this is how I assumed it worked before digging through the code

[mvallevand]

+1 for allowing a default of -1 or something for padding. I was going to ask the same thing for the FTR import.

Martin

[reven]

i was thinking -1 but people sometimes to like to use negative padding, so would have to be null or "special number"