Recurring recording priority

[sub]

I'll keep it in mind for a future release.

The reality is that the app usually doesn't know that an episode on one channel is the same as an episode on another channel, so doesn't attempt to evaluate which of those channels options would allow it use the lowest priority tuner. This identifier is only available in North America. For the rest of the world, it's going to have to try to record all the matches found.

[mvallevand]

sub, whatever you do is great. I really appreciate the support you already have that prevents duplicates and re-recordings based on the unique_id. Without that I'd be deleting 170+ of these daily. Jaggy got me thinking about the way I am renaming the files and if I just change the recording date to the original air date, I'll be okay.

Thanks again,

Martin

[mvallevand]

I ran into another little glitch on this, it seems to only respect the unique_id on one rule which is a bit of a nuisance.

Martin

[mvallevand]

The records keep growing and each day there more difficulties. Because I am not watching and deleting them there is no history of the unique_id in deleted file table so each EPG update I end up having to remove more and more of the 35+ episodes that are scheduled, and I have to look at each one of them because the subtitle is only in the meta data (and the series and episode numbers aren't even exposed).

Then to make things worse after I remove the recording it gets added to the deleted recordings table so I have to clean those out so the show I do want to record does get recorded on the next update. The only way around all these issues seems to be writing a utility.

The good news is that NextPVR is recording perfectly, and Jaggy got me thinking and by changing the record date to the first run date they show in proper order.

Code:

The Big Bang Theory.S01E12.The Jerusalem Duality.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S01E13.The Bat Jar Conjecture.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S01E14.The Nerdvana Annihilation.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S01E15.The Pork Chop Indeterminacy.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S01E16.The Peanut Reaction.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S01E17.The Tangerine Factor.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E01.The Bad Fish Paradigm.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E02.The Codpiece Topology.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E03.The Barbarian Sublimation.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E05.The Euclid Alternative.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E06.The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E07.The Panty Piñata Polarization.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S02E08.The Lizard-Spock Expansion.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E02.The Jiminy Conjecture.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E03.The Gothowitz Deviation.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E04.The Pirate Solution.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E05.The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E06.The Cornhusker Vortex.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E18.The Pants Alternative.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E19.The Wheaton Recurrence.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E20.The Spaghetti Catalyst.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E21.The Plimpton Stimulation.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S03E22.The Staircase Implementation.ts
The Big Bang Theory.S05E09.The Ornithophobia Diffusion.ts

Martin

[johnsonx42]

I wonder if the Unique_id's aren't always consistent across channels?

I've never had a problem with NPVR recording duplicates, but recently NPVR recorded "The Big Bang Theory:The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" off TBS (a new analog channel I get by luck), even though that same episode was recorded months ago off one of my OTA digital channels (and never deleted).

I get my EPG data from schedules direct for all channels, but the few cable-only channels I get come from a different lineup.

(unfortunately that occurance is long gone from the logs, and I deleted the duplicate tbs recording when it happened, so there's nothing to look at)

[mvallevand]

No, the problem ones do have the standard zap2it EP00931182 http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/the-big-...EP00931182 and then the expected show number. A few do have a generic one that I will skip because I don't know what they are.

What I assume is happening is when I delete an unrecorded recording the unique_id goes into the deleted_recordings table. This is normally great, so you don't get in a loop trying to delete it for two weeks. The problem is that once it is there, the one I did want to keep finds it as deleted and won't schedule it on the next update.

Martin

[mvallevand]

So with sub's help in the developer forum the command line utility I have added to PostUpdate EPG does exactly want I want. I've been able to remove the 3 recurring recordings and the process of daily removal of duplicates and automate everthing I decided to only schedule the next few days to avoid the large number of wake events being remove and re-added serveral time a day.

Code:

2012-08-11 19:26:16.075    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820027 Delay  2012-08-17 19:00 The White Asparagus Triangulation
2012-08-11 19:26:16.075    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820028 Active  2012-08-11 19:00 The Vartabedian Conundrum
2012-08-11 19:26:16.077    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820029 Record 2012-08-11 19:30 The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
2012-08-11 19:26:16.078    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820031 Record 2012-08-12 19:00 The Killer Robot Instability
2012-08-11 19:26:16.079    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820032 Record 2012-08-12 19:30 The Friendship Algorithm
2012-08-11 19:26:16.080    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820033 Delay  2012-08-24 19:30 The Financial Permeability
2012-08-11 19:26:16.080    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820035 Delay  2012-08-18 19:00 The Maternal Capacitance
2012-08-11 19:26:16.080    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820036 Delay  2012-08-18 19:30 The Cushion Saturation
2012-08-11 19:26:16.081    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820037 Delay  2012-08-19 19:00 The Terminator Decoupling
2012-08-11 19:26:16.081    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820038 Delay  2012-08-19 19:30 The Work Song Nanocluster
2012-08-11 19:26:16.081    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820056 Record 2012-08-13 12:00 The Bozeman Reaction
2012-08-11 19:26:16.083    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820057 Delay  2012-08-14 12:00 The Einstein Approximation
2012-08-11 19:26:16.084    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820058 Delay  2012-08-15 12:00 The Large Hadron Collision
2012-08-11 19:26:16.085    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820059 Delay  2012-08-16 12:00 The Excelsior Acquisition
2012-08-11 19:26:16.086    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820060 Delay  2012-08-17 12:00 The Precious Fragmentation
2012-08-11 19:26:17.638    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820072 Record 2012-08-13 19:00 The Desperation Emanation
2012-08-11 19:26:17.638    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820073 Delay  2012-08-14 19:00 The Irish Pub Formulation
2012-08-11 19:26:17.639    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820074 Delay  2012-08-15 19:00 The Apology Insufficiency
2012-08-11 19:26:17.639    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820075 Delay  2012-08-16 19:00 The 21-Second Excitation
2012-08-11 19:26:17.640    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820076 Delay  2012-08-17 18:30 The Boyfriend Complexity
2012-08-11 19:26:17.640    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820077 Delay  2012-08-20 19:00 The Alien Parasite Hypothesis
2012-08-11 19:26:17.641    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820078 Delay  2012-08-21 19:00 The Justice League Recombination
2012-08-11 19:26:17.642    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820079 Delay  2012-08-22 19:00 The Bus Pants Utilization
2012-08-11 19:26:17.687    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820080 Delay  2012-08-23 19:00 The Love Car Displacement
2012-08-11 19:26:17.688    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820081 Delay  2012-08-24 19:00 The Thespian Catalyst
2012-08-11 19:26:17.688    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820082 Delay  2012-08-13 20:00 The Benefactor Factor
2012-08-11 19:26:17.688    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820105 Delay  2012-08-16 20:00 The Recombination Hypothesis
2012-08-11 19:26:17.688    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820111 Delay  2012-08-23 23:00 The Weekend Vortex

Martin

[mvallevand]

Less then one month from the start, NextPVR will now be able to schedule all the remaining Big Bang Theories I need for S01-S04, S05 is partial because it isn't in syndication yet, but I can still record S6 on the air dates now

Code:

2012-08-27 20:14:38.368    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820001 Delay  2012-09-02 06:00 Pilot
2012-08-27 20:14:38.369    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820002 Delay  2012-09-01 06:00 The Big Bran Hypothesis
2012-08-27 20:14:38.369    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820003 Delay  2012-09-01 06:30 The Fuzzy Boots Corollary
2012-08-27 20:14:38.370    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820004 Delay  2012-09-03 06:00 The Luminous Fish Effect
2012-08-27 20:14:38.370    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820005 Delay  2012-09-03 06:30 The Hamburger Postulate
2012-08-27 20:14:38.371    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820006 Delay  2012-09-02 06:30 The Middle Earth Paradigm
2012-08-27 20:14:38.371    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820007 Delay  2012-09-02 07:00 The Dumpling Paradox
2012-08-27 20:14:38.372    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820011 Delay  2012-09-03 07:00 The Loobenfeld Decay
2012-08-27 20:14:38.372    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820012 Delay  2012-09-03 07:30 The Pancake Batter Anomaly
2012-08-27 20:14:38.379    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820039 Delay  2012-08-31 19:00 The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition
2012-08-27 20:14:38.381    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820044 Delay  2012-09-07 18:30 The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.384    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820053 Delay  2012-09-02 11:00 The Gorilla Experiment
2012-08-27 20:14:38.385    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820055 Delay  2012-09-02 11:30 The Psychic Vortex
2012-08-27 20:14:38.391    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820083 Record 2012-08-28 19:00 The Cohabitation Formulation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.391    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820084 Record 2012-08-29 19:00 The Toast Derivation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.392    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820085 Delay  2012-08-30 19:00 The Prestidigitation Approximation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.392    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820086 Delay  2012-08-31 18:30 The Zarnecki Incursion
2012-08-27 20:14:38.392    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820087 Delay  2012-09-03 19:00 The Herb Garden Germination
2012-08-27 20:14:38.392    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820088 Delay  2012-09-05 19:00 The Agreement Dissection
2012-08-27 20:14:38.392    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820089 Delay  2012-09-02 13:30 The Wildebeest Implementation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.393    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820090 Delay  2012-09-06 19:00 The Engagement Reaction
2012-08-27 20:14:38.393    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820091 Delay  2012-09-01 13:30 The Roommate Transmogrification
2012-08-27 20:14:38.394    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820108 Record 2012-08-27 20:30 The Vacation Solution
2012-08-27 20:14:38.394    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820110 Delay  2012-09-03 20:30 The Werewolf Transformation
2012-08-27 20:14:38.394    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820111 Delay  2012-08-30 20:00 The Weekend Vortex
2012-08-27 20:14:38.394    [DEBUG][1]    EP009311820113 Delay  2012-09-06 20:00 The Hawking Excitation

NextPVR has been both amazing and flawless in making these HDPVR recordings, although I still hope that one day sub will address my HDPVR wish to tune start/stop graph without recording and then start a recording graph.

Now on to my next syndication victim "Burn Notice"

Martin