Hauppauge HD-PVR2

[christheman]

Okay, so far so good (I think).  I have been working at transforming some of my customizations and changes from the older Windows XP version over to the current Linux version, mostly with good results.  I still have at least a couple questions on the program changes and newer features.

Is there any ability now to list any single channel's contents in a vertical web listing?  The old web interface had a form that would show the entire 13-14 days available, for any single channel, vertically in one shot (not broken up and no drop down selectors).  I currently use this vertical web listing and scheduling page, embedded within another program I wrote.

Also is there an option for updating the EPG from an external shell script?  I have been using XMLTV on the old system, and invoke a command  at the end of a batch file: 
"c:\program files\npvr\nextpvr.exe" -updateepgonly
This allows me to just go to the machine and click on a batch file each day to update it, with the added benefit that I can see the exact progress in real time and thus properly address it (sometimes Schedules Direct is down or my connection is down, etc).

Thanks

[Graham]

Also is there an option for updating the EPG from an external shell script?  I have been using XMLTV on the old system, and invoke a command  at the end of a batch file: 
"c:\program files\npvr\nextpvr.exe" -updateepgonly
This allows me to just go to the machine and click on a batch file each day to update it, with the added benefit that I can see the exact progress in real time and thus properly address it (sometimes Schedules Direct is down or my connection is down, etc).

Here ya go ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nscripthelper

[christheman]

Also is there an option for updating the EPG from an external shell script?  I have been using XMLTV on the old system, and invoke a command  at the end of a batch file: 
"c:\program files\npvr\nextpvr.exe" -updateepgonly
This allows me to just go to the machine and click on a batch file each day to update it, with the added benefit that I can see the exact progress in real time and thus properly address it (sometimes Schedules Direct is down or my connection is down, etc).

Here ya go ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nscripthelper

Okay, upon testing there seems to be a file it is looking for.  

   

Upon searching for all instances of that type of file on my system, I get a return for NextPVRServer, but not for NScriptHelper.

   

At this point I am not sure it wasn't there to begin with, but it isn't there for me right now.

[mvallevand]

It isn't in the zip but you can create NScriptHelper.runtimeconfig.json with this information.

Code:

{
  "runtimeOptions": {
    "tfm": "netcoreapp3.1",
    "framework": {
      "name": "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App",
      "version": "3.1.0"
    }
  }
}

Martin

[christheman]

It isn't in the zip but you can create NScriptHelper.runtimeconfig.json  with this information.

Code:

{
  "runtimeOptions": {
    "tfm": "netcoreapp3.1",
    "framework": {
      "name": "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App",
      "version": "3.1.0"
    }
  }
}

Martin

Okay, now I am getting this output (this time run from my XMLTV bash script).  I have tried different combinations of file location and running as privileged / unprivileged user, with no difference.  The NextPVR setting points to a valid XMLTV file and works from within the program.

   


Also I noticed that running NScriptHelper from a terminal or a bash script will create this directory structure in my user directory, though so far running NextPVR in the browser doesn't seem to, or at least I hadn't noticed it before this.  The logs directory just contains the same error message as in the previous image.

   

[mvallevand]

I guess this command is being executed by the client and not as a web service.  Maybe sub should change that but I can give you a script to change this.

Martin

[sub]

I guess this command is being executed by the client and not as a web service.

That's not the case. It calls the 'system.epg.update' api on the server, and the server updates the EPG.

[christheman]

It could also be something on my end.  Though I haven't done that much with this load, anything is possible. 

I could always test something if you want.


Here's another thing I was using on the old v. 2.7 NextPVR:

"c:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe" --oid %3 --rename --zap2it

I think this is just to rename the recordings to [movie title (year)] format, despite the name of the image grab program.  This was in the PostProcessing and PostCancel batch files under Scripts in the Windows XP "All Users" directory.

I see a provision to rename entries in the database, but not on files stored on the HDD here.  Not sure if this the the correct substitute or not for the current version:
https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/nsc...ows-Script

Thanks

[mvallevand]

I guess this command is being executed by the client and not as a web service.

That's not the case. It calls the 'system.epg.update' api on the server, and the server updates the EPG.

Ok then you must attempt to "find" config.xml to get the port and if so NShared must do an pseudo install before calling localhost.

@christheman are you running with PIN 0000 ? if not you need to re read the documentation.

Martin

[sub]

Ok then you must attempt to "find" config.xml to get the port and if so NShared must do an pseudo install before calling localhost.

I just checked the code, and I'm pretty sure the only thing it shares from anything in NextPVR is the log file functions.

It defaults to http://127.0.0.1:8866, and pin 0000, but these can be overridden with -server:xxxxx:8866 and -pin:1234