Annoyances caused by sporting events

[mvallevand]

That is the NextEnd default. In your case the News was supposed to start at 22:15 but the game didn't end to 22:30

2014-10-02 22:14:00.782 [DEBUG][1] Eyewitness News at 10:00PM 2014-10-02 22:15:00
...
2014-10-02 22:30:06.413 [DEBUG][1] LivePvrData.Data.Net.Responses.StatusResponse [Title=NFL Football, Status=Final, IsValid=True, IsActive=False, IsComplete=True, IsError=False, ]

So NextEnd took the 15 minutes and added 5 to move the end time by 20 minutes

2014-10-02 22:30:06.603 [DEBUG][1] Extending end time by 20 minutes

I'm going to change to default for --postgame to 10 so your News program would have recorded 5 minutes longer.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Here's an update to default --postgame to 10 Also added the option --resume that sets the resume point to the end time of the game .

Martin

[greg in kansas]

do I put option --resume in this-
"C:\Program Files\NPVR\NextEnd.exe" --oid %3

Greg

[mvallevand]

Yes something like

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\NextEnd.exe" --oid %3 --resume

Martin

[greg in kansas]

The recording screen shows 10:29 - 11:17 for time. I do not see a resume button on the play screen? This one got ALL of the game but none of the news. Is the the total of the file "2014-10-04 23:11:54.908 [DEBUG][1] Extend file written 00:41:54.9036737" -padding ?


Greg

[mvallevand]

Greg, the problem there is logic not to extend the show too long if if the game goes past the original end time. Can you tell from the post game if the news started in your case? I know last night I had a similar test with the baseball game that went 3 1/2 hours long. Perhaps there is a threshold where this should apply. Your thoughts are appreciated.


Martin

[greg in kansas]

It went right to the commercial break before the news. So the news did not start. Seems to me like extending the show the original time plus padding would be cool. Going long 3 1/2 hours + show would be crazy but, you would get the show.

Thanks
Greg

[mvallevand]

Ok the new default is no preempting but there is an option to allow it --preempt Eventually something is preempted though, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

Are you go to try run this tonight? You have two options to run --sunday anytime (if you don't have it in PostEPGUpdate.bat) you might want to run it via start to not display the console or just record 60 minutes.

Martin

[greg in kansas]

Yes we have 60 minutes after the Chiefs.

sorry this one lost me?
You have two options to run --sunday anytime (if you don't have it in PostEPGUpdate.bat) you might want to run it via start to not display the console or just record 60 minutes

I have this in ParallelProcessing.bat
"C:\Program Files\NPVR\NextEnd.exe" --oid %3 --resume
won't this run before the end of the game? is that different than running from the command line?
not sure what this does "--sunday anytime" We "me" might need a list of the command line stuff.

Thanks for your time with this.
Greg

[mvallevand]

The purpose of

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\NextEnd.exe" --sunday

is to start monitoring the NFL late game right from the epg update on the Sunday. It pretty much sits and waits until 15 minutes before the scheduled end of the game.

To answer your your question, no not before the end of the game. When Madam Secretary or The Good Wife start, parallel processing will launch but typically after the game is over and NextEnd won't know when it ended, it will just know that it has ended. It would also use the .stop file in c:\temp and that is written by --sunday mode, recording the game, or recording the show after the game.

I will document the options on the wiki probably this week.

Martin