GBPVRcli - access GB-PVR information from the command line

[Rayman]

Sounds like it was found at the right time then .
thanks for the explanation - makes perfect sense with the behaviour i was seeing - (which was definately weird !)

Back to tiding lcd behaviour up and on to the dboxrecorder issue im having !

Regards
Ray

thanks for the quick turnaround

[martynw]

Features

• /messageifnodata switch added.
  
• /msgboxifnodata switch added.
  
• Token {DescriptionNoWrap} added.
  
• Console output now in UTF-8 format so non-Roman characters should render properly.
  

Bug Fix

• After running GBPVRcli once, no other batch file item would execute properly. Now that's a cool bug. 'twas caused by above feature outputting in UTF-8 and not switching back to ASCII before exiting. Who knew? I had a
  Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8; at the start but needed a Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.ASCII; before I exited. The only reason I managed to trace this bug is because this was the only change I had made in a while. Otherwise, I might have been looking forever.
  

Slimm GBPVR beta for v9707+ Direct download link

Fantastic, thanks for the added features / bug fixes.

I've noticed that all my reoccuring recordings are listed as "manual", what does that mean?

Thanks,

Martyn

[Mister Slimm]

I've noticed that all my reoccuring recordings are listed as "manual", what does that mean?

Do you use the web interface to scheduled your reoccurring recordings?

Could you supply the GBPVRcli command line that produces the "manual" text output?

[martynw]

Do you use the web interface to scheduled your reoccurring recordings?

Yes I do.

Could you supply the GBPVRcli command line that produces the "manual" text output?

Sorry, I should have said that it's in SlimmGBPVR that I've noticed the reocurring recordings are listed as "manual".


Thanks,

Martyn

[Mister Slimm]

Do you use the web interface to scheduled your reoccurring recordings?

I just recently fired up the web scheduler to test something and also noticed that if I set a reoccurring recording using it that it shows up as a manually set recording. This does not happen if you use the GB-PVR interface to set up a reoccurring recording.

[martynw]

I just recently fired up the web scheduler to test something and also noticed that if I set a reoccurring recording using it that it shows up as a manually set recording. This does not happen if you use the GB-PVR interface to set up a reoccurring recording.

Do you know what the "manual" tag means? Is a reoccuring recording set using the web scheduler somehow different to one set in gbpvr itself?

Martyn

[Mister Slimm]

Do you know what the "manual" tag means? Is a reoccuring recording set using the web scheduler somehow different to one set in gbpvr itself?

Okay, a little digging and... Slimm GB-PVR adds the manual tag to the recording title if the recording is not linked to a programme in the EPG. If the recording isn't linked to an entry in the EPG, it presumes you set it up using the Manual recording item on the Recordings page.

When you set a reoccurring recording using GB-PVR, it is always from an entry in the EPG and you say 'record all episodes on this channel' etc. When you do this, the EPG entry is linked to the reoccurring recording.

It appears that when we set a reoccurring recording using the web scheduler that it is not linked to a specific entry in the EPG. Slimm GB-PVR currently doesn't have any logic to understand this behaviour and reads its just as any other manual recording.

[pBS]

i found a little fix for the problem of using this plugin and Smartie lcd plugin...
.NET complains cuz both use the same tcp port[?!] for access...[i have a feeling it means access method tho]
so i changed the ip address in the smartie plugin to use the actual address of the machine, NOT 127.0.0.1...and it worked! while i was watching live tv too..
[eg. 192.123.1.200]
i also changed the port,so i thought it may just be the port, and yes,it works!

so just go into LCDSmartie_GBPVRPlugin.dll.config and change the port there at top, and also GBPVR_LCDSmPlugin.dll.config... also at top...[to the same number!]
[one is in Smartie dir, the other in gbpvr dir]
no need to change the ip address,just the port..

hope that helps...cuz i also like the functionality of both..

[K.S.]

hi,
first of all: nice utility, quite usefull for batch scripting ;-)

do you see any chance to add two additional switches?

/livetv
=> to check live tv status?

/playback
=> to check current audio/video playback?

would be nice to integrate this in postprocessing.bat to prevent standby after recording while still watching another show with second tuner (/livetv switch) or video/audio/DVD playback (/playback switch)

[Mister Slimm]

hi,
first of all: nice utility, quite usefull for batch scripting ;-)

do you see any chance to add two additional switches?

/livetv
=> to check live tv status?

/playback
=> to check current audio/video playback?

would be nice to integrate this in postprocessing.bat to prevent standby after recording while still watching another show with second tuner (/livetv switch) or video/audio/DVD playback (/playback switch)

Thanks.

While I understand the two switches suggested, I do not understand the standby comment. What is forcing the standby?