Grouping in the recording menu plugin

[jorm]

I currently have developed a plugin that looks very similar to the recoring screen. You have ready, pending, reoccurring and videos.

The main difference between this plugin and the off the shelf recording logic (besides mine having more bugs) is that I will group the shows by name. Let us say you have the west wing and you have a bunch of them I will group them together and indicate the # of files in that folder.

I am also supporting locking a channel or a show thus requiring a 4 digit password code to access that folder (using the blue button). I also provide a means to export the programs information to a file which if present in the specified video directory (currently defined in the skin) I will group it in the same manner, providing the descriptions, channel, date and time.

Support for 24 hour mode is also in.

You can also delete a video.

Other ideas I might add if feedback is positive.

Editing a recording (change padding etc)
Archive recording to xvideo directory.
Suspending a reoccurring program and resuming it (so it stops recording for a period).

Sub is there a new type you can add that will just be ignored.

If you are interested in trying out this plugin send me a message with your email. I will send it to sub in a few days when more feedback comes in.

Jared

[sub]

Quote[/b] ]Sub is there a new type you can add that will just be ignored.

I dont understand the question, come again?

[jorm]

There are types for ScheduledRecordings

TYPE_RECORD_ONCE, TYPE_RECORD_SEASON

I am trying to find a way to suspend a season recording but perserve it in the database so it can be resumed later (end of a season).

I was thinking we can add a new TYPE called SUSPENDED.

[sub]

I'll see if I can add something for the next release.

[reven]

could you make it so the newest recordings are at the top of the list?

[jorm]

Thats a good idea. I will make that configurable.

[jquinlan]

Jorm, first off great plugin, I enjoy the grouping.

I have run into one issue, I installed the plugin this weekend and everything was working except for the pending recordings. It would give me an error, "Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."  I let it go so I can try out the other features and report back later. This Monday I now get the same error starting the plugin. I had a manual recording in the pending section for Sunday night,  the recording finished properly (using Sub's screens) but now the plugin is erroring out. My manual recording starts at 11:00pm Sunday and runs till 2:00am Monday to record Adult Swim. Let me know if you need some logs or files.

[jorm]

You have a pending manual recording when the pending screen was not working, and once it finished the recording the ready screen stopped working.

I think I know what it is. It probably appears like any other recording except that the programme is not specified. I am not handling that.

I never really use manual recordings. So failed to test it. I will provide a fix for this to you tomorrow.

Sorry for the bug.

[jquinlan]

Quote[/b] ]You have a pending manual recording when the pending screen was not working, and once it finished the recording the ready screen stopped working.

Yes, sorry if it was confusing.

Quote[/b] ]I never really use manual recordings.  So failed to test it.  I will provide a fix for this to you tomorrow.

Sorry for the bug.

Not a problem, I wanted to let you know before you got it out to the masses.

Thanks for the quick response and look forward to the update.

[jorm]

Updated xrecord available..

http://www.bladerhq.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...in/XRecord


Any suggestions or feedback send to me.

!!!History
v06
*xvideo now can group by directory. try Ctrl - Y a few times.
*now maintain display mode between screens.
*Grouping by period (today, tomorrow, next week etc...) in pending and recording.
*Can select the default mode for displaying : title, channel, day of week, period.
*can now set max numbers of shows listed or groups listed. GroupLines, VideoLines
*Fixed pending show name possibly running into the time field.
*Can now play recordings in progress.
*Now checks gif, jpg then png for the channel image.
*Now show free space left in free space box. Form 9:25 for 9 hours and 25 minutes.
*When opening up a ready recording box you now get an estimate runtime. It can be a few
*minutes off. Bit Rates are in the skin.
*Plugins Main menu buttons now can scroll up to reach the bottom. Same with popups.

v05
*sort by default
*change cancel to delete in pending box.
*archive now shows file size and path to copy it to.

v04
*display show size? if you go over the archive choice.
*Add channel icons.
*Make clickable

v03
*group by day of the week
*In reoccuring fix list to show "season record all" and season record all timeslot and channel.
*Fix get Channel given oid, using gbpvr api.
*Show current date and time.
*Add diskspace.
*color group name if show is locked
*if manual recording show filename in ready, pending, reoccurring



2004-11-13 - Version v.2
*Stability fixes.
*Fixed bug when hit esc when a popup is up, let to unusable state.
*Now can archive videos from the ready to xvideo folder.
*Now do not have to go into a video popup to play it, just hit play on the item in the list.