Send Email on Conflict?

[David]

There are now two methods for getting the rss data. You can get it

1. dynamically from the rss.aspx web page,
2. or you can generate static xml files.

The static files put less load on your server than dynamically generating the data and would be just about as accurate if you are running the utility after recordings and EPG updates. The only exception being pending and failed recordings may not be accurate if a recording is in progress or has failed since the last successful recording. In-Progress recordings would never be accurate unless you also use the parallelprocess.bat file.

If you want to use an RSS reader software to poll your system for updates to completed recordings, then the static xml will reduce the load on your box. This may be important for lower end hardware.

The dynamic page would be the best option for looking for those conflicts, or in-progress recordings.

[pastro]

There are now two methods for getting the rss data. You can get it

1. dynamically from the rss.aspx web page,
2. or you can generate static xml files.

I must have missed this in the ewa page but would the addresses for the dynamic be:

//mycomputer:7647/gbpvr/public/rss.aspx?filter=pending

and the static:

//mycomputer:7647/gbpvr/public/Pending_Recordings.xml

I use the one with the aspx but I'm not getting new data generated automatically.
Should I?

[David]

Yes, both addresses look right. Make sure you have the most recent EWA (56) or the most recent rss Beta. The first rss beta did not have the dynamic feeds. Your browser may be caching the file too. IE7 seems particularly bad about caching content.

[tony1234]

How about calling something like Conflict.bat as soon as GBPVR detects a conflict passing the 2 conflicting schedules as params to the batch file.

[ricklous]

could you not use Mr Slimms SlimmGBPVR CLI program to produce a list of conflicting recordings and SendMail to email said list to yourself?

Seeing as they are both command line, they could be wrapped up into a batch file. Ive no experience of SlimmGBPVR but I use SendEmail to attach all GBPVRs logs to a nightly email, its pretty much set-and-forget.

[JDW13]

could you not use Mr Slimms SlimmGBPVR CLI program to produce a list of conflicting recordings and SendMail to email said list to yourself?

Thanks, this should do the job just fine! (Though the real test will have to wait, since it seems GBPVR won't let me intentionally create a conflict.) I've been using SlimmGBPVR for a while, but had never looked at GBPVRcli.

In case it will save someone else some time, here's my BAT file:

Code:

@echo off & setlocal enableextensions

set _GBPVRDir=E:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr
set _StatusFile=%_GBPVRDir%\GBPVRcli_status.txt

"%_GBPVRDir%\gbpvrcli" /conflicts /message "GBPVR Conflict: {Title} on Ch. {ChannelName} at {StartTime}" > "%_StatusFile%"

for %%F in ( "%_StatusFile%" ) do (
  if     %%~zF EQU 0 "%_GBPVRDir%\blat" - -body "GBPVR: No conflicts" -to [my-email] -s "GBPVR Conflict Status"
  if NOT %%~zF EQU 0 "%_GBPVRDir%\blat" %_StatusFile% -to [my-email] -s "GBPVR Conflict Status"
)

I use Blat rather than SendMail to send the email, since it's standalone and I'm already familiar with it.

Thanks again!

[bgowland]

LOL - I was just too slow.

I've knocked together a command-line Conflict Checker application with email capabilities built in. It has a minor bug in it though (I'm waiting for a response from sub as to what the problem is).

If anyone's interested, I'll post it once I've figured out the problem. If not - then it was a fun exercise anyway.

Cheers,
Brian

[pastro]

Yes, both addresses look right. Make sure you have the most recent EWA (56) or the most recent rss Beta. The first rss beta did not have the dynamic feeds. Your browser may be caching the file too. IE7 seems particularly bad about caching content.

It was just displaying the old data over and over. I did a refresh and it showed new data. It doesn't work very well with IE7 since the display and retention options are limited. Too bad that Thunderbird doesn't work with EWA yet. That would have worked a little better.

[Ton]

Well, I have conflicts mailed to me for some time...

I also use Blat (as in the above post), but I use a direct SQL command (using sqlite3.exe) to search for conflicts...

Here it is...

Code:

Rem * Check conflicting recordings....
"C:\gbpvr\gbpvr\Third Party\sqlite3.exe" -separator ",  FOUND, " c:\gbpvr\gbpvr\gbpvr.db3 "SELECT s.oid,p.name, p.sub_title FROM RECORDING_SCHEDULE AS s left join PROGRAMME as p on s.programme_oid = p.oid where s.status = 5;"|find "FOUND" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto goon
Echo Conflicting Recordings: > c:\gbpvr\epg\conflicts.log
Echo Show, Episode >> c:\gbpvr\epg\conflicts.log
Echo ================================ >> c:\gbpvr\epg\conflicts.log
"C:\gbpvr\gbpvr\Third Party\sqlite3.exe" -separator ", " c:\gbpvr\gbpvr\gbpvr.db3 "SELECT s.oid, p.name, p.sub_title FROM RECORDING_SCHEDULE AS s left join PROGRAMME as p on s.programme_oid = p.oid where s.status = 5;" >> c:\gbpvr\epg\conflicts.log
blat conflicts.log -to xyz@gmail.com,xyz@ericsson.com -s "GBPVR Conflicts!" >> c:\cron\GBPVR_EPG.log
start c:\gbpvr\gbpvr\gbpvrMessage.exe "Conflicting recordings!"

:goon

That "gbpvrMessage.exe" is a small program I wrote that pops up a message (as a foreground window), which disappears when you press "Enter" (or "OK" on the remote). Just something to make it visible on the TV that there are conflicts!!

[idkpmiller]

Hi Ton,

Thanks for your config I have set up and got the file working, again thanks for that.
How are you triggering the batch file to be run to make sure you dont end up with loads of notifications about the same conflict?

Thanks