External Recordings Manager

[jrockintuitive]

I'm looking for feature requests... if you have any let me know.

My first order of business is to take a good look at the code and with your help, come up with a list of enhancements.

[scooby_doo]

Are there still plans to eventually add support so that it won't recor d shows that have already been recorded? I remember kingargyle saying he was laying the groundwork and got in a discussion with Maestro who had already been working on some code.

http://gbpvr.com/cgi-bin....06;st=0

This is the last big feature I need from gbpvr.

PS. Congrats KingArgyle and thanks for your work on the external recording manager.

[KingArgyle]

Hey thanks. Always a little nerv racking switching jobs.

Anyways, to answer your question. I believe not recordings dups is the first thing on Jrocks own list. So that probably will be one of the first enhancements.

I hate leaving things almost finished, but just couldn't devote the time anymore (many a long night spent working on the code (2am - 3am mornings)).

[smeghead]

Oooooo nested comments.....

Anyway, thanks for all your efforts and best of luck with the new job.

[jrockintuitive]

KingArgyle is correct... Dups are the number one priority for me.

But I do want to hear what everyone else wants.

I seriously doubt I will be as quick as King Argyle with updates... well, at least initially.

[mz-system]

@kingargyle:

hi, i tested your recordingmanager, but i still got problems:

C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr>PriorityRecording.exe
GBPVR External Recording Manager - v0.1.0 Beta
Loading Known Recordings.
Number of Known Recordings: 17
Number of Priority Recordings: 2
Number of Recordings in Conflict Status: 0
Checking Total Potential Priority Recordings.
Enterprise has 7 potential recording(s).
CSI: Miami has 2 potential recording(s).
Total Potential Recordings Found: 9
Total Priority Recordings to be Scheduled: 2
Temporarirly removing conflict status recordings.
Scheduling Recordings.
Start Time: Montag, 31. Januar 2005 12:59:57
Der Datensatz kann nicht hinzugefügt oder geändert werden, da ein Datensatz in d
er Tabelle 'CAPTURE_SOURCE' mit diesem Datensatz in Beziehung stehen muss.
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextErrorHandling(Int32 hr)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARA
MS dbParams, Object& executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object& executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Ob
ject& executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behav
ior, String method)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
  at RecordingUtils.RecordingUtils.addRecording(Programme program, Recordings r
ecording)
Done.

in the db my capturesource are 3 + 4. when i try to use 3 or 4
i get another error:

C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr>PriorityRecording.exe
GBPVR External Recording Manager - v0.1.0 Beta
Loading Known Recordings.
Number of Known Recordings: 17

Unhandled Exception: System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaException: The 'CaptureSource' e
lement has an invalid value according to its data type. An error occurred at fil
e:///C:/Programme/devnz/gbpvr/PriorityRecordings.xml, (12, 21).
  at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.InternalValidationCallback(Object sender, V
alidationEventArgs e)
  at System.Xml.Schema.Validator.SendValidationEvent(XmlSchemaException e, XmlS
everityType severity)
  at System.Xml.Schema.Validator.SendValidationEvent(String code, String arg)
  at System.Xml.Schema.Validator.CheckValue(String value, SchemaAttDef attdef)
  at System.Xml.Schema.Validator.EndChildren()
  at System.Xml.Schema.Validator.Validate()
  at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.ReadWithCollectTextToken()
  at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.Read()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadChildren(XmlNode parent)
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadElementNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadChildren(XmlNode parent)
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadElementNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadChildren(XmlNode parent)
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadElementNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode()
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
  at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean prese
rveWhitespace)
  at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
  at RecordingUtils.RecordingUtils.getPriorityDOM()
  at PriorityRecording.RecordingManager.Main(String[] args)

is there the posibility to use a wildcard for the capturesource like "use the next free"??

p.s. the path is no more hardcoded, thats fine

[KingArgyle]

Currently, the External Recording Manager only supports one capture source, and it expects it to be 1 in the database. To get it to work with a Capture Source other than 1 do the following in the XSD:

The third line of the XSD should start something like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
<xs:element name="CaptureSource">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="1"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
[/QUOTE]

Change it to the following:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
<xs:element name="CaptureSource">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
<xs:minInclusive value="1"/>
<xs:maxInclusive value="20"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
[/QUOTE]



This will allow you to specify more than one capture source.

You should be able to specify programs to use either Capture Source 3 or Capture Source 4.

A thing to note howerver, the Conflict checking logic currently doesn't check to see which capture source the program is going to be scheduled, so you may detect some conflicts incorrectly.

Let Jrock or I know if you have any other problems.

[mz-system]

great! now it works.

but how can i turn off the conflict detection, there are more problems with more then 1 capture-source if there are more than 1 show at the same time?

output from a test:

C:\Programme\devnz\gbpvr&gt;PriorityRecording.exe
GBPVR External Recording Manager - v0.1.0 Beta
Loading Known Recordings.
Number of Known Recordings: 16
Number of Priority Recordings: 2
Number of Recordings in Conflict Status: 0
Checking Total Potential Priority Recordings.
heute/Wetter has 7 potential recording(s).
Tagesschau has 111 potential recording(s).
Total Potential Recordings Found: 118
Total Priority Recordings to be Scheduled: 2
Temporarirly removing conflict status recordings.
Scheduling Recordings.
Start Time: Montag, 31. Januar 2005 16:45:34
Added: Tagesschau ChannelOID: 87 Date: 31.01.2005 17:00
Added: Tagesschau ChannelOID: 87 Date: 31.01.2005 17:47
checkScheduleConflict: Program Conflict
Current Program: heute/Wetter Date: 31.01.2005 17:00
Scheduled Program: Tagesschau Date: 31.01.2005 17:00
Adding to Conflict List: heute/Wetter
Re-Adding Conflict Programs
Der Datensatz kann nicht hinzugefügt oder geändert werden, da ein Datensatz in d
er Tabelle 'CAPTURE_SOURCE' mit diesem Datensatz in Beziehung stehen muss.
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextErrorHandling(Int32 hr)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForSingleResult(tagDBPARA
MS dbParams, Object&amp; executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandText(Object&amp; executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommand(CommandBehavior behavior, Ob
ject&amp; executeResult)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteReaderInternal(CommandBehavior behav
ior, String method)
  at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
  at RecordingUtils.RecordingUtils.addConflicts(IList conflictRecordings)
Conflicts Re-Added.
Done.

my priorityrecordings.xml:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

<Recording type="Season" priority="1">
<Channel>2</Channel>
<ProgramName>heute/Wetter</ProgramName>
<RecordingType>All Episodes</RecordingType>
<Quality>High</Quality>
<CaptureSource>3</CaptureSource>
<LimitDays>
<DaysOfWeek>Monday</DaysOfWeek>
</LimitDays>
<ScheduleTime>
<Start time="16:00"></Start>
<End time="18:00"></End>
</ScheduleTime>
<Padding>
<PrePadding>2</PrePadding>
<PostPadding>3</PostPadding>
</Padding>
</Recording>

<Recording type="Season" priority="1">
<Channel>1</Channel>
<ProgramName>Tagesschau</ProgramName>
<RecordingType>All Episodes</RecordingType>
<Quality>High</Quality>
<CaptureSource>4</CaptureSource>
<LimitDays>
<DaysOfWeek>Monday</DaysOfWeek>
</LimitDays>
<ScheduleTime>
<Start time="16:00"></Start>
<End time="18:00"></End>
</ScheduleTime>
<Padding>
<PrePadding>2</PrePadding>
<PostPadding>3</PostPadding>
</Padding>
</Recording>
[/QUOTE]


thx for help

[KingArgyle]

Here is a work around for you on the Conflict resolution, it isn't ideal, but should get you going for most stuff.

In the PriorityRecordings.xml file, set your Configuration element as follows:

&lt;Configuration&gt;
&lt;MissingRecordingPriority&gt;0&lt;/MissingRecordingPriority&gt;
&lt;Conflicts&gt;Keep&lt;/Conflicts&gt;
&lt;/Configuration&gt;

This tells the ERM that shows that it finds that aren't in the PriorityRecordings.xml are to be given the highest priority, and that any conflicts that it finds are to be kept (i.e. put in Conflict status for manual resolution).

Put the shows that you want to be scheduled by the ERM in the PriorityRecordings.XML file, and you can still put some other shows that may show up at the same time in GBPVR so that they get the secondary tuner used.

What shows are you recording that come on at the same time? Might help Jrock and I look into the code to see what we can do to get it to work better with more than one tuner.

[mz-system]

thx, now it works.

the shows are scheduled, but don´t recorded.......

no more time today, i tested tomorrow