RecInfo - Email reporting of recording results

[jimh]

Simon:

Thank you for the debug info - I believe I have identified the problem and corrected it. I think the problem was specific to non-AUTH smtp email servers (my server is AUTH).

I'll try to post a revised version of RecInfo later today or tomorrow.

- Jim

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the quick reply. I've had debug=1 set since I installed recinfo, so the debug file contains a few email bodies which show that recinfo is being called and is generating the email correctly. It doesn't show why the email isn't sent, so I've grabbed the output from a test I did at a command prompt, which may be more useful. I've also attached the relevant part of my cfg file.

So far I have tried two different servers, both with or without an smtp password. I get the same error every time. I've also tried removing the <> around the EmailFrom and EmailSendto in the cfg file.

Thanks for any help you can give,

Simon

Code:

#BEGIN [D:\ER\ER_20050404_22002305.mpg]#
"ER" was successfully recorded.
(Middleman: Drama series set in the busy emergency room of Chicago's County General hospital. Pratt gets dumped for being immature. Susan tries to get money into the hospital. Jake juggles his shifts around to get closer to Abby.).

This was broadcast on Channel 4 (from Nova),
and ran from Apr. 04, 2005 at 22:00:00 to Apr. 04, 2005 at 23:05:00.

Actual recording started at Apr. 04, 2005 at 21:58.00 (2 minutes prepadding was specified),
and ended at Apr. 04, 2005 at 23:10.00 (5 minutes postpadding was specified).
Recording appears to be complete.

The recording, which is UNKNOWN long,
is stored in D:\ER\ER_20050404_22002305.mpg and is -2008 MB in size.

5 commericial breaks were marked by comskip.
Total time for these 5 commercials: 11 minutes and 42 seconds.
Estimated viewing time without commercials: UNKNOWN.

(Drive D: currently has 29,678,153,728 bytes free.)
#END   [D:\ER\ER_20050404_22002305.mpg]#

Code:

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>recinfo "D:\T4OC\T4OC_20050403_14351540.mpg"
QUERY: select * from RECORDING_SCHEDULE where filename='D:\T4OC\T4OC_20050403_14
351540.mpg'
QUERY: select * from CHANNEL where oid=4
QUERY: select * from CAPTURE_SOURCE where oid=1
QUERY: select * from PROGRAMME where oid=1544
0: 2053 -> 4703  -- 115.217391304348
1: 26065 -> 31555  -- 353.913043478261
2: 43680 -> 49029  -- 586.478260869565
3: 68152 -> 71680  -- 739.869565217391
<br>TX  ehlo demoP Ready -- Server ESMTP (MTA)
<br>TX  AUTH LOGIN PLAIN9F761D451D69DCB061E13E
<br>334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
<br>TX  c2ltb25yeWxleQ==
<br>334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
<br>TX  b3JhbmdlbmV0
<br>235 2.7.0 LOGIN authentication successful.
<br>250 2.5.0 Address Ok.
<br>RESULT: 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: s************
<br>554 5.5.0 No recipients have been specified.
<br>
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr>

Code:

#  UNCOMMENT (remove the leading # from) THESE CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS TO OVERRIDE DEFAULT VALUES IF NECESSARY
debug=1                                         # DEFAULT=0, debug mode is OFF
TV_Format=PAL                                   # CHOOSE NTSC or PAL
#GBPVR_Dir = c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr       # DEFAULT: GBPVR installation directory specified in Windows registry
#MediaInfo=mediainfo.exe                        # DEFAULT: mediainfo.exe (in local directory)
ShowComplete_Leeway=5                           # DEFAULT=0; Allowed number of seconds that recording can start late
                                                #            or end early without prompting an ALERT
#
#
# IN ORDER FOR EMAIL TO BE SENT, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE ACCURATELY PROVIDED.
#  NOTE: IF YOUR SMTP SERVER REQUIRES AUTHENTICATION, YOU MUST SPECIFY SMTP_PASSWORD
SMTP_Server=smtp.orange.net    
SMTP_User =s***********
SMTP_Password =**********

EmailFrom=GBPVR@Recording.Server
EmailSendto=s*************
EmailSubject=Recording Results for "$$ShowName$$"

# THESE FLAGS INDICATE WHAT OPERATIONS RecInfo.exe SHOULD PERFORM
GetMediaInfo=1         # 1 = Use MediaInfo.exe tool to process and report video-related information
SendEmail=1            # 1 = Send email reporting results of the recording
LogFile=c:\RecInfo.log            # Logfile where body of email messages will be appended

[simon]

Jim,

Any update on when the new version will be available?

Simon

[jimh]

Sorry for the delay - it's tax time in the U.S., which means many of us are up to our necks in papers, deadlines and tax bills.

Anyway, thanks for the reminder regarding RecInfo - I've just uploaded the newest version here: RecInfo-096beta.zip

The only change from the previous version is an improvement to the way RecInfo sends email via non-AUTH SMTP servers (thanks again Simon).

Please let me know of any successes or failures with the new email routines.

PLEASE NOTE: Current users should only extract the RecInfo.exe file - do not overwrite your RecInfo.cfg file or you will have to edit it to your specifications all over again!

- Jim

[simon]

Jim,

It all works really well now.

Thanks,

Simon

[lif]

Seems like it won't work with UNC pathnames. For example, I have set GBPVR recording dir to \\192.168.0.102\d$\TV and RecInfo couldn't understand it. I'm using UNCs as I have networked setup of GBPVR :-)

[lif]

Please update your application and "borrow" some code from http://forum.gbpvr.com/forums/attachment...mentid=945 Disklimit app to support UNC paths.