Enhanced Web Admin

[rheslip]

I just tried the improved web admin on 9112 and I love it ! You guys have done a great job improving a very useful tool. The search by channel is great - this is how I usually find interesting stuff to record.

Nice to haves:
- some way of saving searches eg drop down box that saves the last few text strings
- a way of showing whats on your favourite channels ie restrict search to favourites list. The favourites list could be in a config file since it won't change much
- search by genre eg find all movies. This is in the Zap2it data but I don't think Sub saves it.

I know this list is kind of redundant because Fastfind etc can do most of this, but I find it easier to browse and schedule on another PC with a real keyboard !

Thanks for the great utility !

Rich

[Perkmeister]

I just installed 9112 also, but when I try and use the web admin I get the following error....

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.
HTTP Error 404 - Not Found.
Version Information: Cassini Web Server 1.0.1930.13102

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
David

[sub]

http://127.0.0.1/gbpvr/index.aspx

[normanr]

err, try http://127.0.0.1:7647/gbpvr/guide.aspx

[normanr]

i'm posting a link to build 14b for completeness. The only change is that it's got the white tags removed as wake requested and I was going to update the wiki to reflect build 14, and figured since i had made the fix locally i could upload it too.

[normanr]

Nice to haves:
1 - some way of saving searches eg drop down box that saves the last few text strings
2 - a way of showing whats on your favourite channels ie restrict search to favourites list. The favourites list could be in a config file since it won't change much
3 - search by genre eg find all movies. This is in the Zap2it data but I don't think Sub saves it.

1. doesn't your browser do this for you?
2. yes this should be possible. you sort of end up with channel groupings? this may be dependant on the creation of an admin interface which is in the works.
3. with zap2it the program's unique identifier (which is genre based) does make it to the database, but i hate to add this functionality so that just zap2it users can use it. Neither bleb or xmltv users can set the unique_id field in the db using the EPG sources are they are currently written. (fyi: I've been pushing for a custom field in xmltv imports to be used, but to no avail)

[wake]

normanr,

Argh, you didn't have to do that. Thanks though. Is there a function already implemented that grabs the unique identifier for zap2it users, but just isn't being used?

[normanr]

nope, function is there, and the data goes into the db, but i'm loathed to use it because it will only benifit the zap2it users, and not the xmltv and bleb users.

[rheslip]

1. doesn't your browser do this for you?
2. yes this should be possible. you sort of end up with channel groupings? this may be dependant on the creation of an admin interface which is in the works.
3. with zap2it the program's unique identifier (which is genre based) does make it to the database, but i hate to add this functionality so that just zap2it users can use it. Neither bleb or xmltv users can set the unique_id field in the db using the EPG sources are they are currently written. (fyi: I've been pushing for a custom field in xmltv imports to be used, but to no avail)

1 - list of saved searches. My browser doesn't save these. I use IE - maybe thats the problem
2 - if memory serves there is a favourite channel field in GBPVR's config util - never could figure out what its for but maybe you can dig that out of the database ? I envision this as a check box to select only favourites so it narrows the search & listings to only those channels
3 - Again, just a wish. I found that if I search with time > 90 minutes I end up with mostly movies, which is the main thing I'm trying to find in this case

Thanks !

Rich

[erik]

When a prorgam entry is zero minutes the web guide get mixed up.
I tried to solve this by adding in Guide.aspx.cx

if (endMinutes - startMinutes > 0) // skip very short programs{
just before the line

prevEndTime = programme.getEndTime();
and
}
just after the line
channelRow.Cells.Add(programmeCell);
but it does not work, but then again I am not an ASP programmer.....
Any suggestions on how I can make changes in the aspx files?