Enhanced Web Admin

[Spartan]

yea, i've had lots of requests for zap2it specific identifiers (which incorporate genres). I've been very hesitant to add support for it because then only people using zap2it will be able to use those features and everyone else will wonder why they can't use them.

I'd be VERY happy to support them if the xmltv epg updater would populate the unique_identifier field in the db (even if it's not in the xmltv spec), because then at least more people can use the features. (and I can hack them into my xmltv grabbers)

Fair enough (and this is the answer I expected).

On a somewhat related question -- is the source code to your enhanced web admin available? I'd like to take a crack at it myself.

[normanr]

you've got it already - it's in the same zip :-)

[Spartan]

you've got it already - it's in the same zip :-)

Wow, I'm good. :o

[erik]

Its indeed true true that updated entries with small changes in the timing should be solved by the XMLTV input process.
However we also see overlapping entries where one single entry encloses a number very short programs.
Just for my own conveniance I made the following changes to guide.aspx.cs (and indeed sharpdevelop works very wel!)

Added DateTime tempTime;
After int endMinutes = 0; \\(line 232)

And added/changed

from line 250 onwards to
tempTime = programme.getStartTime();
if (prevEndTime > tempTime)
{
tempTime = prevEndTime;
}

// calculate start minutes
if (tempTime <= startTime)
{
startMinutes = 0;
}
else
{
System.TimeSpan timespan = tempTime.Subtract(startTime);
startMinutes = (int)Math.Round(timespan.TotalMinutes);
}

My programming style may not by upto standard but it works for me

[normanr]

looks good, I'll include it pretty much as is :-)

[UncleJohnsBand]

build 16:
- some more attempts in getting buttons (now links) to be css only (more stuff based on 'Sliding Doors of CSS').
- you can configure some settings in config-recorders.xml
- favicon included in theme

wake: if you want, you can start looking at updating your brushed-steel/silver theme to work with the new css model. I'd like to include it when I've finished migrating the application to the new css based styles.

P.S. The horrid flicker you experience in IE is fixed in the provided recordingservice executable provided. It is just a patched version of 0.91.12(b) so if you have any issues after you replace it make sure you're using 12b too. (remember to stop the service to replace the file). The next release (which is several weeks away apparently), will contain the same fix.

normanr...your replacement for GBPVRRecordingService is targeted for the gbpvr directory.....I have this file there as well as in the web\bin directory....should it be replaced in both places or is the one in my web\bin directory not supposed to be there?

[normanr]

the important one is the gbpvr directory, and yes the web\bin one needs to be there, but it doesn't need to be replaced. (i.e. the patched code is never used in the web\bin copy)

[normanr]

erik: I had fixed the overlap problem by adding "GBPVR.exe -onlyemptyepg" to the end of UpdateEPG.bat. This way it clears the EPG before loading the new data into it. Of course it doesn't delete programs marked for recording, so if they move it can still generate overlaps. Also I end up losing guide history, but i think that gets throw away automatically anyways.

[erik]

normanr,
indeed that fixes the overlap in shifting EPG.
my small fix was to solve the following EPG info

+- 10:00 - 11:00 childres hour
|- 10:00 - 10:15 the clown
|- 10:15 - 10:30 the farm
|- 10:30 - 11:00 the home
+-

How you think it should be displayed?

[normanr]

mmm, agreed that the emptyepg won't fix this. of course what should be shown is:

10:00 ------------ 10:30 ------------ 11:00
---------------children's hour---------------
-the clown---the farm-------the home------

i.e. the double programs should stack like overlapping appointments in your calendar. of course actually doing this is incredibly hard :-)