NPVR - Getting started, current patches, tips and tricks **!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!**

[mvallevand]

Sorry, I was referring to my experiences with GBPVR's EWA - I'm not sure if the CLI will still work with NEWA, but I'm sure if I ask UJB very nicely, he will convert it.

What does the CLI add to EWA? Can I add something to SearchLite that would do the same thing?

Martin

[ACTCMS]

What does the CLI add to EWA? Can I add something to SearchLite that would do the same thing?

Martin

EWA runs its autosearch/autorecord logic the first time it is opened after GBPVR loads the EPG. This can cause a significant delay opening EWA, or you might just not be an EWA user.

I have a Scheduled Task in XP which runs the CLI 'EWA_AutoSearch.exe' one hour after my EPG reload which runs the EWA Autorecord logic without opening EWA.

Alex

[johnsonx42]

ah, a task for the new NPVR PostUpdateEPG.bat file

[mvallevand]

ah, a task for the new NPVR PostUpdateEPG.bat file

I don't think it's necessary. If NEWA does it Auto Record on the EPG reload which is generated already, this should already be automated.

Martin

[ACTCMS]

ah, a task for the new NPVR PostUpdateEPG.bat file

I don't think it's necessary. If NEWA does it Auto Record on the EPG reload which is generated already, this should already be automated.

Martin

Sorry again guys, I wasn't quite as clear as I should have been - this from the wiki...

If set, the Auto-Search/Record feature will only run one time per day. It will only run when at least 1 hour has elapsed since your scheduled EPG update time for that day. This helps ensure that your searches are executed against the most recent EPG load and only run one time each day. You can force your saved searches to run in EWA via the Search Now button on the Config tab.

By popular demand a command line utility has been created that will execute the saved searches that you create in EWA outside of EWA. This allows you to schedule the execution of your saved searches via a scheduler rather than having to open EWA to initiate the saved search.

Alex

[mvallevand]

Thanks Alex, that's clearer but it doesn't sound that important to me, if it runs once a day, that works out ok. I can always submit saved searches from SearchLite.

Martin

[martint123]

I don't think it's necessary. If NEWA does it Auto Record on the EPG reload which is generated already, this should already be automated.

I think it reads that it does it's auto search/record when EWA is first used after an EPG update. So if no user action due to holidays or the like, no search will be done. Running the CLI from O/S scheduler guarantees a search and you choose when the big load goes on the system ??

[ACTCMS]

I think it reads that it does it's auto search/record when EWA is first used after an EPG update. So if no user action due to holidays or the like, no search will be done. Running the CLI from O/S scheduler guarantees a search and you choose when the big load goes on the system ??

That's it exactly, except that it's the first EWA use at least one hour after the scheduled EPG update time.

[Graham_Shepherd]

Great guide thanks johnsonx42

I know that this is not meant to be a wiki substitute but....

Although I have been happily using GBPVR for some years and have now successfully changed over to N-PVR I have no idea what NEWA/EWA is or what it can do for me!!

Odd references here and there including this thread suggest that it's a pretty flexible tool but I cannot seem to find much about it in the form of an idiots guide. The wiki page does not offer me any help at a basic level either.

Is there any chance of you including an overview of what NEWA is, what it can do, and how to do it please?

Thanks

[johnsonx42]

I will put in a brief comment about NEWA later today. Basically you point your web browser to http://name_or_ip_of_npvr_machine:8866 (or if you are on the same machine, then http://localhost:8866). Assuming you have no firewall blocking the port, then magic will ensue!