recording "What would happen if..?" fails

[smiffypr]

Tried with that nshared, but there doesn't seem to be any more debug.

[whurlston]

Invalid file passed to StartParallelProcessing(): 'E:\Freeview\Ever Wondered..\Ever Wondered.._20110512_16301655.ts'

Sub, the issue is not the filename, it's the folder name. Folder names cannot end with a double period. If you attempt to create one, the double periods are trimmed from the end:

E:\Freeview\Ever Wondered

Double periods are allowed anywhere else in the folder name ("E:\Some..Folder" or "E:\..SomeFolder"), just not at the end.

Thinking about it more, no periods are allowed at the end of folder names, whether they are single, double, triple, etc.

[Lao Pan]

Thinking about it more, no periods are allowed at the end of folder names, whether they are single, double, triple, etc.

You have hit the nail on the head.

I have been comparing old entries in the database of programs recorded originally in pvrx2 and imported. On these entries the database entry still has the 3 periods (dots) but the file name and folder name have none - so all is fine.

In NPVR - for future programs, if the TVXML File has an entry with 3 periods - the database now has an entry with only 2 periods, which I presume will cause a recording to try to use a path with 2 periods at the end of the folder name - which are then removed by the operating system - causing an invalid path - so no recording.
I have checked - any number of trailing periods (1-2-3) are silently removed even on manual renaming of a folder.

[Lao Pan]

Tried another recording tonight

Code:

Started recording (2513:E:\Video Recordings\Pirates of the Caribbean The..\Pirates of the Caribbean The.._20110515_20002210.ts)
2011-05-15 19:59:00.562    [DEBUG][7]    Invalid file passed to StartParallelProcessing(): 'E:\Video Recordings\Pirates of the Caribbean The..\Pirates of the Caribbean The.._20110515_20002210.ts'

Folder: Pirates of the Caribbean The (no periods) created - no file recorded

[sub]

Give this patch a go. It should fix it.

[Lao Pan]

Thanks Sub

Sam and Marks Guide to Dodging...
...Disaster
Recorded this afternoon no problem - epg only had 2 periods but folder and file had non

Code:

2011-05-16 15:34:00.964    [DEBUG][7]    Started recording (2522:E:\Video Recordings\Sam and Marks Guide to Dodging\Sam and Marks Guide to Dodging_20110516_15351540.ts)
2011-05-16 15:34:00.980    [DEBUG][7]    No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat
2011-05-16 15:43:00.085    [DEBUG][7]    Stopping recording (2522). Past end time of recording.

Another Job well done

[sub]

Great.

[smiffypr]

Just recorded "Ever Wondered..?" with the patch, works great.
Thanks very much.
Smiffy

[sub]

Sounds like it's fixed then. Great.