imageGrabLite 1.1

[b00sfuk]

Just a quick post after my first try with imagegrablite. Just using the --updateepg option (interactively) and I am getting most of my shows but for the following problems (can post logs if it helps). Have run it multiple times and generally get different levels of completion (sometimes a jpg for a show, sometime not)

- Not all shows processed, log seems to end with the message "Read Error DataReader already active on this command"

- Only getting the XML file and not the thumbnail with a lot of shows (posters do exist) in SHOWS folder.

- Should there be an series description on the Recurring & Ready screens when a show is selected? (I see a thumbnail).

Hope these are not stupid questions. Thanks

[jam_zhou]

I think I posted this in the wrong thread this morning....

what happens if you record the same episode twice? Would there be a naming conflict? Someone in my family likes to record the show on multiple tuners due to signal quality and general paranoia.

I'd run a test but my new rig doesn't have multiple tuners right now.

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Just a quick post after my first try with imagegrablite. Just using the --updateepg option (interactively) and I am getting most of my shows but for the following problems (can post logs if it helps). Have run it multiple times and generally get different levels of completion (sometimes a jpg for a show, sometime not)

- Not all shows processed, log seems to end with the message "Read Error DataReader already active on this command"

- Only getting the XML file and not the thumbnail with a lot of shows (posters do exist) in SHOWS folder.

- Should there be an series description on the Recurring & Ready screens when a show is selected? (I see a thumbnail).

Hope these are not stupid questions. Thanks

Note stupid at all certainly please send logs and create a post in the plugins section. Regarding the "no description" issue on some screens, I think only recordings2.xml skin is used and I suspect sub isn't populating the data. You probably need to check with him.

Martin

[McBainUK]

Hey Martin. I've been testing --updateepg with good results so far. Is there an option to get the images for recordings that have already happened?

[mvallevand]

McBainUK, I do plan on doing this, but I thought it would be better to do it in another non-Lite versions that adds a UI. A UI would allow me to show alternatives, do fuzzy matching and some other things I can't do right now.

For now there is the < option in SearchLite to get a list of all your recordings and then manually get the art. It only takes a few keystrokes per show. Note the < key on the keyboard doesn't work you have to use the textpad method hitting the 0 key twice. I kind of designed this for the 10' interface to help clean up when you aren't doing other things. It was experimental and no one ever commented on it, I probably could do more on it too.

Martin

[LegioX]

I really like the idea of adding some images to the Recordings in NPVR to make it look a bit prettier, but I'm struggling to get this tool working. I've installed both imageGrabLite and SearchLite (thinking maybe the former required the latter) but whatever command line string I run I just get a generic error:

C:\Program Files\NPVR>imageGrabLite.exe --oid %3

Unhandled Exception: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct f
ormat.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffe
r& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo in
fo)
at imageGrab.Program.Main(String[] args)

C:\Program Files\NPVR>

Are there any other prerequisites that I'm missing or is there something obvious I'm doing wrong?

Cheers!

[mvallevand]

C:\Program Files\NPVR>imageGrabLite.exe --oid %3

That command line is the one you add in PostProcessing or ParallelProcess.bat to get art when you are recording. If you run it from the command line you replace the %3 with a database value from NPVR.db3 which your probably don't know. If you want to do a test run for your scheduled recordings use

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe" --updateepg

Martin

[jam_zhou]

I'm using mc2xml. Do I need to add the --zap2it option?

[mvallevand]

Yes, (at least in North America), it stores the same unique_id into the XMLTV files as Schedules Direct,

Martin

[LegioX]

That command line is the one you add in PostProcessing or ParallelProcess.bat to get art when you are recording. If you run it from the command line you replace the %3 with a database value from NPVR.db3 which your probably don't know. If you want to do a test run for your scheduled recordings use

"C:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe" --updateepg

Martin

That works, thanks!