Plex Channel for NextPVR

[stustunz]

Same error in the nextpvr channel log?

2013-09-05 23:11:51,500 (1dbc) : CRITICAL (core:561) - Exception (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\Framework.bundle\Contents\Resources\Versions\2\Python\Framework\components\runtime.py", line 840, in handle_request
result = f(**d)
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\NextPVR.bundle\Contents\Code\__init__.py", line 111, in WhatsNewRecordingsMenu
oc.add(ConvertRecordingToEpisode(recording,dateasname=False))
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\NextPVR.bundle\Contents\Code\__init__.py", line 244, in ConvertRecordingToEpisode
Warning('ConvertRecordingToEpisode: Recording: "%s", Descr error, Unexpected error: %s' % showname)
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

[psycik]

2013-09-05 23:11:51,500 (1dbc) : CRITICAL (core:561) - Exception (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\Framework.bundle\Contents\Resources\Versions\2\Python\Framework\components\runtime.py", line 840, in handle_request
result = f(**d)
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\NextPVR.bundle\Contents\Code\__init__.py", line 111, in WhatsNewRecordingsMenu
oc.add(ConvertRecordingToEpisode(recording,dateasname=False))
File "C:\Users\stuart\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\NextPVR.bundle\Contents\Code\__init__.py", line 244, in ConvertRecordingToEpisode
Warning('ConvertRecordingToEpisode: Recording: "%s", Descr error, Unexpected error: %s' % showname)
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

Ok. Found that. Stupid error. Wish this thing did compilation checks rather than interpreting only as it needed. So I fudged around in my db and set the duration as 0 and cleared out a description to force the errors.

And it seems to display what I expect now.

Also the What's New Days in the config wasn't implemented properly, and now should be.

Back on github - only the init.py has changed.

Can you open the init.py and look for this string "Warning('ConvertRecordingToEpisode: Recording: "%s", Descr error," and then remove

[mvallevand]

Until you add live tv is there advantage to this over just running PMS on the NextPVR backend and scanning folders? It seems to simply add an extra http relay

Martin

[psycik]

Until you add live tv is there advantage to this over just running PMS on the NextPVR backend and scanning folders? It seems to simply add an extra http relay

Martin

I didn't find the adding off the recordings to PMS to be all that good. First adding the metadata (and the actual TS files) was fairly unreliable - it for a bunch of shows it was ok, and would stack them properly. BUt others would create a new show (as opposed an episode) each time.

And the media scanner would crash fairly often on our recordings, meaning until you cleared the app crash, it wouldn't scan.

SO yeah there's some advantage in adding it via recordings for offline access, but I'm actually finding this channel more effectively.

I guess if the metadata was more reliable (I was taking it from the XML - since we can't use the S0xE02 type descriptors to get from the TVBD), and the app crash was fixed (I'd been trying to months to get Plex to fix that, was some ffmepg error in creating the thumbnails) then I'd revisit it.

[stustunz]

With NZ tv descriptions plex gives the files stupid names
This app makes it really easy to find your recordings without all the bull shit plex has
Ie no stupid eye candy when all you really want is a simple list
You get the description from next pvr

I think it's great , (well once we get whats new working )

[mvallevand]

Fair enough. Thinking about it the only bad time I had with matching show metadata was this summer with the NZ show "Top of the Lake" since there was no subtitle. Fortunately the EPG original air date was the American date not Canadian or I couldn't never have matched.

Martin

[psycik]

With NZ tv descriptions plex gives the files stupid names
This app makes it really easy to find your recordings without all the bull shit plex has
Ie no stupid eye candy when all you really want is a simple list
You get the description from next pvr

I think it's great , (well once we get whats new working )

You being DVB-S based, you could probably use teh scanner/agent combo I made for plex and run your recordings into plex that way.

And given I knew a bit more about python, I might revisit them. I only had issues with the DVB-T side.

[psycik]

Just so you can have a look. Here is the Scanner and agent I made.

It reads the format of files we have (the showname_yyyymmdd-starttime-endtime.ts) files in...and if you have the XML data being created for each recording, the agent reads that to populate plex.

See how that works for you. Maybe it would be better than the channel.

So when you add the new Section, call it whatever you want, and set the directory, but then Set the scanner to be "Recording Series Scanner2" and the Metadata agent to be NPVR. XML Agent.

If the zip file is installed properly they should both show up.

The zip file is from the Plex Media Server directory and so should plonk themselves where they need to be

[psycik]

The agent looks for poster.jpg or folder.jpg for the art.

[stustunz]

Ok. Found that. Stupid error. Wish this thing did compilation checks rather than interpreting only as it needed. So I fudged around in my db and set the duration as 0 and cleared out a description to force the errors.

And it seems to display what I expect now.

Also the What's New Days in the config wasn't implemented properly, and now should be.

Back on github - only the init.py has changed.

Can you open the init.py and look for this string "Warning('ConvertRecordingToEpisode: Recording: "%s", Descr error," and then remove

What's new works
But if I remove the line you said it breaks it I don't have a file editor so was just using note pad
Does it break anything if I just leave in there