Change recording filename programmatically immediately before recording starts?

[craigrs84]

I was just wondering if there is an event or hook that allows dynamically changing either the recording filename or file path immediately before the recording actually starts?

I would like to automatically split the recordings into 2 separate directories based on the EGP genre: one directory for movies and another for tv shows.

I'd like this to happen before the recording starts rather than after it is finished so that the file doesn't have to wait to be renamed an hour later when the show is completed.

I might experiment with the idea of a SQLite DB trigger but wondered if there was better support available via the plugin framework.

Thanks.

[JavaWiz]

You can somewhat do this when you schedule a recordings. By default my shows go to TvShows directory, however, at the time you schedule a recording, you can change the target directory in the Recordings dialog.

1) in config program, Recordings section, create a "Movies" entry and map to your target directory
2) at time of scheduling the recording, arrow down to "Directory:", use right/left arrow key to select the "Movies" mapping.

Additionally, you can automate renaming with the ImageGrab Lite tool IGLite with a line in the PostProcessing.bat
Mine (scaled down version) looks like:

Set IGLite="C:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe"
Set Oid=%3
%IGLite% --oid %Oid% --rename --subtitle --zap2it --nfo --extra

[craigrs84]

You can somewhat do this when you schedule a recordings. By default my shows go to TvShows directory, however, at the time you schedule a recording, you can change the target directory in the Recordings dialog.

1) in config program, Recordings section, create a "Movies" entry and map to your target directory
2) at time of scheduling the recording, arrow down to "Directory:", use right/left arrow key to select the "Movies" mapping.

Additionally, you can automate renaming with the ImageGrab Lite tool IGLite with a line in the PostProcessing.bat
Mine (scaled down version) looks like:

Set IGLite="C:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe"
Set Oid=%3
%IGLite% --oid %Oid% --rename --subtitle --zap2it --nfo --extra

Thanks, that's what I want to do but I'd like to do it programatically based on EPG data, I'm afraid my wife will forget to set the directory when she schedules recordings.

Also if possible I'd like to do it do it before the recording starts rather than after. This is just so that the file will show up in XBMC Movies/TV Shows sections while the recording is occurring rather than after.

[craigrs84]

I had some success with a SQlite database trigger; although sort of hacky it seems to work:

Code:

CREATE TRIGGER path_trigger AFTER INSERT ON scheduled_recording
BEGIN
UPDATE scheduled_recording
SET filename = (case when NEW.event_details like '%<Genre>Movie%' then '[Movies]' else '[Tv]' end)
WHERE oid = NEW.oid;
END;

[mvallevand]

Interesting some of the use cases that I would test

- recording live tv in regular and epg mode with ctrl-k
- restarting the service while recording to get the .0 file
- recording a show that has started

Martin

[patco444]

You can somewhat do this when you schedule a recordings. By default my shows go to TvShows directory, however, at the time you schedule a recording, you can change the target directory in the Recordings dialog.

1) in config program, Recordings section, create a "Movies" entry and map to your target directory
2) at time of scheduling the recording, arrow down to "Directory:", use right/left arrow key to select the "Movies" mapping.

Additionally, you can automate renaming with the ImageGrab Lite tool IGLite with a line in the PostProcessing.bat
Mine (scaled down version) looks like:

Set IGLite="C:\Program Files\NPVR\imageGrabLite.exe"
Set Oid=%3
%IGLite% --oid %Oid% --rename --subtitle --zap2it --nfo --extra

Thank you. This is a good guide!