ImageGrabLite - How 'bout a "new" naming feature?

[sfatula]

I like the utility, it's great! My TV guide, via mc2xml, has a * in the program title if the show is a new episode. There may be other metadata elsewhere that says new as well, not sure. In any case, it sure would be wonderful if the fact that the episode is NEW could make it into the filename.

I play the recorded contents on several TVs via Serviio. I record all network shows every night from 7PM - 10PM, ala, Dish Hopper Primetime Live feature. Of those shows, I generally only want to watch new episodes, and, the Dish makes it easy to see which are in fact new without spending any time on it.

Once I get rid of Dish and use only my antenna, I will lose that capability it appears. But I would love a program option to put the word NEW or a * or whatever in the filename, near the beginning, if the data exists to tell you it is new. Would this be feasible? That would be a huge gain for me at least.

I figure this can break some or many peoples naming convention, so, should be an option thusly. However, for those of us accustomed to the awesome feature known as primetime live on Dish, this would be amazing and a great benefit.

[mvallevand]

Once I get rid of Dish and use only my antenna, I will lose that capability it appears. But I would love a program option to put the word NEW or a * or whatever in the filename, near the beginning, if the data exists to tell you it is new. Would this be feasible? That would be a huge gain for me at least.

It is feasible, but it would makes files that could not be scraped which in many ways defeats the purpose. I'd suggest using the NextPVR option to only record new episodes, it would the same database field that I (and likely mc2xml) would.

Martin

[sfatula]

I don't scrape. I play files back from Windows machine to a semi smart TV via serviio. So, for me, all that matters is the filename. The only recording new episodes thing defeats the purpose. I am guessing you have never had the Dish hopper..... For me, it's the greatest idea in decades. What I do, is I record ALL shows from 7-10PM every night on network tv (6 channels for me). I might watch any of them, even some non new shows. I decide after the fact, and, after commercials are removed. It gives me the option of watching anything in the past few weeks. Maybe someone says did I see this on such and such a show. I can go back and watch it since I recorded it, etc. Not using xbmc or other such media systems, that's not feasible for me with so many tvs. It's simply time shifting, without having to decide each and every program I might want to watch in advance. Maybe I do want to watch a new show I never noticed before, or some special rerun I always wanted to see again, etc. It sure beats trying to figure out timers one at a time for all parties in the house and constantly managing them, forgetting one, etc. It's a great feature of nextPVR.

It all works beautifully except for one thing - the new show flag. It's a useful piece of info I do not have.

[mvallevand]

It all works beautifully except for one thing - the new show flag. It's a useful piece of info I do not have.

I am sure it does but it is not something I wish to add at this time. Typically UI views of NextPVR recordings use the database metadata not the filename.

Martin

[sfatula]

Ok, that's too bad. TVs have no UI with nextPVR, so, that's simply not possible without another device hooked to each TV which is simply not worth the effort and time.

[sfatula]

I don't support source code is available yet?

[mvallevand]

I don't support source code is available yet?

No but if you can code C# it would be much easier to just create your own utility based on this.

Code:

ScheduledRecording schd = ScheduledRecording.LoadByOID(recOID);
            EPGEvent recEvent = EPGEvent.Parse(schd.CachedEventDetails);
            if (recEvent.FirstRun)
            {
                if (!schd.Filename.EndsWith(" (N).ts"))
                {                    
                    schd.Filename = schd.Filename.Replace(".ts"," (N).ts");
                    schd.Save();
                }
            }

Martin