Is there a way to stop, start recording service in batch script?

[sfatula]

I would want to do so, if possible, from PostUpdateEPG.bat script. I embedded this but it does not work:

net stop "NPVR Recording Service"
net start "NPVR Recording Service"

Not really a Windows guy, but, wanting to restart it each morning as I have found it hanging sometimes.

[mvallevand]

I would want to do so, if possible, from PostUpdateEPG.bat script. I embedded this but it does not work:

net stop "NPVR Recording Service"
net start "NPVR Recording Service"

Not really a Windows guy, but, wanting to restart it each morning as I have found it hanging sometimes.

That is the command UAC permitting and assuming NRecord is running as local system. Not sure if you can stop the service from within the service and if does that probably kills the batch file thread so the net start might fail. Scheduling a restart make more sense to me especially if the hang is driver related.

Martin

[sfatula]

I presume then there is some mechanism to restart, as opposed to stop and start, the service as the system user? If so, how to restart it, what command. Or, might stop and start be better?

[mvallevand]

I meant restart the PC.

Martin

[sfatula]

I see, did not want to do that as many other things run there. Thus far, every time a manual service restart using the link provided in the install to restart npvr service has resolved the issue. Hopefully, someone can help with my other post detailing the lock and the logs I attached.

[HarryH3]

I used to have a problem with the service hanging sometimes. Needless to say, the WAF went WAY down when her shows didn't get recorded. Someone posted this PostEPGUpdate script that reboots the system after the nightly EPG run and we haven't had the problem since I added it to our HTPC:

echo off
REM Reboot if not recording
set NSHelper=c:\"program files (x86)"\npvr\nscripthelper.exe

:check
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('%NSHelper% -isinuse') do SET condition=%%i
echo %condition%
IF %condition% =="NOT RECORDING" goto reboot

:delay
sleep 60
goto check

:reboot

echo "About to reboot"
shutdown /r

[JavaWiz]

You may want to look into Windows Scheduler to accomplish this. I see two options:
1 - Create a scheduled task to run a batch file that stops then starts the service
2 - Create two scheduled tasks, one to stop the service, the other to start it.