Football!!

[ga_mueller]

Assuming your EPG includes the teams in the subtitle, then find any nfl game in the schedule, setup an "all episodes, all channels" recurring recording. then go to the recurring list, find the recording and select update. go to the Advanced Rule at the bottom, and change it so it says:

Code:

title like 'NFL Football' AND subtitle like '%Philadelphia%'

This is amazingly useful!! Thanks for solving my "season pass" problem.

[jrockow]

FYI:

Since I am currently not using SD, I had to use "description" instead of "subtitle".
Just thought I would pass it along for anyone else that may need it.....

[Smurph]

Assuming your EPG includes the teams in the subtitle, then find any nfl game in the schedule, setup an "all episodes, all channels" recurring recording. then go to the recurring list, find the recording and select update. go to the Advanced Rule at the bottom, and change it so it says:

Code:

title like 'NFL Football' AND subtitle like '%Philadelphia%'

(or whatever your poison is)

Note that when you move to the Advanced Rules field, no cursor will appear in the field; just start typing.

I'm running 3.5.7 and don't have an Advanced Rules field when I try to duplicate this method. Do I need to enable some special setting somewhere or add some special plugin?

[Smurph]

Never mind. I figured it out. I needed to add: subtitle like 'should have run on 3 and goal super bowl XLIX'

[jrockow]

So I switched my EPG from MS to SD.
Now my footbal script is no longer working.
Here's a snippet from the log file.....


2015-10-18 18:39:09.350 [INFO][1] UpdateRecurringRecording(273, 'NFL Football'):
<Rules><ChannelOID>0</ChannelOID><ChannelName>All Channels</ChannelName><StartTime>2015-10-20T00:30:00.0000000Z</StartTime><EndTime>2015-10-20T03:30:00.0000000Z</EndTime><PrePadding>0</PrePadding><PostPadding>0</PostPadding><Quality>0</Quality><Keep>0</Keep><RecordingDirectoryID>[DIANE]</RecordingDirectoryID><AdvancedRules>title like 'NFL Football' and subtitle like '%Philadelphia%'</AdvancedRules></Rules>
2015-10-18 18:39:10.120 [DEBUG][11] TV Listings: RecordingSchedule: update procedure starting.
2015-10-18 18:39:10.250 [DEBUG][1] LoadListingByAdvancedRules(channel='all channels',advancedRules=title like 'NFL Football' and subtitle like '%Philadelphia%')
2015-10-18 18:39:11.531 [DEBUG][1] - Potential episode at: 10/19/2015 8:15:00 PM
2015-10-18 18:39:11.532 [ERROR][1] Unexpected error in UpdateRecurringRecording(): System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.UpdateRecurringRecording(RecurringRecording recurringRecording)


HELP!!

[Graham]

Unexpected error in UpdateRecurringRecording(): System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.UpdateRecurringRecording(RecurringRecording recurringRecording)

No idea! Try running nextpvr.exe -updatedb at a Command Prompt. You will need to CD to the npvr folder in Program Files.

[jrockow]

Ran the command as you suggested.
Not sure what I'm looking for; LOG is attached.

Game still not scheduled; should be tonight.

[Graham]

Ran the command as you suggested.

My apologies ... I should have suggested that you you also stop and start the Recording Service to force a re-schedule of all recordings.

[jrockow]

Just so I get it right, what is the order?
Run the command then stop/start?
Or the other way around?

[Graham]

Just so I get it right,

The updatedb command is a one time thing. Sometimes, new releases of NextPVR change the structure of the NextPVR database by adding columns to existing tables or whatever. Typically, the NextPVR installer issues a command to update the database structure during the install process when updating from one version to the next. Sometimes, that database update process goes haywire. The updatedb command exists to allow the database structure to be updated sometime later.

So all you need to do now is restart the recording service ... but, I am not optimistic that this will help. I suggested it because it was quick and easy and there was slim chance it might make a difference. Unfortunately, my sloppy use of language has made it all drag on too long .

In short ... restart the recording service ... or, my preference, reboot ... and we will see if it was worth all this effort.