Rectracker

[spyder40]

I'm trying to figure out how rectracker works with xrecord in scheduling dups or not. Currently I have the following setup

1) scheduled 2 shows
the first is the Three Stooges which have unique ID's and are set for no dups
the second is 60 minutes which appears to have the same id so dups are yes
2) postprocessing.bat has the rectracker %1 line in it

Does xrecord (priorityrecordings.xml) use the info that rectracker gathers in the postprocessing.bat file to determine whether the show is a duplicate or not? What is rectracker -purge in the postupdateepg.bat for? When I put rectracker - purge in postupdateepg.bat it whacks 60 minutes everytime even though I said schedule/record duplicates in the xml.

[KingArgyle]

Xrecord (thru CDK Scheduler) uses RecTracker for duplicate checking. If you setup a show for duplicates Recorded: No and Scheduled: No, there is a possibility that it won't be scheduled at all if there are conflicts with higher priority recording. The exact scenario is described here:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph...tid=772447

CDK Scheduler interfaces with RecTracker through the RecTracker.DLL, if you run the RecTracker -purge option, I believe that will wipe out all programs that are duplicates. In the most current version of rectracker I believe it uses a file that allows you to ignore shows (i.e. don't purge the duplicates).

I'm working on the Duplicate checking bug in CDK Scheduler, and the next release of that particular program should handle the situation, so that running rectracker seperately won't be necessary if you use the XRecord priority scheduling (via CDK Scheduler).

[spyder40]

KingArgyle,

I should have been a little more clear, my bad. The Three Stooges are set for no dups record any channel. In reality they are on only one channel 8:00-9:00 M-F. 60 Minutes is set for only channel 3 on Sunday. It is usually on 7:00-8:00 Sunday nights. I also have Hogans Heros scheduled for dups any channel. Hogans Heros is on Saturday mornings only. If I put rectracker - purge in postupdateepg.bat the only thing that gets scheduled is Hogans Heros. If I delete 60 minutes out of watched it will get scheduled. Attached are my .bat's and xml. I've taken the purge out of the postupdateepg.bat for now to see what happens for a few days. As a wish list item, it would be nice to have a test feature on a scheduled item to show what it will record or what it won't and why ie these episodes won't be recorded due to being already recorded or watched etc.

[KingArgyle]

The -purge option removes programs that have already been recorded (i.e. watched) from the scheduled list. So, as soon as a program is recorded, and the

So if you are using Zap2It, as long as everything has a uniqueid, it should only purge from the schedule if it has already been recorded and uniqueid's match up.

I think I found, and fixed the scheduling bug in CDK Scheduler. I've got some more testing to do, but it should eliminate the need to run the -purge option of RecTracker, as the Recorded and Scheduled flags for a program should control how it will behaves (i.e. schedules duplicates or not).

Also, it should now correctly schedule a show if it is in conflict with an existing show but shows up at a later date. This will only work if you don't have a restriction on what days it can be recorded.

If you could add the wishlist item, to the Bug tracker that would be appreciated, that way we can keep track of it and not loose it.

I've reworked some of the code so that it should be possible in the near future to implement something close to your wishlist item.

[spyder40]

KingArgyle,

Removing the rectracker -purge form postupdateepg.bat fixed the 60 Minutes not being scheduled problem but I'm still not getting any Three Stooges. I assume that the dup checking is via the rectracker database? If so I'll check the ID's in the epg with what's in the rectracker db to see if they are the same. Or is the -subtitle option in the new version what I should be using? I would assume that wouldn't work exactly right for me either. The Three Stooges will have different subtitles but 60 Minutes will be the same each week. If I'm reading the docs right, can I create a skip/ignore file for 60 Minutes? That might do the trick.

[jorm]

yes. If you type rectracker -addIgnore "60 Minutes" it will not be purged.

As for the -subtitle. Some shows typically have sub titles but the epg occassionally does not have them in the epg. This option will allow the rectracker to determine if a show typically contains subtitles and if it finds one that it does not have it, it will not purge it.

[Necro]

Jorm and KingArgyle, I thought I understood this but let me just clarify what I think I understand and let me know if this is right or not. Then I can add it to the wiki so people can understand also .

- Xrecord and CDKScheduler do not require the use of rectracker -purge option in PostUpdateEPG.bat file if all scheduling is done via CDK scheduler.
- The rectracker.exe %1 > log file line IS required in the PostProcessing.bat file since CDK/XRecord use this file to determine duplicates.
- If you are going to do scheduling via any 'normal' methods (non x-record/cdk) and want to avoid duplicates, you need to unREM the line in the PostUpdateEPG.bat file for this to work correctly. It should have no detrimental effects on the way in which CDK/Xrecord works normally.

That about right? If so...uhm...are all the options in Xrecord/Xsearch/Xguide checked for dupes? Only the advanced and not the schedule button? This relates basically to how the Xsuite does 'schedule' button scheduling as opposed to advanced (what goes through CDK, what doesnt, etc.)

This def. needs to get added into the Wiki as it's confusing as hell, IMHO.

[jorm]

the documentation is lacking. The purge is used for normally scheduled programs (not cdk). When you schedule it is not checked for dups rectracker would have to be running with purge to remove it.

did you want to add this to wiki? I would appreciate it.

[Necro]

That makes sense. The moral of the story being record all of your 'repeat' stuff through the advanced tab and your one shots through something else.

I'll add this as soon as I get some time later today. I need to get the heck working on my thesis atm.

[jorm]

With all of the time you have been spending on gbpvr. Perhaps you should consider changing your thesis to something like

"What makes a good interface defined by the WAF (Wife acceptance factor) of collaborative development.

That way you can kill two birds with one stone. might be a good choice.