SlimmGBPVR - replacement for GBPVRTray

[Mister Slimm]

Beta version moves up to version 0.9.2191.36450. Let's try this one out bluesxman!

Even if it works okay, could you look at the SlimmGBPVR.error.log and see if it says anything.

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[BobAtTorrey]

OK, this one I'm not happy about.

As reported above, after shuffling to SlimmGBPVR .9, then .823, MusicPlayer and Net Radio stopped working. Not seeing any solution I finally decided I had to a full reinstall of GBPVR 95.16 and the other plugins. I saved all my config files into another folder under devnz\gbpvr. Then, still somewhat suspicious about whether SlimmGBPVR might have caused my problems, I decided to do a proper Uninstall of SlimmGBPVR. I went to the GBPVR Start folder and ran 'Uninstall SlimmGBPVR'. While you said SlimmGBPVR only installed 3 files, the uninstaller proceeded to delete seemingly hundreds of files, which ran quickly by the window. My instant reaction was that this was strange, but perhaps you'd made some small change to a lot of skin files or something. Regardless, it all happened in just a few seconds so I couldn't have stopped it anyway.

When it was done, I found that my entire devnz\gbpvr folder was EMPTY! And none of the deleted files appeared in the Recycle Bin. So my config files and mdb files are gone as well. So now I have to rebuild my entire GBPVR setup from scratch -- everything I've worked on and gradually modified for the last few months.

I'm usually a pretty patient and tolerant guy. But suffice it to say, I'm currently displeased.

Bob

[Mister Slimm]

OK, this one I'm not happy about.

As reported above, after shuffling to SlimmGBPVR .9, then .823, MusicPlayer and Net Radio stopped working. Not seeing any solution I finally decided I had to a full reinstall of GBPVR 95.16 and the other plugins. I saved all my config files into another folder under devnz\gbpvr. Then, still somewhat suspicious about whether SlimmGBPVR might have caused my problems, I decided to do a proper Uninstall of SlimmGBPVR. I went to the GBPVR Start folder and ran 'Uninstall SlimmGBPVR'. While you said SlimmGBPVR only installed 3 files, the uninstaller proceeded to delete seemingly hundreds of files, which ran quickly by the window. My instant reaction was that this was strange, but perhaps you'd made some small change to a lot of skin files or something. Regardless, it all happened in just a few seconds so I couldn't have stopped it anyway.

When it was done, I found that my entire devnz\gbpvr folder was EMPTY! And none of the deleted files appeared in the Recycle Bin. So my config files and mdb files are gone as well. So now I have to rebuild my entire GBPVR setup from scratch -- everything I've worked on and gradually modified for the last few months.

I'm usually a pretty patient and tolerant guy. But suffice it to say, I'm currently displeased.

Bob

While sorry is hardly enough for an error in my uninstall script, it's all I can say. I have immediately rectified the error.

I am so sorry. This is a link to an undelete program which may be able to recover your stuff if you haven't used your drive too much. Again, I am so sorry. FreeUndelete

[bluesxman]

Beta version moves up to version 0.9.2191.36450. Let's try this one out bluesxman!

Hey, this one starts up ok! I haven't time to do more right now, I'll have a play later and let you know how I get on. Thanks!

[Mister Slimm]

I installed SlimmGBPVR but couldn't get it to work, on loading the splash screen appeared corrupted & the program crashed. I ran the uninstall script & hit the bug you mentioned below, uninstalled everything

Aww, man. I am really really sorry about that bug. As is somewhat obvious, I never uninstalled on my own system, I simply installed the next version over the top.

The recursive directory removal command is now removed from the uninstall script. My most abject and humble apologies again to those affected by this.

[bluesxman]

I had a little play with the beta version and have come across a couple of funnies...
The first is that I only have 4 entries displayed from my Recordings folder (the oldest 4) when there are quite a few more, is this by design?
Also, without any mouse-clicking or keyboard presses, I sometime get a popup confirming a delete action, see the attached image for details. It doesn't happen every time, nor have I worked out a way to consistently repoduce it, but it does happen regularly.

Finally (!), here is the error dumped in the error log:

Code:

SlimmGBPVR.exe Information: 0 : Started at 01/01/2006 19:28:31
SlimmGBPVR.exe Error: 0 : RecordingsToolStripMenuItem_Update Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index

Cheers!

[Mister Slimm]

A couple of funnies...

1. The first is that I only have 4 entries displayed from my Recordings folder (the oldest 4) when there are quite a few more, is this by design?
   
2. Also, without any mouse-clicking or keyboard presses, I sometime get a popup confirming a delete action, see the attached image for details. It doesn't happen every time, nor have I worked out a way to consistently repoduce it, but it does happen regularly.
   
3. the error dumped in the error log
   

1. No, this is not by design, it is an error that may be caused by your folder structure being different to mine. The recordings are presented with the most recently modified file at the bottom. I would be interested to see what the next most recently modified file after the 4Music one is (to be clear, if you list the files in Explorer and sort by date modified it will be the one below 4Music), as it is this that it causing the error.
   
2. If you launch a recording from the system tray icon, Slimm GBPVR keeps an eye on it and when you finish watching it asks you if you want to delete it. This is by design.
   
3. This error confirms points 1 that my program is having a bit of drama trying to understand your recordings folder.
   

I would greatly appreciate it if you could post (or send to me privately if you wish) the location and a list of the contents of your recording folder to help me track down this problem.

I am interested to note that the listings are called "folder" and they have an Adobe? icon. Do you keep empty folders for shows you record on a recurring basis and keep a "folder.jpg" file for the thumbnail view in Windows Explorer?

For example, my recordings directory is "R:\Recordings\", I have "auto-create folders when recording" checked in GBPVR config, I use RenameRecordings in PostProcessing.bat and my recordings directory contains the following files:

• Snow White\
  + Snow White_20051224_16251810.mpg
  
• The Big Sleep\
  + The Big Sleep_20051225_12301440.mpg
  
• Black Narcissus\
  + Black Narcissus_20051224_12001335.mpg
  
• The Sword of Xanten\
  + The Sword of Xanten_20051223_12351545.mpg
  
• Lost\
  + Born to Run.mpg
  
• Looney Tunes\
  + Catty Cornered.mpg
  + Daffy's Inn Trouble.mpg
  

[bluesxman]

[*]If you launch a recording from the system tray icon, Slimm GBPVR keeps an eye on it and when you finish watching it asks you if you want to delete it. This is by design.

Ah, it makes sense now! Two of the items that showed up in the recordings list were jpgs (dvd cover images). I clicked on one of those with launched my image viewer, closed it and played about with the menu again. The delay between doing that and the popup appearing led me to think that it was a random occurrence!

I would greatly appreciate it if you could post (or send to me privately if you wish) the location and a list of the contents of your recording folder to help me track down this problem.

Hope this format is useful:

Code:

Volume in drive F is Repo
Volume Serial Number is 907A-181D

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR

01/01/2006  17:21    <DIR>          .
01/01/2006  17:21    <DIR>          ..
30/12/2005  19:14    <DIR>          2005 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
24/12/2005  22:29    <DIR>          24 Hour Party People
04/12/2005  01:19    <DIR>          4 Music4Music Arcade Fire Live in Concert
31/12/2005  21:24    <DIR>          Bleak House
18/12/2005  14:59    <DIR>          Buffer
09/10/2005  18:42    <DIR>          Elizabeth I
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
24/12/2005  15:59    <DIR>          Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
15/11/2005  23:04    <DIR>          Have I Got News for You
12/11/2005  21:47    <DIR>          House
30/12/2005  23:09    <DIR>          Insomnia
28/12/2005  21:30    <DIR>          Little Britain
01/01/2006  17:21    <DIR>          Little Robots
29/12/2005  21:34    <DIR>          Lost
06/12/2005  21:51    <DIR>          Man Stroke Woman
15/12/2005  23:19    <DIR>          Manual Recordings
14/12/2005  21:44    <DIR>          Never Mind the Buzzcocks
26/12/2005  21:41    <DIR>          Paul McCartney Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
14/12/2005  21:45    <DIR>          QI
26/12/2005  15:44    <DIR>          SPYkids
01/01/2006  15:29    <DIR>          SPYkids 2 the Island of Lost Dreams
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          The Last Polar Bear
26/12/2005  10:09    <DIR>          The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          The Princess Bride
31/12/2005  23:29    <DIR>          The Year We Won the Ashes
30/12/2005  20:14    <DIR>          They Think Its All Over
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\2005 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

30/12/2005  19:14    <DIR>          .
30/12/2005  19:14    <DIR>          ..
28/12/2005  20:04     1,489,516,480 2005 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures_20051228_19152000.mpg
29/12/2005  20:04     1,489,692,608 2005 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures_20051229_19152000.mpg
30/12/2005  20:04     1,489,348,544 2005 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures_20051230_19152000.mpg
               3 File(s)  4,468,557,632 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\24 Hour Party People

24/12/2005  22:29    <DIR>          .
24/12/2005  22:29    <DIR>          ..
14/12/2005  23:04             5,617 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)          5,617 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\4 Music4Music Arcade Fire Live in Concert

04/12/2005  01:19    <DIR>          .
04/12/2005  01:19    <DIR>          ..
04/12/2005  02:04     1,340,110,784 4 Music4Music Arcade Fire Live in Concert_20051204_01200200.mpg
               1 File(s)  1,340,110,784 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Bleak House

31/12/2005  21:24    <DIR>          .
31/12/2005  21:24    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Buffer

18/12/2005  14:59    <DIR>          .
18/12/2005  14:59    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Elizabeth I

09/10/2005  18:42    <DIR>          .
09/10/2005  18:42    <DIR>          ..
09/10/2005  14:39     2,933,366,788 Elizabeth I_20051001_19002110.mpg
09/10/2005  14:53     3,028,355,076 Elizabeth I_20051008_19052110.mpg
01/10/2005  17:59             7,263 folder.jpg
               3 File(s)  5,961,729,127 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          .
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

24/12/2005  15:59    <DIR>          .
24/12/2005  15:59    <DIR>          ..
24/12/2005  15:59             7,808 folder.jpg
24/12/2005  18:29     4,471,465,920 Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone_20051224_16001825.mpg
               2 File(s)  4,471,473,728 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Have I Got News for You

15/11/2005  23:04    <DIR>          .
15/11/2005  23:04    <DIR>          ..
23/10/2005  21:00             6,281 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)          6,281 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\House

12/11/2005  21:47    <DIR>          .
12/11/2005  21:47    <DIR>          ..
06/10/2005  21:00            31,515 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)         31,515 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Insomnia

30/12/2005  23:09    <DIR>          .
30/12/2005  23:09    <DIR>          ..
30/12/2005  23:09             2,130 folder.jpg
31/12/2005  01:04     3,427,518,400 Insomnia_20051230_23100100.mpg
               2 File(s)  3,427,520,530 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Little Britain

28/12/2005  21:30    <DIR>          .
28/12/2005  21:30    <DIR>          ..
17/11/2005  20:59             5,914 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)          5,914 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Little Robots

01/01/2006  17:21    <DIR>          .
01/01/2006  17:21    <DIR>          ..
01/01/2006  17:34       366,438,336 Little Robots_20060101_17201730.mpg
               1 File(s)    366,438,336 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Lost

29/12/2005  21:34    <DIR>          .
29/12/2005  21:34    <DIR>          ..
05/10/2005  23:39            42,270 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)         42,270 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Man Stroke Woman

06/12/2005  21:51    <DIR>          .
06/12/2005  21:51    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Manual Recordings

15/12/2005  23:19    <DIR>          .
15/12/2005  23:19    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Never Mind the Buzzcocks

14/12/2005  21:44    <DIR>          .
14/12/2005  21:44    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\Paul McCartney Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road

26/12/2005  21:41    <DIR>          .
26/12/2005  21:41    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\QI

14/12/2005  21:45    <DIR>          .
14/12/2005  21:45    <DIR>          ..
23/11/2005  20:01            16,735 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)         16,735 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\SPYkids

26/12/2005  15:44    <DIR>          .
26/12/2005  15:44    <DIR>          ..
26/12/2005  15:44             8,012 folder.jpg
26/12/2005  17:09     2,532,917,184 SPYkids_20051226_15451705.mpg
               2 File(s)  2,532,925,196 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\SPYkids 2 the Island of Lost Dreams

01/01/2006  15:29    <DIR>          .
01/01/2006  15:29    <DIR>          ..
01/01/2006  15:29             5,508 folder.jpg
01/01/2006  17:14     3,128,874,944 SPYkids 2 the Island of Lost Dreams_20060101_15301710.mpg
               2 File(s)  3,128,880,452 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\The Last Polar Bear

25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          .
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          ..
24/12/2005  13:50             6,741 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)          6,741 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

26/12/2005  10:09    <DIR>          .
26/12/2005  10:09    <DIR>          ..
26/12/2005  10:09             6,100 folder.jpg
26/12/2005  11:59     3,276,877,760 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_20051226_10101155.mpg
               2 File(s)  3,276,883,860 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\The Princess Bride

25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          .
25/12/2005  22:26    <DIR>          ..
20/12/2005  19:59             6,516 folder.jpg
               1 File(s)          6,516 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\The Year We Won the Ashes

31/12/2005  23:29    <DIR>          .
31/12/2005  23:29    <DIR>          ..
01/01/2006  01:39     3,873,767,360 The Year We Won the Ashes_20051231_23300135.mpg
               1 File(s)  3,873,767,360 bytes

Directory of F:\Videos\GBPVR\They Think Its All Over

30/12/2005  20:14    <DIR>          .
30/12/2005  20:14    <DIR>          ..
31/10/2005  22:34             6,750 folder.jpg
12/12/2005  23:07       977,215,424 They Think Its All Over_20051212_22352305.mpg
               2 File(s)    977,222,174 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
              29 File(s) 33,825,630,768 bytes
              80 Dir(s)   8,797,310,976 bytes free

I am interested to note that the listings are called "folder". Do you keep empty folders for shows you record on a recurring basis and keep a "folder.jpg" file for the thumbnail view in Windows Explorer?

The folder item that shows up in the listing is indeed folder.jpg, though I use it for displaying images in the Video Archive plugin rather than Windows Explorer.

Well it looks like the problem with the display of my recordings is down to having empty folders (something is obviously not tidying up properly!). I found that out after typing all the above, but I'll leave it there in case it's still useful.

[bluesxman]

... and one more thing! Once I'd removed all empty folders, no errors are reported in SlimmGBPVR.error.log

[Mister Slimm]

... and one more thing! Once I'd removed all empty folders, no errors are reported in SlimmGBPVR.error.log

Cool, and do all the recordings now appear in the Recordings menu?