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[ApexHack]

How do I get logging back for my PostProcessing.bat activity?

Can I just add the following at the end of my PostProcessing.bat?:
>> postprocessing.log

I was going to use the line out of the original postprocessing.bat file but don't understand the echo business and the extra stuff.
echo Postprocessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>postprocessing.log

Thanks much

[sub]

PostProcessing.log isnt a file created by GB-PVR. If you want to send any information to a file of that name, then you have to do it yourself with whatever commands you're running in your PostProcessing.bat file.

[ApexHack]

Huh? Wasn't that what I was asking? That command?

[sub]

I tend to take any questions asked in the support forum as question directed at me, so I was just making it clear that this isnt a standard GB-PVR function. I'm by no means a batch file expert, so I couldnt tell you what batch file commands would append to your log file.

[David]

How do I get logging back for my PostProcessing.bat activity?

Can I just add the following at the end of my PostProcessing.bat?:
>> postprocessing.log

I was going to use the line out of the original postprocessing.bat file but don't understand the echo business and the extra stuff.
echo Postprocessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>postprocessing.log

Thanks much

Adding this code to the end of your Postprocessing.bat should generate your log entry that you desire.

Code:

echo Postprocessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>postprocessing.log

It will not log the activities of the various utilities.

[zehd]

One arrow directs the output of the echo to a new (or overwritten) txt file.

Two arrows 'append' the output. As David said it won't give you the output of the specific utility. Just show that it was run...

I use this statement so that there's a time associated

Code:

echo %date% %time% Processing the following... >> PostProcessing.Log
(gives the date and time)

echo "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZProcess\ZProcess.exe" "%1" comskip auto >> PostProcessing.Log
(logs the command line about to be passed)

call "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZProcess\ZProcess.exe" %1 comskip auto
(the command line)

Adjust as necessary. Don't include the notes in ()...

Then a log will look like this:

Code:

**************************************
28/02/2007 23:00:03.82 Processing the following...
"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZProcess\ZProcess.exe" ""C:\TV\Recorded\In Case of Emergency\In Case of Emergency_20070228_22302300.mpg"" comskip auto
  
**************************************
01/03/2007  0:02:05.57 Processing the following...
"C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Third Party\ZProcess\ZProcess.exe" ""C:\TV\Recorded\Lost\Lost_20070228_23000000.mpg"" comskip auto

[ApexHack]

Thanks guys. That helps loads. I need to learn this stuff.

Sub - My apologies. It certainly wasn't intended that way. I was just directing the question to the general audience. Maybe I should have put it in the plugins section.

Cheers everyone

[ApexHack]

I like the date/time addition. Thanks Frank.

One question: Where do I put that line and does it matter? Beginning, end?

Oh, and I do realize it doesn't log any other utilities. I just had a situation where there was a _cleaned file left behind and I was just wondering what happened. I thought maybe too many recordings had ended at the same time or something. I've got three tuners chunking away now and with the addition of the recent third and my recent upgrade to 99.12, I'm recording tons of stuff to test things.

Cheers

[zehd]

I like the date/time addition. Thanks Frank.

One question: Where do I put that line and does it matter? Beginning, end?

Oh, and I do realize it doesn't log any other utilities. I just had a situation where there was a _cleaned file left behind and I was just wondering what happened. I thought maybe too many recordings had ended at the same time or something. I've got three tuners chunking away now and with the addition of the recent third and my recent upgrade to 99.12, I'm recording tons of stuff to test things.

Cheers

Place it wherever you want logging...

You can have several places in a PostProcessing.bat. Here's a crude example, don't take literally...

Code:

echo Running Comskip >>Postprocess.log
c:\comskip\comksip.exe %1

echo Running Comclean >>Postprocess.log
c:\comclean.bat

echo Deleting temp files... >Postprocess.log
kill C:\AllFiles\On\Internet\*.*

[ApexHack]

Ah, I see, it will log the different things your instructing.

So if I've got it renaming the file and moving it to another folder, I would need a line to the log file after each one?