Interpretting RECURRING_RECORDING match_rules field

[bgowland]

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Looking at the <Rules> for "Silent Witness" and "Restless" I understand the "All Episodes" and "All New Episodes" but how is the information for "Royal Institution Christmas Lectures" interpreted as "Daily" from the following XML...

Code:

<Rules>
  <EPGTitle>Royal Institution Christmas Lectures</EPGTitle>
  <ChannelOID>10032</ChannelOID>
  <ChannelName>BBC FOUR</ChannelName>
  <StartTime>2012-12-26T20:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime>
  <EndTime>2012-12-26T21:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime>
  <PrePadding>2</PrePadding>
  <PostPadding>5</PostPadding>
  <Quality>0</Quality>
  <Keep>0</Keep>
  <TimeslotStart>2012-12-26T17:50:00.0000000Z</TimeslotStart>
  <TimeslotEnd>2012-12-26T22:10:00.0000000Z</TimeslotEnd>
</Rules>

Also, what other elements would be present in <Rules> that would be for the different options (weekdays, weekends, all channels etc?).

Sorry, I'm being a bit lazy, I suppose I could just set up a recording with one of each and try to interpret the XML, but it would be useful to know for definite.

Cheers,
Brian

[sub]

If <Days> tag isn't present, then it's every day, and will display 'daily'.

If <Days> tag is present, then it'll only happen on the days specified. When display this, if it's Saturday and Sunday it'll display 'weekends'. If it's Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday, then it'll display 'weekdays'. If its a single day then it'll display 'weekly'.

[bgowland]

If <Days> tag isn't present, then it's every day, and will display 'daily'.

If <Days> tag is present, then it'll only happen on the days specified. When display this, if it's Saturday and Sunday it'll display 'weekends'. If it's Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday, then it'll display 'weekdays'. If its a single day then it'll display 'weekly'.

Thanks - it was the <Days> tag I hadn't picked up on.

It occurs to me I will have to set some test recordings with the various settings anyway so I can check it at the nDroid side of things but at least I know what I should be looking for now.

Cheers,
Brian

[bgowland]

On a related note...I tried an All Episodes / All Channels recurring recording. Should it show up like this?

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The "title like..." bit doesn't seem very user friendly (for non-tech people at least).

[sub]

Yeah 'all episodes / all channels' was a bit of an after thought, and really just creates an advanced rules recording behind the scenes. Not ideal, but it works.

[bgowland]

OK final question (hopefully).

I set up a weekdays, weekends and weekly recording as a test and get the following for the <Days> elements...

Code:

<Days>MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY</Days>
<Days>SUNDAY, SATURDAY</Days>
<Days>TUESDAY</Days>

So do you check for exact sting matches such as...

Code:

if (DaysString.equals("MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY")) {...}
if (DaysString.equals("SUNDAY, SATURDAY")) {...}

If so, the only way I can think of to tell a weekly recurring recording, i.e., for a single day would be to chack that `DaysString` doesn't contain a comma (or space). Or am I missing something?

Cheers,
Brian

[sub]

Assuming you're using the NextPVR objects for loading these from the database, like RecurringRecording.LoadByOID(x), then you can just do recurringRecording.PeriodDescription to get the same descriptions as NextPVR shows on the recordings screen. This class also has Boolean properties for Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/etc.

Behind the scenes the PeriodDescription uses those properties to do checks like:

Code:

if (Monday && Tuesday && Wednesday && Thursday && Friday && Saturday && Sunday)
                {
                    period += " (Daily)";
                }
                else if (Monday && Tuesday && Wednesday && Thursday && Friday)
                {
                    period += " (Week Days)";
                }
                else if (Saturday && Sunday)
                {
                    period += " (Weekends)";
                }
                else
...etc...

[bgowland]

Thanks again. No, I'm not using npvr objects as this is at the nDroid app end of things so I'm processing the XML from the local database match_rules field directly. The code you describe has given me a slightly different angle on what I was doing.

Cheers,
Brian