Temporary Log file Folder

[hdpvr-doug8796]

Good morning,

I was trying to find where else Log files reside besides C:\Users\Public\NPVR.  I have written a code that will send haupblast.exe after NRecord.log hasn't been modified for around 4 hrs.  However, the log file takes 2 minutes to register when opening on another device.  Is there a temporary location for the file?

Note: I did not find it in AppData

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That's the only logs (unless you're using registry settings for extra logs, which get created in c:\temp, but these contain other specialist messages that aren't relevant to this).

However, the log file takes 2 minutes to register when opening on another device.

I'm not really sure what you mean by that. It opens the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\logs\nrecord.log file, and writes to the file whenever there is a log message.

[hdpvr-doug8796]

Thanks, so I have noticed that if it is currently recording but the log file does not immediately changed. I may have to modify my code. Does nrecord.exe only exist in taskmgr during a recording? I could use that as part of my code to avoid changing channels mid recording.

Edit: The log file updated after 20 minutes, so it took a while. I am going to have to refine my code so I avoid using my stb idle script from interfering. But my question remains.

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Thanks, so if it is currently recording but the log file has not changed.  I may have to modify my code.  Does nrecord.exe only exist in taskmgr during a recording? I could use that as part of my code to avoid changing channels mid recording.

NRecord.exe is always running in the background.

Does your set top box not have a setting to turn off power save mode?

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Otherwise you can probably set the blaster to some batch file, and in there do some checks before running the blaster to change channels. Those checks might be something like "if it's been more than four hours since this batch file was last called, send power on command". I know that's not exactly the logic you were trying to perform, but pretty close.

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or your blaster batch file might use the window scheduler, setting a re-wake batch file to run four hours in the future. That re-wake batch file, would send the wake up command, then again schedule itself to run in four hours.

[hdpvr-doug8796]

Thats actually what my code does. Can you look at it and see if there is something that can help avoid changing in that 20 min time frame that the log isnt shown as being modified?

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It is set on 4 hr schedule. I am just afraid ill be pvr recording and then it will send before the .log has told it that it is currently up to date.

It's kind of like a blood moon, but it is possible.

Perhaps check to see if new files are made in the recordings folder within the last 20 minutes?

[mvallevand]

If you just want to know if it is recording

curl -s "http://ip:8866/service?method=recording.list&filter=ready" | findstr ">Recording<"

Martin

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Yep, that'd be a better approach

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Actually even better...

NScriptHelper.exe -isinuse