RFC Recordings Import Utility

[mvallevand]

Ray how do you expect to play those files in v5? I can certainly expand this logic since Kodi can play them, but I didn't want to impact the web app the logic is the same regardless of the extention. Certainly if sub allowed a status code for non ts files it might make it easier.

Martin

[sub]

Ray how do you expect to play those files in v5?

Non .ts recordings should play fine in NextPVR.exe. There is a bug that stops them playing in the web app, but I've fixed that for the next build.

[mvallevand]

Great. Are there any hard coded rules like you had for the PCH on what file types could be played or can it be any type?

Martin

[sub]

It should play anything that ffmpeg can transcode. I've only confirmed mp4/mkv though.

[mvallevand]

Expanding this to the non ts file does open things to a world of file name parsing that I hadn't first considered and I want to no what I am looking.  I want the recording names to look clean in NextPVR

To help me could some Windows users run the attached program(it is the start for this utility but I have disabled most thing).  As it is now it scans all your drives for  mpg, ts, avi, mkv and mp4 file and creates a file in NPVR-data called 4martin.txt

It shouldn't show ts file that are in the v5 database.

To use, unzip the file into  Program File\NextPVR

run  NextImport

open 4martin.txt  in an editor edit out what you don't want to send me then zip or even better copy from the editor into pastebin.com and post the save pastebin URL here or as a PM

Thanks.

Martin

[Bobins]

Hi Martin,
Downloaded, unzipped and placed in the Nextpvr directory.
When I run nextimport, a DOS window opens for a brief second and then closes. No 4martin.txt file is produced.
If I keep running the programme, I can just make out there's an unhandled exception before the window closes.
The windows error log tells me there's a problem with NUtility manifest definition not matching the assembly reference.
Suggestions?
Ray

Oh and 99% of my .mkv or .mp4 playback would be using the local NPVR client (not web browser) or occasionally Kodi.

[mvallevand]

Rather than clicking you might need to go to the command prompt and type

cd \Program Files\NextPVR
NextImport

Failing that I might need to compile for release not debug. Let me know and thanks for testing.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Rather than clicking you might need to go to the command prompt and type

cd \Program Files\NextPVR
NextImport

Failing that I might need to compile for release not debug.  Let me know and thanks for testing.

Martin

That works.

The 4martin file was in C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data

k.
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[Bobins]

Martin.

Looking at JKSMURFS output file, there's no example you'd get from me that isn't included in his file.
Most of my imports are named in the format Show Title - SxxExx - Episode Title.mkv or Show Title - SxxExx.mkv.
If it's a film, it would just have Title.mkv
Directory wise, I don't separate show series into sub directories so one directory would hold all of Series 1 / 2 /3 etc. although I know other people do use sub directories.

Ray

[mvallevand]

Thanks @jksmurf that covers a good set of files.

What I am still hoping to find

- Movies with year
- resolution and audio information in the filename (so I can strip it)
- some crap after s/e that should also be stripped off group name
- filenames that start with S/E

Not that NFO and XML files will override the filenames but there still is junk.

Martin