CDK scheduler priority questions (JRock)

[garetmax]

Hi JRock,

I had some questions about the CDK scheduler. Jorm suggested I post over here for you to see it.

I'm still not sure what determines which has the highest priority between multiple season recordings? Is it first in gets priority? Does this apply to an Xrecord season recording or season recording set from the core GB-PVR program? When I look at my re-occuring shows in Xrecord the list is constantly changing order. Why is this doing this?

What determines which has the highest priority between a Xrecord season recording and a Xrecord CDK scheduler recording?

I can adjust the Xrecord CDK schedule priority list for a CDK show versus CDK show to change that priority, but I don't see how to do it for these scenarios.

A) Xrecord season show vs Xrecord season show
B) Xrecord CDK show vs Xrecord season show
C) regular manual recording show done in Xrecord vs Xrecord season show
D) regular manual recording show done in Xrecord vs Xrecord CDK show

Sorry if my post is confusing.

Thanks
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[jrockintuitive]

You should either use CDK through xrecord or normal recording functions (also can be done through XRecord).

If you use both this is what will happen:
"Built in" scheduler will schedule based on a last in highest priority.
Then CDK will schedule based on it's priority (top of the list is highest priority in XRecord)
However, by default (this can be changed) CDK will assume already scheduled shows are higher priority.
Therefore the "built in" scheduler will have higher priority then CDK. Unless, of course, a show is scheduled in both CDK and "built in" scheduler


Now I'm sorry if I confused you.

[garetmax]

I'm still confused and having problems.

I want to clarify that these really aren't big problems for me as I'm recording tons of movies that I like which is incredible. GB-PVR and the plugins that have been made have totally exceeded my expectations. I really am very happy with the whole GB-PVR setup and am amazed at the amount of work and dedication of this whole community.

I like to tweak my programs, so that is why I am trying to figure this out. I'm kind of neurotic also and like to get things just right.

I use a combination of scheduling options which could be part of my problem.

I use:

1) CDK scheduler through Xrecord. (I don't have the standalone CDK scheduler program without Xrecord)

- One thing I noticed within the last couple days is that when typing on my keyboard in CDK, the "r" and "f" keys don't work. They do work on my keyboard for word/excel. I'm pretty sure they worked before as I had over a hundred shows typed in to CDK without a problem.

- I will probably re-load Xrecord and see if that fixes it, unless there is another fix for it.


2) Fast Find through Xrecord.

- I set up to record The Daily Show using Fast Find through Xrecord, just by going into the "schedule" button, "this timeslot and channel", and it picked up the 11:00PM shows and also the 11:30 PM shows. In the "reoccuring" list in Xrecord it only shows it will record from 11:00PM to 11:30PM though.

If I set up to record The Daily Show using the "advanced" button, and then using the "more" and "power" button options, either A) it leaves this screen when I save but nothing gets scheduled or B) I get an error right away when I save and nothing gets scheduled. Here is the error it gives: "Error: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute".


3) Fast Find standalone not in Xrecord.

- Does having a standalone Fast Find program conflict with the Xrecord Fast Find? I seem to have the same issues as with the Xrecord fast find program when using this one.


4) Manual Recording in Xrecord.

- I actually just tried using this for the first time to schedule "The Daily Show" for Mon-Fri at 11:00PM to 11:30PM. A couple shows entered the pending list, but are shown over a week from now and showing 8:00PM to 8:00PM. It didn't schedule next weeks shows which it should have. When I posted previously about using manual recordings, I actually meant manually setting up recordings using fast find in Xrecord.

5) TV Guide built in core program.

- When I schedule The Daily Show at 11:00PM, it schedules everything from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM which I don't want because there are re-runs on at 11:30PM. I think I saw a post somewhere about tweaking the config.xml but I'm too burned out right now to look for it.

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Whew!

[jrockintuitive]

The combination of CDK (through XRecord or otherwise) and the built in scheduler is causing the problem.

In FastFind - use the Advanced button.
To schedule items in CDK through a TV Guide use Guide2J

[KingArgyle]

Also, if you are trying to just record the Daily Show on a certain Day of the Week and a certain time period, you can use the Advance or Power options in XRecord to set a show to record by a particular day of the week only, and also limit the time to a specific time range as well.

Code:

<Recording priority="15">
    <Channel>28</Channel>
        <ProgramName>The Daily Show</ProgramName>
        <Quality>Custom2</Quality>
        <CaptureSource>1</CaptureSource>
        <Duplicates>
            <Recorded>Yes</Recorded>
            <Scheduled>No</Scheduled>
        </Duplicates>
        <LimitDays>
            <DaysOfWeek>Wednesday</DaysOfWeek>
        </LimitDays>
        <ScheduleTime>
            <Start time="23:00"/>
            <End time="23:30"/>
        </ScheduleTime>
</Recording>

The above is the XML that XRecord could generate using the advance/power option to schedule. Basically what it says is record the Daily Show only on Wednesdays between 11:00pm and 11:30pm on Channel 28 (my Comedy Channel). Go ahead an record Duplicates, but don't Schedule a duplicate.

I know that you can get this specific with XRecord as Jrock and I worked with Jorm over several months to get all the various options working.

I personally don't use GBPVR as a front end so I do all my scheduling by modifying the XML file directly.

[garetmax]

I unchecked the default tv guide and am now using guide2J however I still have all of the same problems as before.

I've re-installed GB-PVR, Xrecord, and guide2J but still have problems.

I even have more problems now when I just select a show in guide2J - GBPVR gives me the error:
"Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

What can be happening or better yet how do I fix this? Anyone else have these issues?

[jorm]

post the log after the exception

[garetmax]

Which log do I look at? I looked at some of the text files, but I don't see anything updating or showing errors after I have the error.

Also, I wonder if my season recordings that were set up with the default tv guide are conflicting with guide2J and Xrecord that I now use. Should I delete those original season recordings and make them from Xrecord?

I've reinstalled GB-PVR over top of the GB-PVR to fix problems. Should I delete everything first and start from scratch again?

[garetmax]

I finally figured out the logging. I had to put it to the "debug" level in GB-PVR config.

Here are the offending errors in my gbpvr.exe.log file.


7/18/2005 08:35:42.856 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="ActorInfoBioBackground"]/DrawImage[@filename="@Poster"]

7/18/2005 08:35:42.856 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="ActorInfoGalleryBackground"]/DrawImage[@filename="@Poster"]

7/18/2005 08:35:42.856 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="ActorInfoMoviesBackground"]/DrawImage[@filename="@Poster"]

7/18/2005 08:35:57.868 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]

7/18/2005 08:35:57.868 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]