Rule-based TvScheduler service

[dvdfreak]

Originally Posted by The_Stig

See my edit above with log. Its on XP Pro SP2.

Yes, thanks! I think I know what the problem may be. During install I'm giving "Everyone" access to the "xmltv" subdirectory, and it seems that this may be giving problems on some XP machines.

And I think I just realized why: you are running a German XP, so there is no "Everyone" Darn, how stupid of me.

OK, let me check out how do do this properly, without using the english string...

UPDATE

OK, the problem should be fixed! I've replaced the setup in the first posting.

Let me know if everything works as it should now, sorry for the false start...

UPDATE 2

Install confirmed to work fine now, also on non-english Windows.

[The_Stig]

Seems to be issues with different xml currently. So users pls post some tvguide.xml's here for dvdfreak to test.

Here is mine:

http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com...php?show=13035

Regards.

[dvdfreak]

Originally Posted by The_Stig

Seems to be issues with different xml currently. So users pls post some tvguide.xml's here for dvdfreak to test.

Here is mine:

http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com...php?show=13035

Regards.

Yes, it seems WebEPG doesn't always (or even never?) provide a stop-time for programs. I'll have to take that into account, my XMLTV importer is rather strict at the moment.

Your guide will be a great help in helping me fix this issue.

Another thing: I never notice any episode-titles in your data. Is this a limitation of the guide source you are using? Or a limitation of WebEPG?

[The_Stig]

As we figured out it seems that many sources dont use the episode titles unfortunately...

[dvdfreak]

I just refreshed the TvScheduler.Setup.zip in the first posting. The following things are now fixed since the very first upload this morning:

• Fix for broken guide data: if a programme's stop time is missing the start time of the following program is used as a fallback (if there is a next programme).
• Encoding of XMLTV files is now read from the first line of the guide file.
• Bug fix: permission to xmltv directory for "Everyone" is now also working for non-english installations.

If you tested with the previous version I would suggest you delete all guide and channel data:

 DELETE FROM GuideProgram
 DELETE FROM TvChannel
 DELETE FROM GuideChannel

I will add a way to delete all program data to the next version of the Management Console so you don't have to run these SQL commands manually. But for now I'm afraid this is the only way

[dvdfreak]

Another refresh of the setup files.

I added more robust exception handling. If you get an "Unexpected error" messagebox in the Management Console, please check the system's Application event log (eventvwr.exe) for TvScheduler errors. Thanks!

[dvdfreak]

Has anyone had a chance to test this further?

Only one known issue so far:

• Scheduling something "On date:" crashes for some people, still waiting on feedback.

So either noone is testing this (if so, not so good ), or there are no further issues with the beta (if so, great )

[jake78]

Works very well for me.

I tried setting up a single recording for a program with the "On date:" an it didn't crash.

It took me a while to get the client/server connection but i works now, albeit a bit slow but it works.

It would be nice to get a calendar popup when choosing a date in the 'When' section. Another nice feature would be to be able to edit and delete recordings from the 'Upcoming recordings' and also create new function from the tvguide. One thing that annoyed me was the sorting of the channel list, it wasn't what I was used to. But I guess that'll come with time.

Other than that a great piece of software, just hope it will be integrated with TVE3 and MP.

// Jacob

I forgot to mention another feature request, to be able to set defaults like pre- and post recording times so I don't have to set them manually everytime.

// Jacob

[dvdfreak]

Originally Posted by jake78

Works very well for me.

I tried setting up a single recording for a program with the "On date:" an it didn't crash.

Cool! Are you using MySQL or SQL Express?

Originally Posted by jake78

It took me a while to get the client/server connection but i works now, albeit a bit slow but it works.

So are you using this multi-seat? Or is it even slow single-seat? Using the HTTP or the TCP connection?

Originally Posted by jake78

It would be nice to get a calendar popup when choosing a date in the 'When' section. Another nice feature would be to be able to edit and delete recordings from the 'Upcoming recordings' and also create new function from the tvguide. One thing that annoyed me was the sorting of the channel list, it wasn't what I was used to. But I guess that'll come with time.

For the calendar I'm using the standard DateTimePicker from .NET and I'm pretty sure it should have a popup (arrow on the right hand side), but perhaps for some reason it doesn't on your machine.

Cancelling recordings from the Upcoming Recordings screen will be possible, it's a feature I have not implemented yet. But thanks for mentioning this, it's definately an important feature!

Scheduling a new recording should be possible from the TV Guide: right-click on a program and you will get a popup menu with some recording options. If this doesn't work for you, let me know.

Also keep in mind this is only the management console for TvScheduler, so it's not supposed to be the way for an end-user to use the scheduler. It's definitely a big plus if you can do a lot from the console, but the real GUI should be in MediaPortal of course

Originally Posted by jake78

Other than that a great piece of software, just hope it will be integrated with TVE3 and MP.

// Jacob

Thanks!

Originally Posted by jake78

I forgot to mention another feature request, to be able to set defaults like pre- and post recording times so I don't have to set them manually everytime.

// Jacob

A settings form should be coming in the next version of the Management Console, I have indeed foreseen some global settings which include global pre- and post-recording times (that's why they are optional when you create a new schedule).

Thanks for the feedback!

[jake78]

I'm using SQL Express.

I'm running a single-seat and I have tried both TCP and HTTP from different machines? How can I change mode and IP address without reinstalling the client?

How does the service decide on what IP it listens to?

Regarding the scheduling in tv-guide, I was thinking more of a button to create a new clean custom rule. Like the one in 'Scheduled recordings'.

I think this it's a great GUI, especially using it via the network. I would probably use this type of GUI more.

As for the calendar popup, it works now... probably a bug in .NET.

// Jacob