For The Record 1.3.3 Released (3 Viewers)

[dvdfreak]

I don't have the "REC"-symbol anywhere, not even in MyTV.

OK, we'll look at this for 1.3.1.

 

[disaster123]

dvdfreak
have you received my PM?

 

[dvdfreak]

As with many people I wanted to be able to import my existing MP recordings into the ForTheRecord database, so I've made a little utility to do just that.

Brilliant!

Just one remark: For The Record likes its recording files to be on a share since in a multi-seat setup clients can be anywhere on your network.

So do you do any mapping from a C:\ path to a UNC path in your import tool?

Perhaps you could also post this tool on the For The Record forum in its own thread, it will make it easier for people to give feedback then. Perhaps in the "Other Resources" section e.g.?

 

[Bagal]

.... thank you for that. i tried your importer and it works well but i have a problem here with my old recordings (which i did on german premiere and other channels). the channelnames are different now so your plugin cannot import them. for example i have some recordings made on "MDR FERNSEHEN" but now my provider calls it "MDR Thüringen". would it be possible to do something here?

Hi wunschkind,

That's something I've noticed as well. I'll look into fixing it in the next couple of days.

Thanks,
Bagal.

Brilliant!

Thanks!

Just one remark: For The Record likes its recording files to be on a share since in a multi-seat setup clients can be anywhere on your network.

So do you do any mapping from a C:\ path to a UNC path in your import tool?

Nope, no mapping, hasn't been a problem for me as I've always used UNC paths. I'll look into adding this in.

Perhaps you could also post this tool on the For The Record forum in its own thread, it will make it easier for people to give feedback then. Perhaps in the "Other Resources" section e.g.?

Ok, I'll go and post it there now.

Thanks,
Bagal.

 

[Bleazle]

I'm having no luck installing this

I get halfway through installation and get this message:



I'm running MP 1 RC3 + TVServer with all of the prerequisites in place and have shared the Recorder TV folder. System set-up is as shown under my avatar. Note: Login to SQL Server works during installation.

I've tried installing FTR with Core Services/Web Access/IM-Bot selected and with just Core Services selected - no difference (deleted FTR database from SQL Server before re-installing).

Any ideas? What other info do I need to provide? Hopefully I'm just screwing something basic up

 

[Bagal]

The error message says that there was a logon failure, so what user account have you used to setup the ForTheRecord service?
You can check this clicking the start menu, choosing run and then entering 'services.msc' and hitting enter.
In the services window, find 'For The Record Core Services' in the list and then look at the 'Log On As' column.

 

[Bleazle]

... run and then entering 'services.msc' and hitting enter.
In the services window, find 'For The Record Core Services' in the list and then look at the 'Log On As' column.

Thanks for the quick reply! As suspected I was doing something DUMB! - I had already looked at the services.msc (as per the installation guides - for once I had read them ) but still couldn't work out what was going on until you mentioned "Log On As" - the mistake I had made was to enter a password when setting up FTR but NOT having one set up on my OS

So I have sorted that and the installation has gone fine When I get a chance later on (because I should be working right now..) I'll have a go at getting everything set up....

Thanks again!

....OK so I decided not to do any work and to try to get this working but it's not going as planned....

I can "ping" TVServer from FTR Management Console but when I go to TVServer/Plugins/FTR and look at the second tab (Channels) there's nothing there Is this something to do with the fact that I get my guide info via my DVB-S card(s)? Does this have to be converted to an XML file? If so, how?....

I selected "DVB-EPG overwrites XMLTV" in the server settings of the Management Console but this made no difference...

 

[dvdfreak]

You should indeed either import an XMLTV file (recommended) or turn on DVB-EPG syncing in the TV Server plugin to use the DVB information (less recommended).

Check out the XMLTV section of this forum, or of the For The Record forum for ways of getting XMLTV data.

 

[Bleazle]

Will do - I'll have a look at it the next time I have a rainy weekend here (which is every weekend at the moment - Spring weather).

Yesterday I got to a point where I could see the TV channels listed but no guide info in the Mngmnt Console so I'm getting closer..

One more question - why is XMLTV preferred over DVB? I've found DVB-S much less hassle to set up and use - I'd hate to (and won't) go back to using XMLTV...

One other thing ( ) I know the ForTheRecord MP Recordings Importer isn't part of FTR but I used it yesterday to import my recorded TV into FTR and was surprised to see that it didn't import my "old" recorded TV (i.e. TV recorded before I upgraded to MP1 RC3 - I was still using 0.2.3.0 until a few weeks ago). I take it there is no way to import these programmes into FTR then? I know I can access them through "My Videos" but not having the EPG info is a bit of a bummer..

Either way I'm looking forward to getting FTR up and running (and then an X-Face "version" being available )

Dave

 

[dvdfreak]

One more question - why is XMLTV preferred over DVB? I've found DVB-S much less hassle to set up and use - I'd hate to (and won't) go back to using XMLTV...

XMLTV generally provides much more detailed information, like the episode title, the director, the actors of a movie, etc...

And the richer your guide data, the better your scheduling rules work, so that's why it's the preferred source ...