For The Record 1.3.3 Released (4 Viewers)

[Khurram]

And are there no channel groups listed in that dialog? Perhaps an empty group is selected on top?

Also, realize that the channels shown in the Channels tab are the channels that are defined in For The Record (which you can then link to MP). So if you see doubles there, that means you should check the channels through the Management Console and clean them out there. Perhaps you imported channels from two different sources and created doubles that way?

After a lot of troubleshooting, I have found that the channel id attribute from WebEPG_Conf.xml file (the settings file generated by WebEPG_Conf.exe) should match the "externalId" column in the "channel" table in the database. Once this is the case, all mappings in both xmltv and 4TR are automatically generated correctly. In both cases, you dont have to do the mappings manually. In TVServer config, you do have to click the Save button on the Mappings tab after importing the guide. I have created a little access database which links to the MP database and some VBA code to make sure WebEPG_Conf.xml file and "externalId" settings are in sync and I am happy

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One thing which might not be readily apparent for the xmltv plugin is that anytime you have program info for a channel which wasnt there before, you have to refresh the mappings and save them (both on the second tab).

Perhaps seek help on our forum in the Web Access section. This looks like a very low-level error though and it does actually complain about "system.web.extensions" which is an AJAX assembly. I know you said you have AJAX 1.0 installed, but it seems to be related to that anyway.

The answer is at dot-i's post at For The Record - View topic - ForTheRecord 1.3.2 web interface: configuration error. Thanks.

One last request. It would be great if ForTheRecord can import settings from MP database which are common between the two. It already does this with channels; it would be great if it can import groups and guide info from MP also. Then there would be no need to add guide info to both MP and 4TR.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

dvdfreak

Can I ask you to edit your first post and clearly point out that users who install FTR, they will lose ALL Radio functions, until of course this is added into FTR in the future

This was brought up in a pm to me, so we need to make this crystal clear to your users.

 

[dvdfreak]

You won't really lose the radio channels, you just have to map them manually. What's disappointing right now is that they will show a blank screen while playing back (but you can just minimize full-screen playback of course) since they are treated as TV channels, but they do work. We have users that even schedule recordings on their radio channels (and use the custom recording file format feature to make sure these recordings end up in a different directory).

In any case, adding support for "real" radio channels is on the roadmap!

 

[petsa]

Hi dvdfreak,

I face the challenge of "losing" all radio-channels when migrating to 4TR. Having said that the functionality of 4TR still makes it worth-while.

I use instead a plugin called RadioTime which gives you access to a lot of internet-based radio stations. Perhaps something to recommend as an intermediate step?

/Peter

 

[jameson_uk]

After a few oddities with the DVB EPG not getting populated I think everything is now up and running so now I have a few questions...

First of is standby. I understand I now need to the standard XP standby power options rather than powerscheduler. If this is the case what prevents the machine going to standby whilst a recording is in place?

Secondly is channel numbers. Is there anyway to get the channel numbers to be same as they are on DVB-T (a WAF issue)??

Thirdly how does it work when all the tuners are being used?? Does it prevent live TV stopping a recording in progress?

Fourthly does the autoskip function work with Comskip files?

 

[vuego]

Fourthly does the autoskip function work with Comskip files?

yes

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

First of is standby. I understand I now need to the standard XP standby power options rather than powerscheduler. If this is the case what prevents the machine going to standby whilst a recording is in place?

Windows recognises recording as a activity, and is prevented from standby.

Secondly is channel numbers. Is there anyway to get the channel numbers to be same as they are on DVB-T (a WAF issue)??

Did not know they are different, but you are right LCN does no longer work, i have 33 channels enabled and they will only work as their respective number in the channel guide, ie 1 to 33.

Thirdly how does it work when all the tuners are being used?? Does it prevent live TV stopping a recording in progress?

Switches to the channel to be recorded, unless you deliberately stop it.

 

[dvdfreak]

First of is standby. I understand I now need to the standard XP standby power options rather than powerscheduler. If this is the case what prevents the machine going to standby whilst a recording is in place?

For The Record

Secondly is channel numbers. Is there anyway to get the channel numbers to be same as they are on DVB-T (a WAF issue)??

We'll be adding this soon, but unfortunately in the 1.3.2 release there are no logical channel numbers yet.

Thirdly how does it work when all the tuners are being used?? Does it prevent live TV stopping a recording in progress?

Yes, recordings will always take precedence over live TV. So the live TV stream will be "kicked out" if the card is needed for a recording. The other way around, which is more what you asked, live TV will not start if a recording is in progress and no free card is found (it will report this through a message box).

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

re comskip, that needs to be the very first thing setup, otherwise any existing programs to be recorded will not be scanned by comskip.

Really would like this option changed in management console to include existing and not just new.

 

[dvdfreak]

Really would like this option changed in management console to include existing and not just new.

Yes, a manual execution of post-processing steps from the "Recorded Programs" channels could be a cool feature to add. In bulk is more difficult since the post-processing steps are generic, For The Record can't really know if they have ever run for a program. But allowing you to do this manually would certainly be a good step forward, right?