For The Record 1.6 (3 Viewers)

[dvdfreak]

I would like to announce the release of For The Record 1.6, the advanced rule-based scheduling system to record and watch your favorite TV programs in combination with MediaPortal as client and MediaPortal TV Server.

Features:

• Uses a Service Oriented Architecture to allow for great flexibility and extensibility, perfect for both single seat and multiseat.
• Includes Argus, a rock-solid native recorder/tuner for your digital BDA cards (for analog you can use TV server).
• Supports streaming live TV and radio (over RTSP and over UNC).
• Imports TV or radio guide data from standard XMLTV guide files.
• Has import wizard to import your old MediaPortal recordings and/or other video files.
• Uses a rule-based scheduling engine to give you unparalleled control over your schedules (see our site for the full power).
• Full recordings conflict management built-in with support for schedule priorities and special support for handling consecutive programs.
• Supports running post-processing commands (like comskip) on your recordings, live or directly after the recording, or at a fixed time (at night e.g., ideal for transcoding to MP4).
• Web Access front-end to allow access to your system from over the internet.
• MediaPortal 1.0.x plugin front-end to allow access to your TV Guide, recordings and schedules from your lazy seat in the living room.
• Management Console to give local and remote access to your For The Record system.
• IM-Bot service to enable your system to log into Windows Live Messenger so you can chat with it.
• Server Status Notifier tray application to help you keep an eye on your server's status.
• Full standby support including Wake-on-LAN for multi-seat systems (your client will wake up your server).
• Will notify you by e-mail if your For The Record system requires your attention.
• Supports secure HTTPS communication for use over the internet.
• Allows you to organize your TV channels into groups.
• Allows you to add logos for TV channels which can then easily be displayed in all front-ends.
• Supports fast TCP communication for high-performance use on your local network or over a secure VPN.
• The For The Record services API is documented so third-party tools can easily talk to the system.

More details and the download can be found on the site: www.4therecord.eu

Here are some screenshots of the different clients:

[size=+1]MediaPortal[/size]



[size=+1]Web Access[/size]




[size=+1]Management Console[/size]



[size=+1]IM-Bot and Server Status Notifier[/size]

 

[dvdfreak]

Here is the list of implemented changes since 1.3.3.3:

• Core: radio channels, radio channel groups and radio schedules are now supported (note: major API change!).
• Core: added teletext support for TV channels.
• Core: automatic creation of thumbnails for your recordings (.thmb files).
• Core: added optional channel broadcast time (start/stop) which makes sure pre/post-recording doesn't use time when the channel is not available (for example BBC which starts to transmit at 20:00).
• Core: processing commands can be set to be the default for television schedules, radio schedules or both.
• Core: it's now possible to select Windows Authentication for SQL Server during setup.
• Core: an unwatched recording is now only removed from the previously recorded history when it is deleted by automatic cleanup.
• Core: added a new service transport mode: Binary HTTPS (custom binding, much faster for remote access).
• Core: modified TV server recorder/tuner to use the new DVB-EPG hook (MP 1.0.1 only!).
• Core: added WCF reader quotas to service endpoints now (were already applied to client channels).
• Core: tweaked skipped recordings code: if a first recording had a conflict, but a repeat kicks in, the original conflict is removed since it's no longer an actual problem.
• Core: it's now possible to set a negative manual post-processing time for a recording to help resolve conflicts.
• Core: when recorder/tuners are initialized during startup any initial failures will not be logged until after the retries.
• Core: fixed MySQL create script for Unix-based MySQL systems.
• IM-Bot: added a bunch of new commands: cancel <program-number>, delete schedule <program-number>, record <program-number> { once | daily | weekly | workingdays | weekends | anytime } [ new | all ], search guide <text>, search result <title-number>, show channels <group>, show groups, show guide <channel> [day-number], uncancel <program-number>.
• IM-Bot: tweak to to close an open conversation with a contact when that contact goes offline or comes back online.
• IM-Bot: status command now also shows the live streams (if any).
• IM-Bot: added "tv" and "radio" commands.
• IM-Bot: now displays the basic server status as a personal message.
• MediaPortal: added a channel import wizard in the MediaPortal recorder/tuner.
• MediaPortal: tweaked code that handles skipping the pre-record on recordings for recordings that have just started.
• MediaPortal: added radio and teletext screens.
• MediaPortal: plugin will now only complain once if the core services couldn't be found.
• MediaPortal: the mini-guide in will now cycle through all your groups.
• MediaPortal (1.0.1 and 1.0.2): support the new 1.0.1 skins
• MediaPortal (1.0.1 and 1.0.2): skipping chapters (comskip) will now show the info bar with the number of minutes/seconds that were skipped.
• Management Console: TV guide panel has been replaced with a new full-blown EPG grid.
• Management Console: implemented connection profiles, command-line argument can be connection profile name to use now.
• Management Console: upcoming/active recordings now show (and sort by) the channel number.
• Management Console: added "Show Thumbnail" to Management Console's Recorded Programs popup menu.
• Management Console: shows the server name in the window title.
• Management Console: implemented multi-selection in the Recorded Programs treeview.
• Management Console: added pre- and post-record overrides to an upcoming program's context menu.
• Management Console: live TV/Radio panel now shows icons and supports the same context menu as the guide.
• Management Console: added icons to the program context menu in the Management Console.
• Management Console: programs in 's Live TV/Radio panel are now clickable.
• Management Console: guide panel now remembers its time and position.
• Web Access: rounded panels now use anti-aliased corners.
• Web Access: when editing a schedule, getting a group's channels is MUCH faster now.
• Web Access: implemented sorting for Upcoming Programs and Schedules.
• Management Console and Web Access: it's now possible to use AND, OR and NOT logic for all "Contains" rules.
• Management Console and Web Access: it's now possible to select "Not on channels" and "Not in categories" as a rule.
• Management Console and Web Access: implemented "OR" logic for (episode) title equals, starts with and episode number equals.
• Management Console and MediaPortal: channel "tunability" for live TV/Radio is now shown.
• MediaPortal TV Server 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 recorder/tuner now has auto-create possibility for both channels and groups for DVB-EPG.
• Server Status Tray App: implemented new custom status tooltip, way cooler!
• Server Status Tray App: now support Binary HTTPS for remote connections.
• Server Status Tray App: tweaked status tooltip form for Windows 7, to handle the situation when the icon is in the taskbar's popup window.
• Server Status Tray App: now shows any active live streams (in its popup and with its icon color).
• Changed setup to include MP 1.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 assemblies, making installation automatic on all systems.
• SD importer fixes for time zone correction and missing programs.

 

[Bussiebaer]

Thanks and gratulation for making a great software even better :-D

Especially love the new bot-commands and the new status tray tooltip, looks great!

 

[emphatic]

Great update!

Where do I find the settings for this?

"Core: added optional channel broadcast time (start/stop) which makes sure pre/post-recording doesn't use time when the channel is not available (for example BBC which starts to transmit at 20:00)"

Emph

 

[thesystemera]

Just wanted to say thanks man.. Been enjoying your RC for a fair bit now... Great plug-in

 

[cul8er]

Hi,

Thank you for a great update I really like it.

Now a question:
I try to get the radio part to work. My problem is that I have no TV Card that supports FM radio. I only have added web-stream radio channels in MP TVServer Configuration. All channels appears in 4TR but if I try to start any of them I get the error message "No Tuning Details". Is web-stream radio supported by 4TR or only "real" radio like FM radio via the TVCard?

best regards
cul8er

 

[dvdfreak]

Where do I find the settings for this?

"Core: added optional channel broadcast time (start/stop) which makes sure pre/post-recording doesn't use time when the channel is not available (for example BBC which starts to transmit at 20:00)"

In the Management Console's Channel panel, there you can edit the broadcast start and stop times (two columns).

 

[emphatic]

Where do I find the settings for this?

"Core: added optional channel broadcast time (start/stop) which makes sure pre/post-recording doesn't use time when the channel is not available (for example BBC which starts to transmit at 20:00)"

In the Management Console's Channel panel, there you can edit the broadcast start and stop times (two columns).

Thanks. Found a little bug. If I enter "21.00" in either start/stop field, this isn't saved. If I enter 9PM, it's saved as "21.00". Lucky for me I'm so clever.

Emph

 

[rekenaar]

Indeed a nice workaround you found

 

[dvdfreak]

Thanks. Found a little bug. If I enter "21.00" in either start/stop field, this isn't saved. If I enter 9PM, it's saved as "21.00". Lucky for me I'm so clever.

Interesting, we should be using the same locale for displaying as for parsing the time you enter. Does it work with 21:00 (so a : instead of a .)?

A minor thing, but I'll look at fixing this for the next maintenance release. What locale are you running in?