For The Record - The rule-based scheduling suite (7 Viewers)

[dvdfreak]

Probably I have missed it, but is there function about the re-runs inbuild now? I mean if I schedule a series recording which has re-runs in the morning with same epg-info, do they get recorded (if I dont make any limitations to the timeslot when it should be recorded)?

Yes, simply tick the "New episodes only" checkbox in the When section. The algorithm also takes into account what has been previously recorded by the way.

EDIT: And again another suggestion: How about grouping the suggestions (maybe alerts too)? Reason: I created a suggestion with description contains "New York" and Genre "Dokumentation". Then I have about 30 Suggestions but 20 of them are re-runs. So what about the following view:

- Show A
+Show B
- Show B (Date/Time)
- Show B (Date/Time) and so.

You only see the Reruns of Show B if you click on the + before Show B.

You see what I mean?

Yes, sort of a group-by-title mode, right? So it will collapse everything with the same title (regardless of the episode title/number). I'll put it on my list of good ideas

 

[The_Stig]

Great news! Thx!

 

[dvdfreak]

Some systems have First Day of Week set to Sunday and not Monday. Could this be the source of wunschkind's problem?

I have found the problem. On SQL (Express) the DATEFIRST variable defines what the first day of the week is. I've taken this into account now and the next version should send a correct query to the database!

Let's hope MySQL has no similar surprises in store

 

[StaticMan]

Unfortunately I don't know anything about recording cards, so I can't do conflict management So you'll have to handle conflicts within MP.

What about something really basic?
I don't know what other peoples setups are but my system has 2 tuners which have identical channels. If TvS just had a drop down menu where I could tell it the number of shows it's allowed to record at once, I think it would fix a lot of the conflict issues (At least for me).

 

[vertiger]

I have an problem with Version 1.0.0.8:
- the service stops itself (yesterday, i made a fresh install (of everything) on my htpc and tv-scheduler run just fine but today it just stops, if i try to start it)

TvScheduler.log:

02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Information][TvScheduler]: Starting service.
02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Information][TvScheduler]: Starting WCF service hosts.
02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Information][TvScheduler]: Starting XMLTV import thread.
02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Information][XMLTV Import]: Thread started.
02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Information][TvScheduler]: Service started.
02.12.2007 10:04:05 [Error][TvScheduler]: Die Ereignisprotokolldatei ist voll
02.12.2007 10:04:10 [Information][XMLTV Import]: Deleting old guide programs.

on my dev-pc i have the version from 23.11.07, which runs fine for a while now

i also have a question:
Can you integrate an option (for the recording rules) to record every title only once? (i don't want to record every repetition of a movie) I have tried the new episodes only option, which do not change the fact that all re-runs of a movie are recorded.


btw: nice feature for mp, i think this is a must-have

 

[dvdfreak]

I have an problem with Version 1.0.0.8:
- the service stops itself (yesterday, i made a fresh install (of everything) on my htpc and tv-scheduler run just fine but today it just stops, if i try to start it)

Your system't even-log is full apparently. Open up eventvwr.exe and clear the Application log. It may also be a good idea to right-click, select Properties and then set it to overwrite entries as needed (it's probably set to 7 days now).

i also have a question:
Can you integrate an option (for the recording rules) to record every title only once? (i don't want to record every repetition of a movie)

btw: nice feature for mp, i think this is a must-have

Thanks!

Recording a title only once is indeed not possible, but it is possible to record episodes only once. If you want to record a movie, why use a repeating schedule at all? Just schedule it to record, on set date and around time. Use the "On Date:" rule and don't use "On days:", and everything will work just fine.

 

[vertiger]

I have an problem with Version 1.0.0.8:
- the service stops itself (yesterday, i made a fresh install (of everything) on my htpc and tv-scheduler run just fine but today it just stops, if i try to start it)

Your system't even-log is full apparently. Open up eventvwr.exe and clear the Application log. It may also be a good idea to right-click, select Properties and then set it to overwrite entries as needed (it's probably set to 7 days now).

thanks, clearing the event log helped - never had any problem with that

i also have a question:
Can you integrate an option (for the recording rules) to record every title only once? (i don't want to record every repetition of a movie)

btw: nice feature for mp, i think this is a must-have

Thanks!

Recording a title only once is indeed not possible, but it is possible to record episodes only once. If you want to record a movie, why use a repeating schedule at all? Just schedule it to record, on set date and around time. Use the "On Date:" rule and don't use "On days:", and everything will work just fine.

i want to record every movie from one actor, so i set a rule with describtion containing the actors name. The scheduler finds every movie - thats good. But he also wants to record every re-run - not so good (on some channels the movies are repeated many time).

 

[dvdfreak]

i want to record every movie from one actor, so i set a rule with describtion containing the actors name. The scheduler finds every movie - thats good. But he also wants to record every re-run - not so good (on some channels the movies are repeated many time).

Ah yes, I see now. Yes, it would make sense to add a "Record same title only once" checkbox somewhere then. If that description is clear enough... There should be no confusion between "New episodes only" and the new checkbox.

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The link is ok I have other schedules on BBC TWO. and they have recorded fine.
Data for BBC TWO in the guide is complete until midnight on the 2nd Dec then no more.
I will try 1.0.0.8.

Thanks for sending me your database backup. I was perfectly able to reproduce the problem, and the answer is very simple:

All programs after the 2nd of december are in december 2008(!), not 2007. So it's logical they don't show up in the guide. In fact, there is guide data starting from 1st of december of 2008.

So it's clear to me your import went bad. Either because of a bug in my XMLTV importer, or because the data you fed was indeed one year into the future (for some reason). Can you check your XMLTV guide?

 

[dvdfreak]

For StaticMan and for all else who may be interested, here is the source to my TVE3 plugin. It shows how the TvScheduler connection is initialized, and afterwards how the service agents are used to talk to TvScheduler's services.

 

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dvdfreak

A while back you showed some screenshots of a webinterface, how is this coming along?