For The Record - The rule-based scheduling suite (9 Viewers)

[dvdfreak]

I have just decided to try your program. Fisrt impressions are VERY GOOD. Thank you.

My question: If I want to try the webaccess, should the iis be running on the same server as the tvserver and the tvscheduler? Or can it be installed on another PC with iis and connect to the tvscheduler over the network?

It can run on any PC you like, as long as it's on your internal network (it will connect to the TV Scheduler service over net.tcp://, so simply edit the Web.config to change the connection settings).

 

[rekenaar]

Before I proceed with installing iis, do you have any plans to include a timeline view of all channels in the management console similar to the 2nd image of the web access? That is basically the only reason I want to install iis. For that timeline view.

 

[wunschkind]

hi dvdfreak,

according to the consecutive timeslots you wrote:

Yes you mean programs that are in consecutive timeslots, so for example:

Show A from 20:00 until 21:00.

Show B from 21:00 until 22:00.

This will give two upcoming programs, with overlap due to the pre and post-recording times. What I perhaps could do is detect this in my TVE3 plugin and remove the post-recording on show A and the pre-recording on show B before registering them with TVE3...

my idea was to have the possibility (perhaps a checkbox) to put timers A and B into one timer in such cases (20:00 until 22:00). this is because i have also set globally the pre and post recordtime in the tvserver and i like that funktion for other shows.

is it right that your idea with removing that pre and postrecords from A and B would not change the global pre and post?

thank you and have a nice day


wunschkind

 

[jrhessey]

Would there happen to be a guide on what I need to install in what order and what files need copied when like the xmltv file? I've the iis up and running, and trying to install the webserver, but nothing seems to be installed in the wwwroot folder and I can't find any xmltv file in team mp to get the console working... Thanks!

 

[BKCH]

Hi Jrhessey,

1. You can copy the tvguide.xml file into the directory after the service is up.

2. Did your TV Scheduler web install complete successfully? (When I installed TV Scheduler web it failed but I clicked close so quick I didn't notice - wasn't until I went looking for files in wwwroot that I noticed it didn't install.).

 

[dvdfreak]

Before I proceed with installing iis, do you have any plans to include a timeline view of all channels in the management console similar to the 2nd image of the web access? That is basically the only reason I want to install iis. For that timeline view.

The management console was never really meant as the GUI for TV Scheduler, it's more low-level access to its functions. So I don't immediately plan to add a "real" EPG to it, or a timeline view as you call it. It may happen, but certainly not in one of the next versions, there's more important stuff to do

By the way, you probably know this, but just wanted to point out that the EPG timeline view will be part of the next 1.0.11.0 release and is not yet present in the current release.

hi dvdfreak,

according to the consecutive timeslots you wrote:

Yes you mean programs that are in consecutive timeslots, so for example:

Show A from 20:00 until 21:00.

Show B from 21:00 until 22:00.

This will give two upcoming programs, with overlap due to the pre and post-recording times. What I perhaps could do is detect this in my TVE3 plugin and remove the post-recording on show A and the pre-recording on show B before registering them with TVE3...

my idea was to have the possibility (perhaps a checkbox) to put timers A and B into one timer in such cases (20:00 until 22:00). this is because i have also set globally the pre and post recordtime in the tvserver and i like that funktion for other shows.

is it right that your idea with removing that pre and postrecords from A and B would not change the global pre and post?

This is something that will have to be taken care of in the recording/scheduling algorithm, not the functionality that is currently in TV Scheduler. So perhaps TVE3 already handles this properly, don't know for sure. Or alternatively, if TV Scheduler grows to include actual recording/scheduling code this will certainly be looked at then.

 

[rekenaar]

Well, I installed the management console on my wife's PC, connected it to the lounge scheduler, and asked her to give it a go. What I am about to tell you, has not happened in a long long time: in only two minutes she has scheduled a lot of junk and she is very very impressed. I might just score tonight

I think I will skip the IIS part (when 1.0.11.0 is released).

With the management console I don't really see why I will need a web interface. That is apart from the EPG timeline view, but that is not crucial. I will keep on hoping that it stays on your todo list and that you will someday have a few spare hours to look at it.

 

[wunschkind]

thank you dvdfreak


wunschkind

 

[dvdfreak]

Well, I installed the management console on my wife's PC, connected it to the lounge scheduler, and asked her to give it a go. What I am about to tell you, has not happened in a long long time: in only two minutes she has scheduled a lot of junk and she is very very impressed. I might just score tonight

Hehe

I think I will skip the IIS part (when 1.0.11.0 is released).

With the management console I don't really see why I will need a web interface. That is apart from the EPG timeline view, but that is not crucial. I will keep on hoping that it stays on your todo list and that you will someday have a few spare hours to look at it.

The architecture of TV Scheduler is such that the core system runs as a bunch of WCF services, and the user can choose his own preferred client(s).

In your case that is apparently the management console itself, but for others this will be Web Access.

And more clients will follow: a GUI plugin for MediaPortal (1 and/or 2), a Windows Mobile client would be cool,... And perhaps there will be other ideas presented here on the forum...

 

[dvdfreak]

In the attached image, I have clicked on "Polish News" and said record Any Time. Then I unticked Only record new episodes and chose between 9am - 11am. I would expect that there would be only one show listed at the bottom, the 9:30am show.

I'm using English (Australia) as a language on both, if that makes any difference.

Just to keep you up-to-date: I know what the problem is and it is indeed due to your locale having AM/PM times. I'll fix this before the next release.