[Resolved] Scanning during Live TV (1 Viewer)

[PureLoneWolf]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

Thanks

I will give this a try ASAP...should I make sure that I update to the latest version of MP-TVSeries before I try this DLL though?

Thanks

 

[ltfearme]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

I will give this a try ASAP...should I make sure that I update to the latest version of MP-TVSeries before I try this DLL though?

It should not matter.

 

[ltfearme]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

Sorry there is no other way built into the plugin except for detecting fullscreen video. I guess it fails for you, maybe everyone for LiveTV. Its possible LiveTV does not use g_Player which is used to check fullscreen state (can anyone confirm?).

For now I would change the schedule to every 60mins so its less of an impact or buy a better system

Which method or variable do you check ?

Tony

Interesting, I had a look at code and could of sworn I was using some member variable from g_Player. Apparently Not! Im using:

bool isFullscreen = false;
if (GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow == (int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_VIDEO)
  isFullscreen = true;
return isFullscreen;

I had a look through the window enum and there is a WINDOW_TVFULLSCREEN entry as well so will add that.

Here is a test dll.

Having a deeper look at the code, GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo might be the better property to use. Any MediaPortal developers care to comment on the best method?

 

[mastyman]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

Here is a test dll.

this test dll is no longer scanning during LiveTV and Recordings when "Scan Remote Shares while Fullscreen video is active" is unticked

00000006 - 21/01/2012 4:51:18 p.m. - File Watcher: Performing File Scan on Import Paths for changes
00000006 - 21/01/2012 4:51:18 p.m. - File Watcher: Fullscreen Video has been detected, aborting file scan

 

[PureLoneWolf]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

I can confirm that my stuttering issues are a thing of the past

Absolutely superb, thank you very much

Will this DLL be included in future updates? Or should I keep hold of it?

 

[ltfearme]

The change has already been applied to SVN, so it will be included in next release.

 

[tourettes]

Just a quick question. Will the background scan get paused / interrupted if TV or video playback is started during the scan that is in progress? As the scan could last for many minutes (?) in large collections so it could still cause occassional stuttering if it wont get paused / cancelled.

 

[ltfearme]

Once its started it continues until finished. Perhaps in future release could pause it.

 

[tourettes]

Re: Scanning during Live TV

Having a deeper look at the code, GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo might be the better property to use. Any MediaPortal developers care to comment on the best method?

It might be safer to use as I think it would be wise to disallow the scan to be done even when the video / tv is playing in a small overlay (stuttering would be visible there and then it wouldn't cause toggling between scan / not scan when user might be in EPG etc.)

    /// <summary>
    /// Get/Set whether a a movie (or livetv) is currently playing
    /// </summary>
    public static bool IsPlayingVideo

It gets set on every Process() pass with:

GUIGraphicsContext.IsPlayingVideo = (g_Player.IsVideo || g_Player.IsTV);

 

[tourettes]

Once its started it continues until finished. Perhaps in future release could pause it.

Yep, it would be good to pause it as following common use cases could still have stuttering on some systems:

#1 start MP or resume HTPC
#2 do something (listen to music for example)
#3 scan starts
#4 user starts BD / video / tv

or

#1 start tv
#2 go to EPG
#3 scan starts
#4 go back to full screen tv

Later one could be fixed by using the IsPlayingVideo().