TsBufferExtractor plugin for TvServer (2 Viewers)

[regeszter]

v0.5.0.0: ask the user to save the buffer (the timeout of the dialog is 10 sec)

 

[WildcardNZ]

Hi there, this plugin is brilliant thank you for your efforts! I use Mediaportal as the back end and drive it from Kodi/XBMC. This means unfortunately there is no popup to ask me to save the time shift buffer inside Kodi. So is it possible for the plugin to always record the timeshift buffer for a manual recording without the user having to click 'save' because obviously no save box pops up inside Kodi. Thank you.

 

[regeszter]

Hi there, this plugin is brilliant thank you for your efforts! I use Mediaportal as the back end and drive it from Kodi/XBMC. This means unfortunately there is no popup to ask me to save the time shift buffer inside Kodi. So is it possible for the plugin to always record the timeshift buffer for a manual recording without the user having to click 'save' because obviously no save box pops up inside Kodi. Thank you.

Try the TsBufferExtractor_v0.4.1.mpe1

 

[WildcardNZ]

Thank you for the prompt response, that seems to have worked

 

[Wbunaarf]

Should this plugin still work with 1.12? If so I need to do some structured testing because it doesn't seem to do anything here.

//W

 

[regeszter]

Yes, it should. Please send me the logs to check the issue.

 

[Wbunaarf]

OK, I cleared the logs and restarted MP as well as TVE. I then tuned a channel, waited for a new show to begin, waited a while longer, started a manual recording, waited yet a while and then stopped it.

//W

 

[regeszter]

OK, I cleared the logs and restarted MP as well as TVE. I then tuned a channel, waited for a new show to begin, waited a while longer, started a manual recording, waited yet a while and then stopped it.

//W

Please enable the TsBufferExtractorClient plugin on the client.

 

[Wbunaarf]

Please enable the TsBufferExtractorClient plugin on the client.

OK, that indeed made a difference...

I've squeezed in some testing. First, I started timeshifting, waited for a while and the pressed record. I received a confirmation request...



...but before I had the time (yeah, I was really slow) to press 'yes' this requester was replaced by a recording notification

(note the times)

and then a second notification

(again, note the times).

In this case the buffer wasn't saved (not completely unexpected since I didn't actually confirm, but not ideal). I didn't get the logs here since the kids demanded attention...


During lunch I did a second test run (logs attached). Again I started timeshifting before a show started, waited a few minutes, started recording and acknowledged the confirmation request. This time the buffer was saved, and if I remember correctly only on recording notification was shown, but it /seems/ as it was saved from start rather than from the program's beginning which I expected



For some reason the buffer recording is shown with length 0 in MP



but not in explorer



Also, personally I would have preferred if the buffer recording didn't have 'from buffer' in the title preventing it from being showed in a 'folder' with the main recording.

//W

 

[regeszter]

I've squeezed in some testing. First, I started timeshifting, waited for a while and the pressed record. I received a confirmation request...

Your setting is to save buffer from beginning of the show if available. If not, it saves buffer from the last channel change. According to your logs the timeshifting was not started when the show stated (minus your pre-record time) so the buffer was saved from last channel changing.

In this case the buffer wasn't saved (not completely unexpected since I didn't actually confirm, but not ideal).

It is ok because it is the design.

Again I started timeshifting before a show started

Yes, but not from the start time - pre-record time.

For some reason the buffer recording is shown with length 0 in MP

I is a bug. I need to check it.