TVE3.5 and scheduling (1 Viewer)

[Stuart475898]

Thank you all for your replies.

I've been testing the MP scheduler without Argus for about a week now, and find that it just doesn't cut it. I've had it too good. With that in mind, I've started working on my own recording scheduler with web interface using PHP and SOAP calls to MPExtended. So far it is coming along nicely and has most of the functionally I usually use within Argus. Just need to get it to set programs to record, and work on the script that I will set to run on a daily basis after the XMLTV import so that any new programs matching my schedules can be set to record.

That said, will MP2 expose itself in a similar manner, or will a plugin be required? I ask as if the MP2 scheduler isn't up to scratch, hopefully I can quite easily port it.

 

[MrTechno]

Since you're connecting to the MP Scheduler via MPExtended in principle there's no reason why you couldn't go the same route for MP2.

 

[rudig]

Hi Stuart, are you planning on publishing this web interface so others can look at it and use it?

 

[Stuart475898]

I'm more than happy to put the source up online. I'll get it finished first, and clean up a few bits (don't want the Internet thinking I'm some cowboy developer). Will probably chuck it on github and then everyone is free to do with it whatever they want. I'll probably put it up with this licence, if any: http://www.wtfpl.net

 

[rudig]

Well I'm defenitly interested, I finally got my new Argus install running but there is no reason why I shouldn't try other alternatives....

 

[Stuart475898]

I would have been happy to stick with argus if it was nothing more than a scheduler. The trouble was though that it was separate to mediaportal in that it was it's own plugin for the server and client. I didn't like how I had to map channels and guides in MP, and then do the same again in argus. It should have just picked them up really.

The recordings were stored separately too, so I need to make a script to import them into MP now that I've moved back. I'll put that online too.

 

[rudig]

Where you using both recorder and scheduler of argus? Because I only map channels in Argus and importing of recordings I've never done that.
I use all Argus components, and rather like the web interface. But rc2.3 is not fully stable which is unfortunat

 

[Stuart475898]

At first I did but then I went back to using TVServer as part of my fault finding while having issues with stability. From what I remember it wasn't Argus which was the problem but something to do with the tuner drivers. Since then I have stuck with TVServer.

I would need to import the recordings because all of the data relating to them is stored within Argus' database rather than MP's which is a little frustrating. When using the Argus client plugin, it looks at the Argus DB, but when you switch back to normal MP, there is nothing in its DB so it shows as the recordings not existing. Having just had a quick look at the two different DBs, most fields should map 1:1 without any issues, and the ones remaining (e.g. genre) shouldn't matter anyway.

I didn't need to map channels within TVServer to use them on Argus, but I also wanted to make use of MPExtended which necessitated mapping them hence the duplication of effort. It's a shame really because Argus is good, but I just think the scheduler should do nothing more than provide a powerful scheduling system, and integrate as best as possible with MP.