workround for illegal foldername problem (1 Viewer)

[Paul Shirley]

The problem: programme names ending in '..' or '...' in a series schedule fail to record, because Windows cannot name folders with trailing dots. UK Freeview just had a bunch of programmes appear with this naming.

Quick workround is altering the series recording template in TVServer config - if it contains
%title%\
add a character between % and \
%title%-\
seems to work. Remember to reapply it when upgrading to RC4...

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Hi Paul

Which source of epg does this apply too, dvb or xml, if xml which grabber are you using.

 

[Paul Shirley]

The broadcast dvb EPG data for UK Freeview. The Radio Times XMLTV feed appears to complete the names and avoid the problem.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Can you give me a couple of names to test out, just so i can confirm this behaviour.

Thanks

 

[Paul Shirley]

Most recent failure was "X:\PVR\BBC 7 - Linda Smith's A Brief History of...\BBC 7 - Linda Smith's A Brief History of... - - 2008-11-21 - 17_00.ts":

channel "BBC 7"
programme "Linda Smith's A Brief History of..."
record template "%channel% - %title%\%channel% - %title% - %episode% - %date% - %start%"

MP manages to create "BBC 7 - Linda Smith's A Brief History of... - - 2008-11-21 - 17_00.xml" in "X:\PVR\BBC 7 - Linda Smith's A Brief History of\" but not the ts. AFAIK The underlying problem is XP stripping trailing dots in file/folder names.

Next obvious one is the "BBC 7 - Linda Smith's A Brief History of..." repeat at 6:30am tomorrow. 1st saw the error with "Rough Guide To ..." TV series, its not just a radio problem.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

That's a bummer with the radio side, because that not supported by MP presently for recording, yes i know you can record, just not play anything back inside MP

I'll see if any rough guide repeats are coming up, but in the meantime if you spot something with the same criteria let me know and i'll record it and see if there are any issues i can reproduce.

Cheers

 

[Paul Shirley]

Next obvious candidate is 4Music: "4Music Presents..." at 12:30 Sat
Next "Rough Guide to ..." is 7:30pm on Monday, channel Five.

You'll need to use Advanced Record to set 4Music to force it into a folder or play with your recording template, I don't think it will affect recordings directly into the root.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Hi Paul

4Music Presents works for me on XPsp3, created folder with the name "4Music Presents... - 4Music"

Will try the rough guide to on monday.

 

[Paul Shirley]

I think that means your template looks like "%title% - %channel%\" which is probably a better way to avoid the problem. Is that the default setting? Mine are hacked around to match pre-existing recordings...

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Yep, mine are set at the default, so they have already covered that one for any possible errors, and it's only if you change this, you need to put the workaround back in.