(2013-09-14, 02:24)Raymond699 Wrote: Does anyone have a screenshot of their xbmc EPG guide using the wmc backend?

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(2013-09-14, 02:43)Dilligaf Wrote: @Hoops what skin is that? As I mostly use a PI does anyone know a lightweight skin that has a EPG that displays show info on the screen? With Confluence you have to select the show to see additional info

(2013-09-14, 01:49)MeMeMe Wrote:

(2013-09-14, 00:24)hoopsdavis Wrote:

(2013-09-14, 00:00)MeMeMe Wrote: Argus TV (which I used with MediaPortal) has the most advanced scheduling of any PVR that i've seen, more advanced and flexible than WMC (and WMC is very good).
I used MP's own TV server before switching to Argus, and I cantremember it being limited just to time slots. It's a long time since I've used it, so maybe it is, but I'm skeptical. If that's the way it's working for you, maybe it's a limitation of how you're collecting EPG data.
With EPG data, all PVR's should be able to manage recordings based on program names, episode numbers, etc.

MeMeMe, that's just it, with mediaportal on the xbmc side, episode numbers aren't populated, unless you can teach me something I don't know.
Even with the wmc_server backend, I'm not getting episode names or numbers populated in xbmc program guide.

Is there something you can help me learn?

I have no experience with XBMC;s PVR, but I understand it lacks quite a few features that the backends do have (series recording for instance). If you use mediaportal's server, and mediaportal as a client, you should be able to do series recordings and avoid getting repeats.

I think (can't be 100% sure) the failings you are seeing are because XBMC's PVR support isn't mature yet.

That said, the way EPG is populated can also play a part. Sometimes EPG data can be flaky - even on WMC, episodes usually lack numbers, sometimes lack a title. But they are always flagged as a repeat if they are repeated.

Using any decent PVR though you should be able to do this: set a series recording, which sets the PVR to record all programs of that name, and then further define "only this channel" or "All channels", and "new episodes only" or "all episodes". Then, if a program broadcast time changes, and the EPG is updated to reflect it, the recording time slot will be adjusted to account for it.

WMC and Argus - the two I'm most familiar with - can do better than that baseline, but not through XBMC: you have to use their own clients to get the full benefit. Argus, btw, has a nice client designed to be run on its own to set and manage recording schedules.

Hopefully the version of XBMC after Frodo will bring XBMC up to speed with other PVRs.

Edit: Though i wouldn't hold your breath. I just read this disappointing statement from one of the XBMC devs here

(2013-06-01, 13:20)opdenkamp Wrote: regarding series linking: i know it's a much requested feature, but i currently got a limited amount of time and i don't and won't be using this feature myself, so unless someone else finds the time and wants to implement it, it will be something for after Gotham.

Which means it's likely to be over a year before XBMC gets such a very basic PVR feature.

(2013-09-14, 05:02)scarecrow420 Wrote:

(2013-09-14, 01:49)MeMeMe Wrote:

(2013-09-14, 00:24)hoopsdavis Wrote: MeMeMe, that's just it, with mediaportal on the xbmc side, episode numbers aren't populated, unless you can teach me something I don't know.
Even with the wmc_server backend, I'm not getting episode names or numbers populated in xbmc program guide.

Is there something you can help me learn?

I have no experience with XBMC;s PVR, but I understand it lacks quite a few features that the backends do have (series recording for instance). If you use mediaportal's server, and mediaportal as a client, you should be able to do series recordings and avoid getting repeats.

I think (can't be 100% sure) the failings you are seeing are because XBMC's PVR support isn't mature yet.

That said, the way EPG is populated can also play a part. Sometimes EPG data can be flaky - even on WMC, episodes usually lack numbers, sometimes lack a title. But they are always flagged as a repeat if they are repeated.

Using any decent PVR though you should be able to do this: set a series recording, which sets the PVR to record all programs of that name, and then further define "only this channel" or "All channels", and "new episodes only" or "all episodes". Then, if a program broadcast time changes, and the EPG is updated to reflect it, the recording time slot will be adjusted to account for it.

WMC and Argus - the two I'm most familiar with - can do better than that baseline, but not through XBMC: you have to use their own clients to get the full benefit. Argus, btw, has a nice client designed to be run on its own to set and manage recording schedules.

Hopefully the version of XBMC after Frodo will bring XBMC up to speed with other PVRs.

Edit: Though i wouldn't hold your breath. I just read this disappointing statement from one of the XBMC devs here

(2013-06-01, 13:20)opdenkamp Wrote: regarding series linking: i know it's a much requested feature, but i currently got a limited amount of time and i don't and won't be using this feature myself, so unless someone else finds the time and wants to implement it, it will be something for after Gotham.

Which means it's likely to be over a year before XBMC gets such a very basic PVR feature.

I believe krusty has at least partially got some of these extra features working, by having a custom dialog that pops up when you start a recording from EPG, asking if you want to series link it or not. So its not built into XBMC PVR but there is limited ability for addons to popup custom dialogs at some points etc. If this isnt working at the moment it might have been disabled but it used to be there at least

(2013-09-13, 17:26)krustyreturns Wrote:

(2013-09-13, 03:45)ferretlegs Wrote: Thanks for the tip re long pastes, I have edited the original post. Here is the link to the full log,

http://pastebin.com/y3AkvmZq

With regards to the sbe file, I have more than 100gb of free space so I am not worried, as long as they eventually clean themselves up I suppose. I haven't run the server for more than half a day at a time so far, so I dont know how well it will ultimately manage itself. But as I said, not a real issue atm, just wanted to provide the feedback.

Thanks for your help on this...

If you see a problem with the sbe files, please let me know - there are lots of different ways to handle the sbe.

I can't see why the channel is not working, somehow though the remuxer is not getting the stream info (its even more curious that scarecrow has no problem with the same channels). When you can, do an experiment for me
1) start a recording on one of these channels
2) once the recording starts, find the recording file in the 'recordings' section of xbmc and try to play it. NOTE its important to play it WHILE the recording is in progress.
3) let me know if it plays

The other ting you can do is create a 2 minute clip of a recording from this channel and get it to me (skydrive, dropbox, google drive) etc. Send me a link when its there.

(2013-09-12, 19:28)krustyreturns Wrote:

(2013-09-12, 19:16)Cab121 Wrote: Krusty
I have been following your work for a long time now. Have been silent since I didn't think there was anything I could add to the project. I believe I might be able to compile a port for the Raspberry Pi but I wasn't sure if anyone was currently working on this. If not then ill start experimenting from the source code and go from there. My goal was to compile a working port in wheezy for the kernel then port to XBMC. My logic here is you can load XBMC on a destro for the Pi anyways. Would be much simpler to compile a plugin from a destro+xbmc stack then just port it for Openelec or a flavor there of.

Another idea was to simply take the Linux version and recompile it with the Arm kernel source and so on . Well ill tinker away at it and we can see what happens. Let me know your thoughts on the matter and ill help anyway I can. Im sure there are plenty of Raspberry Pi users following this that would love to test it. (Im looking at you actual testers that log data and report regularly not joe user)

Another brainstorm here. Once an arm friendly version is beta it (in theory) would take little effort to port it to a Android XBMC version. Then let some XDA friends run wild with it. Excuse me while I practice my evil laugh.

I guess my only thoughts on the matter are 'that would kick-ass!'. I have received numerous requests for everything you mention, especially Android. Anyway I can help just let me know. I will PM you my email.

(2013-09-14, 06:42)ferretlegs Wrote: Hey Krusty, I have completed the above and can confirm that the recording can be played in xbmc while the actual recording is still in progress. I have sent you a link to a two minute clip from channel 7. Let me know if you need me to do anything else - happy to help out where I can with this project.

(2013-09-14, 02:02)TheImmortal Wrote: I have a feature request. Can you add the ability to use WMC channel categories in XBMC?

(2013-09-14, 02:38)zaide_chris Wrote: With the last update the channel change has sped up, but now on channels with multiple language sound tracks I sporadically get the wrong language or more then one language playing at the same time.

Here a 7-zip of both a wtv and a ts file of a show with this issue:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwwnao9FSlibbnBMWkZIVWdfMUU/edit?usp=sharing

(2013-09-14, 05:02)scarecrow420 Wrote: I believe krusty has at least partially got some of these extra features working, by having a custom dialog that pops up when you start a recording from EPG, asking if you want to series link it or not. So its not built into XBMC PVR but there is limited ability for addons to popup custom dialogs at some points etc. If this isnt working at the moment it might have been disabled but it used to be there at least

(2013-09-14, 19:21)krustyreturns Wrote: I have the clip, thanks. If you can view it while it is recording, you should be able to view it live. I'll let you know what I find.

PS
Did it have to be Dr Oz? For some reason whenever I get time to work on this stuff, dr oz seems to be all that is on my test channels. Why don't any good shows fail?