Using Smart EPG on Australian Model TMS

[FireBird]

Is there any red/yellow conflict icon in the timer view (no filter active of course)?

[keith_leitch]

Yes, there is, now that I have looked. There are three timers trying to record from three channels at once.

[FireBird]

I think that the conflict window doesn’t display anything if manual timers are involved but I need to check that.

Someone already has moved your NASMount question to the appropriate thread.

[keith_leitch]

Thanks for helping with the thread. All of my timers are a result of SmartEPG searches.

[keith_leitch]

Is there any way to have every show record into a folder? For example, can all my episodes of NCIS be automatically sent to a folder called "NCIS"?

This would be especially convenient if any show whose title STARTS with NCIS (or whatever the show is called) went into that folder. That would deal with the TV networks changing the name to "NCIS - New Episode" (or similar).

[JayTee]

For this you may use the tap automove.

[Twilight]

everybody uses automove for that case

twilight

[JayTee]

little explanation:

Name: Automove Version 2.0
Author: Happy, happy68 /ed\ hepke dot com (Till Hepke)

Licence:
Use this software at your own risk, the author can not be made liable
for any damage, that is caused by the use of the software.
Everybody can use the software for free


Installation:
=============
- Put automovecfg.tap to your ProgramFiles folder
- Put automove.tap to your ProgramFiles folder or Autostart folder
- First run automovecfg.tap to configure
- Then run automove.tap, on startup it's doing the job
- The TAP supports 90 history entries

Functions:
==========

1. Renaming recordings to get unique file names
-----------------------------------------------
-this is necessary, so you can collect them into one directory
-Files can be renamed by appending the date or date/time (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM,
_YYMMTT, _YYMMTT_HHMM, DD-MM-YYYY, DD-MM-YYYY HH-MM, TT.MM., TT.MM. HH.MM (only files without such a suffix are renamed)
-You can do a first run with just date suffix, and a second run with date an time
suffix, when first run fails due to a duplicate filename
-The second run will also be performed after an unsuccessful move
-If you configure no renaming at all, files are numbered automatically (-2, -3, ..)
when moved
-Control characters and non windows characters (like : / \ * ? " < > ¦)
within the filename are deleted
-There is also a check only mode, which checks (and restores if necessary) the extension,
and deletes control characters
The recycle bin of Improbox/file will not be touched


2. Move to directory
--------------------
-Scans the directory structure of the playback directory
(/DataFiles). Then scans all .rec files in the playback
directory (no subdirectories) and moves them to a directory
whose names match the first part of the .rec file
-eg. "Yes minister 2005-05-05.rec" will be moved to a directory
"/Datafiles/Yes minister" or "/Datafiles/series/Yes minister"
-files matching "directory*.rec", "directory.rec" or "*directory*.rec" can be moved (configurable)
-No files will be moved to directories whose names end on - (e.g. "/Lost-"
-2 levels of directories are supported
-Automove also can cope with "Lost - Episode 15.rec" oder "Lost ~ Episode 15.rec" by
recognizing the characters - and ~. This also works for History Move.

3. Follow Me Mode
-----------------
-Recordings can be moved to a directory that already contains a file with the same name
(ignoring the date/time suffixes)
-e.g. create a directory "/Series", then manually move a file "Lost 2005-05-05.rec"
and "Desperate Housewives 2005-05-06.rec" into /Series. Now all Recordings like
"Lost xxxx-xx-xx.rec" and "Desperate Housewives xxxx-xx-xx.rec" will be moved to this
directory automatically, as well.
-if 'Follow Me' fails due to differences in the file names, a number of characters
at the end of the file name can be ignored additionally
-or specify a maximum number of characters to be compared
-No files will be moved to directories whose names end on -
-up to 2 levels of directories are supported

4. History Mode
---------------
-This modes moves files according to a previous move, that has been recorded in
the hostory list (see 5.)
-Once a "follow me" move has been performed, the next recording with the same
name will be moved to the same folder, even if a pattern file no longer exists
-History mode can be switched on/off in the configuration
-Blocked entries do not serve as pattern
-Entries in the history list can be blocked with the REC key, so they don't serve
as a pattern for history mode, in case you definitly want to stop the moving of
a recording. Blocked entries are in red letters.

5. List of moved files
----------------------
-You can start the history list, with the separate configuration TAP or
by pressing EXIT and then MENU, or with TSR-Commander-You can access the list of the last moved recordings by pressing EXIT
-You can choose from the list and directly play the recording by pressing OK
-The configuration can be started by MENU
-With the REC key you can block entries for history move, all similar entries
after the current one will be blocked, as well, so you don't have to do this manually
These entries are marked in red.
-A further press on REC will make the entry permanent, so it will not fall out
of the end of the list. These entries are marked in green.

6. Customizing
--------------
-You can use the automovecfg.tap to start the configuration menu
-The configuration menu is accessible from the history list by pressing MENU
-Automove can run as TSR (doing the job after recordings are finished, or manually triggered) or as non TSR
then it will do the job and terminate
-Matching of directories and files can now be configured to be case insensitive
-Only files older than a specified time are moved (default 2 days)
-Moving can be delayed e.g after startup to be more compatible with other TAPs
that manipulate recordings, e.g. Overfly or Stirf.
-Recordings from encrypted channels can be exempted from moving, in general, or just
encrypted or partially encrypted recordings
-Choose "Run now" to immediately start a run
-Choose "Run now, with log file" to start a run and write a logfile (only
use this when no recordings or playbacks are running)

7. Priorities
-------------
a. Renaming
b. Folder move
c. Follow me move
d. History move, within history mode newer entries have higher priority

Fonts
=========
-You can use your own fonts in folder /ProgramFiles/Settings/Fonts.
-These fonts can be created using the fontmanager from FireBird's FirebirdLib in folder \.Demo\FontManager.
-It's controlled by the file Fonts.ini. It will be found in folders /ProgramFiles, /ProgramFiles/Settings
or /ProgramFiles/Settings/Fonts. Here you can configure the name of the font files and the displaying offset.

Manual Movescript
================
------------------------------------------------------------------
-WARNING: the script does not check for duplicate filenames in the
destination folder and will overwrite without confimation !!!!!!!!!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-the script startmove.sh must be edited individually and be copied
to /ProgramFiles/Settings/AutoMove
-the script checkscript.sh must be copied to /ProgramFiles/Settings/AutoMove (unchanged)
-With "Play" the script can be started manually from the history list
-A running script is shown in the history list behind the version number

[Twilight]

that's service

twilight

[Referee]

Will Automove work with our TMS machines, given that our recordings are saved with the extension .mpg and not .rec?

Thanks
Mike

[Twilight]

thats something that happy has to answer or you make a little test by your self.

twilight

[keith_leitch]

[quote="Referee"]Will Automove work with our TMS machines, given that our recordings are saved with the extension .mpg and not .rec?

Thanks
Mike[/quote]

I can confirm that it does work, especially in conjunction with SmartEPG or another program that automatically gives programs unique names.

However, it does not quite (not QUITE) do what I want. I was looking for something that would create a folder based on (for example) the Smart EPG search name, then move recordings that start with that name into that folder. I am fairly sure that I have to create the folder myself before AutoMove will work.

Another very minor annoyance is that the jdaBackToList TAP does not return to a recording that was started from inside a folder. I have already emailed the author about this, but I am wondering if anyone else has solved this little problem.

[Twilight]

creation of folder with the name of a record is something that works with smart filer very quick, but not automaticly...

twilight

[JayTee]

The creation of a folder with the SmartEPG-search name is only one klick.

I'm not at home, so i can't telll wich key it is. I hope tiwlight will do.

[Twilight]

yes, you are right

but i don't know it now how to do it

twilight

[Gerti]

Hi!

White key from within the Search Editor...

Gruß,
Gerti

[Twilight]

thank you gerti, but thats cheating ...because he is the person who had the idea for it and he has implemented this feature in se

twilight

[Referee]

Please could someone check the translation of the latest changes into English:
4:31 IQTuner integrated
Timer / Follow-block dialog can also confirm by pressing the stop button. Thus, the timer is blocked by means of STOP STOP
White button in the timer editor creates a subdirectory with the timer name, similar to search. However, a separation into name and sequence is not possible
Filename of manually combined timer obtain the names of all programs involved, to the extent permitted, the maximum name length
Search and Timer Editor: New option "suppress AD-Scan" added (requires RebuildNAV V5.1 or higher)
Fix timer editor: the timer parameter "delete If lack of space" and "Delete after x hours" were not accepted by a change
Bugfix TimerList: Blocking a result, a combination timer has not been resolved
TopList bugfix: Reboot fixed if no results in the list and blue button is pressed

[JayTee]

So far so good.
Imho you're only wrong with the translation of "Folge", this dosn't mean result in this context.
It rather stands for episode.

PS:
I'll post the complete translation in the update thread

[keith_leitch]

Hi, again. I installed 5.1, and am still having a minor problem. When multiple episodes of the same series record back-to-back, only the first episode has illegal characters removed from its filename. My example is "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" which airs on the same station at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 PM. The 8:30 episode is called "Star Trek Deep Space Nine" after recording, but the 9:30 and 10:30 episodes are still called "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".

I have "combine multiple episodes" set to "yes," but these still record in separate files. That might be related to the problem.