Plugin: Sage Job Queue (SJQ) v3

[graywolf]

OK...makes sense. Thanks for the advice, will look into the logic of my rulesets and see what can be done.

[Skirge01]

When I finish my server upgrade, I'll upgrade to SJQv4, but I'm still on v3 at the moment. Can anyone help me out with the following job:

# Set Movies without Favorite to Manual Recording
if [IsObjMediaFile == true && $.IsTVFile{} == true && $.IsFavorite{} == false && $.GetShowCategory{} =* "Movie" && $.IsFileCurrentlyRecording{} == false] {
   :DONEALERT "TRUE"
   _MANUALREC
}

I originally wanted to add an additional check to see if it wasn't already flagged as a manual recording, but I don't think I can access that status on a non-favorite. I was getting errors in the log when I tried adding that particular check.

It should be pretty clear what I'm attempting to do. I basically was running into issues with movies getting flagged for deletion because I had deleted the favorite which recorded it. I can't figure out why this job isn't working, though.

Any ideas?

[graywolf]

It looks right. Not sure if it would cause an issue, but you have false]
I had all my rules with a space before the ]

What error do you get?
Have you tried using the Media Debugger then check the system log?

Could you post those results?


Also might want to use $.IsManualRecord{} or $.IsNotManualOrFavorite{} == false

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by graywolf

It looks right. Not sure if it would cause an issue, but you have false]
I had all my rules with a space before the ]

None of my other rules have a space there, so I'm confident that's not it.

What error do you get?
Have you tried using the Media Debugger then check the system log?

Could you post those results?

I forgot how to use that thing, so thanks for reminding me about it. Here's the results I got:

2012-02-15 11:55:39,837 WARN  [RulesParser]: 	Line 126: Evaluating 'IsObjMediaFile == "true"' == true
2012-02-15 11:55:39,837 WARN  [RulesParser]: 	Line 126: Evaluating '$.IsTVFile{} == "true"' == true
2012-02-15 11:55:39,837 WARN  [RulesParser]: 	Line 126: Evaluating '$.IsNotManualOrFavorite{} == "true"' == true
2012-02-15 11:55:39,837 WARN  [RulesParser]: 	Line 126: Evaluating '$.GetShowCategory{} =* "Movie"' == true
2012-02-15 11:55:39,837 WARN  [RulesParser]: 	Line 126: Evaluating '$.IsFileCurrentlyRecording{} == "false"' == true

Seems like it should have worked. I also tried using the _ARCHIVE option and deleting the DONEALERT to see if they were causing any issues. Neither one caused any difference in the results.

Also might want to use $.IsManualRecord{} or $.IsNotManualOrFavorite{} == false

Good suggestions. Thanks. Although, the first one would need to be false and the second one would need to be true. I made those changes before running the debugger, as you can see.

[Skirge01]

I got it. I needed to restart Sage for some reason. Looks like there was a _RESCHED which got hung up and none of the subsequent internal processes were able to proceed as a result. I didn't notice anything wrong because the other jobs (comskips) were running without issue. But, I noticed the _RESCHED was from over a week ago.

Thanks for the assistance!

[graywolf]

Excellent. Glad you're up and running again.

Yes, since resched, moverec, manualrec, etc are all internal processes, they are single threaded whereas the others (comskip, etc) are agent/client processes.

Yes, love the MediaDebugger, has helped many times when rules don't seem to work properly. Helps tremendously in pointing out where the error (usually user error, at least on my part) is.

[gveres]

Does anybody know if you can get the tuner name from a media file?

I just started using a colossus and it generates .ts files like my R5000, which means the only way I know which files to run videoReDo on is by the tuner property rather than what I have been doing, using the file extension.

Thanks
Greg

[wayner]

This is sort of in the Sage API - MediaFileAPI.GetMediaFileEncoding(mf)

Which returns both the encoder and the quality, for example:
Hauppauge WinTV 885 Video Capture Great
Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device #2 Great-H.264
Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011F5EA-0 WGRZDT

I call this from some of my SJQ V4 files.

[gveres]

Thanks. I will try that out tonight.

Greg

[BKeadle]

I hope someone is still listening.

My SLQ server recently stoppped working, but I got it running again and processing. But it got me back to trying to get clients to do some work.

My clients are connecting to the server, but they are never assigned work to do. The MediaDebugger indicates that my rules are valid.

Here's an example rule set:

### Recordings:
if [ IsObjMediaFile == true && Filename =$ ".mpg" && Filename =* "_TVShows" && Filename !* ".workFolder" && (Filename =* "LietoMe-" || Filename =* "Glee-" || Filename =* "AmericasGotTalent-" || Filename =* "MasterpieceMystery-")]
{
   MEDIASHRINKMQR
}

Here's the corresponding client rule:

:MAPDIR "M:\\Videos" "\\\\PVR\\VIDEOS"

MEDIASHRINKMQR
{
#   :OFFHOUR "0-1, 16-23"
#  :OFFDAY "1, 7"
#   :MAX 1
   :RESOURCES 50
   "D:/PVR-Processing/MediaShrink/mediaShrink.bat \"%c%\" /handbrakeProfile "Universal" /container mp4 /inPlace /noAutoCrop /centralWorkFolder \"D:\\PVR-Processing\\TEMP\" /vprofile MQ"
}

Drive M: is mapped on the client, and the paths are correct in the command. I see this in the log:

2012-07-14 17:26:13,578 INFO  [ClientParser]: MAPPING: M:\Videos => \\PVR\VIDEOS
2012-07-14 17:26:43,171 INFO  [SJQServlet]: Checking client '192.168.1.8': 100 resources free.

But I never see the remote clients assigned to do anything. Only the local server (127.0.0.1) appears to be assigned anything.

What am I missing?

ALSO:
why do I not see *anything* in Clients/View Logs

[BKeadle]

As it turns out, I did find a log in the Failed Tasks indicating my client attempting to process the file, and it errors out with this:

------------ Processing ----------------
  + Adding per run options: ()()
    + Parsing switches
      - optionsString: 
  + Processing: 
  + Looking for profile: 
Couldn't find encode profile: Exiting Code: (1)
Exiting in 5 seconds...
Exit Code = 1

Could Not Find D:\PVR-Processing\MediaShrink\mediaEngine.exit

Go Back	Clear Log

If I manually drag the file to mediashrink.bat, it processes correctly. So, now what?

[BKeadle]

RESOLVED: (posting for others that may have the same confusion)

I misunderstood what the :MAPDIR directive meant, as if that is the drive to map to process videos. I understand now that it meant to replace the drive mapping passed as %c% with the UNC to the server. So where the command line passed by SJQ passes the video filename like this:

Executing command line: D:/PVR-Processing/MediaShrink/mediaShrink.bat "V:\Videos\Recordings\AmericasGotTalent-2133669-0.mpg" ....

V:\Videos\Recordings is from the SERVER'S perspective where the file is located. I suppose one wouldn't need a :MAPDIR directive if the client can map the same path to the server, so that from the client's perspective, the video is accessible at:
V:\Videos\Recordings\AmericasGotTalent-2133669-0.mpg

But if the client can't/doesn't have that specific path to the file, the :MAPDIR replaces the drive mapping with the UNC defined. Thus:

:MAPDIR "V:\\Videos" "\\\\PVR\\VIDEOS"

will "translate" the V:\Videos path to \\PVR\VIDEOS, so that the resulting execution of MediaShrink looks like this:

Executing command line: D:/PVR-Processing/MediaShrink/mediaShrink.bat "\\PVR\VIDEOS\Recordings\AmericasGotTalent-2133669-0.mpg" ....

which is the correct path to the file from the CLIENT's perspective.

[Skirge01]

Where'd the SJQ3 user guide go? I can't find it anywhere.

[Slugger]

It's here.

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by Slugger

It's here.

I'm getting a message that "We're sorry. This document is not published."

[Slugger]

Try again, should be fixed. Seems Google Docs changed their publishing format and since I haven't edit the doc in so long, I had to republish it. Should be readable now.

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Try again, should be fixed. Seems Google Docs changed their publishing format and since I haven't edit the doc in so long, I had to republish it. Should be readable now.

Perfect! Thanks. BTW, any reason it's not linked off your project site? Even buried somewhere as "deprecated" or something would suffice.

[Slugger]

Way too much effort now, I wrote that in Open Office or something then shipped it to Google Docs. To try and convert it to Google Code wiki format... no thanks.

[BobPhoenix]

I think he may have meant an HTML link like in your post above.

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by BobPhoenix

I think he may have meant an HTML link like in your post above.

Yep... exactly!