Plugin: Sage Recording Extender 4 (SREv4)

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

Is this pretty much a one for one replacement of SREv3? And I just uninstall v3 plug-in and install v4?

(I'm still using SREv3 and we missed recording OT of the first NHL playoff game and I got a cranky look from the hubby -- oops! Currently when I look at my guide via the web gui, and after updating the epg, I see all the games/teams listed correctly but the next few games have ! instead the green check mark )

Some versions of SREv3 won't work, some might (most probably won't, but I don't have a definitive list of which ones might and might not work). To guarantee support, you'll want to upgrade to SREv4. Should just be able to upgrade the plugin in the Sage plugin manager.

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Should just be able to upgrade the plugin in the Sage plugin manager.

Thanks much!

[darcilicious]

Hrmm.... I had v4 installed as it turns out. However, I don't see SRE listed here: http://webserver:ipaddress/apps/ though I can reach BMT and SageAlert fine. I've enabled debug logging on the SREv4 plugin, what should I look for?

(I was able to update the plugin config with my email address and have uinstalled and reinstalled the plugin)

[wayner]

SREv4 doesn't have a web based UI but it is now somewhat integrated into the main Sage UI. When you look at upcoming recordings you should see a spot where SRE is listed.

Here is an example: (note the SRE status and override near the bottom)

 2012 Stanley Cup Final
Episode: Los Angeles Kings at TBA



Airing: Jun 2, 2012 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM 

Duration: 3h 0m

Channel: 5-1-CBLTDT

Description: Game 2.

Category: Sports event/Hockey - First Run

Original Air Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012

Closed Captioned, Stereo, HDTV, Live

Show ID: EP015163990002

SRE Status: Recording will be monitored. <Edit | Delete>

SRE Override:

Title: 2012 Stanley Cup Final
Episode: Los Angeles Kings vs. New Jersey Devils

Scheduled Encoder: Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 1011F5EA-1

Internal details: AiringID=9602544

And don't forget that with Tmiranda's plugin you can disable the timeline for SRE monitored recordings - that way the timeline won't give away the fact that the game is (or isn't) going into overtime.

[darcilicious]

Thank you, I think I missed that bit (the docs page still shows the web interface)

So, where you have:

SRE Status: Recording will be monitored. <Edit | Delete>

I have:

SRE Status: Monitor status is invalid. <Edit | Delete>

(though interestingly, since this morning's EPG update, the teams are listed fine: "Episode: Los Angeles Kings at New Jersey Devils")

I click on Edit and I'm not sure what to change since everything looks right as far as title and teams...

So I click on update without changing anything and I get:

HTTP ERROR 500

Problem accessing /sage/sre4.groovy. Reason:

Internal Server Error

followed by the full error message.

I checked the plugin manager, and groovy by slugger is installed.

Not sure what I can do to 1) make sure that I don't get errors like this and 2) make sure the games get monitored...

[wayner]

I think we will need Slugger to check that. But you seem to have all of the correct info other than "at" rather than "vs", but I would think it can handle that. What is your show title, is it "2012 Stanley Cup Final"?

[darcilicious]

Here's the full description:

2012 Stanley Cup Final

Episode: Los Angeles Kings at New Jersey Devils

Airing: Jun 2, 2012 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Duration: 3h 0m

Channel: 508-KGWDT

Description: Game 2. From Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Category: Sports event/Hockey - First Run

Original Air Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012

Closed Captioned, Stereo, HDTV, DD5.1, Live

Show ID: EP015163990002

SRE Status: Monitor status is invalid. <Edit | Delete>

Scheduled Encoder: Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device

Internal details: AiringID=16548514

[darcilicious]

So I thought to myself, what the heck happens if I click on "delete"?

And that worked! All five upcoming games are now in a "monitored" status (only had to use "delete" on two or three of them).

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

So I thought to myself, what the heck happens if I click on "delete"?

And that worked! All five upcoming games are now in a "monitored" status (only had to use "delete" on two or three of them).

Hmm... the sre.log file from SageTV\plugins\sre4\ would help me determine the issue you have/had. In the web UI, go to your upcoming recordings. All the hockey games should have green checkmarks, if not you need an override or there's a problem (which the log file would help me diagnose).

[tmiranda]

Two Stanley Cup finals games, both games go into overtime, no cutoff recordings

This is just another example of why there is still nothing else out there can replace my Sage setup.

[darcilicious]

Must agree, no cranky looks from the hubby last night!

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by darcilicious

Must agree, no cranky looks from the hubby last night!

So can I assume husbands on Venus are the same as on Earth?

[darcilicious]

Pretty much, though I'm definitely the gadget hound in this house

[Slugger]

Due to ongoing issues with Google App Engine, it is very likely that the livepvrdata.com web service will exhaust its CPU quota for the day between 23:30-00:15 (EDT) this evening. Any monitor requests after the quota is exhausted will result in HTTP 500 errors until the daily quotas are reset, which happens at 03:00 (EDT). This is a defect with GAE and not the web service code, which hasn't been touched in weeks (possibly months now that I think about it). Investigation shows other GAE users are in the same boat, with the same issues.

SRE will respond by adding a default end padding to the recording. If you haven't changed the defaults then that should be 60 minutes. Here's hoping the Stanley Cup game doesn't go to OT or users see this in time and act accordingly.

I could activate billing for the app to avoid this, but it generates no income to warrant such action and I doubt people want to start paying for the service. Plus I really hate to reward Google for their issues, especially when this app comes no where near exhausting the free quotas when GAE is acting properly.

Anyway, this is your warning.

[voorhees]

Slugger, I noticed on my setup with college football coming up that the game that my favorite picked up to record is not being monitored. I looked at www.livepvrdata.com and noticed that it looks like NCAA football is not listed as a monitored event. Is NCAA football going to be monitored this season? Thanks.

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by voorhees

Slugger, I noticed on my setup with college football coming up that the game that my favorite picked up to record is not being monitored. I looked at www.livepvrdata.com and noticed that it looks like NCAA football is not listed as a monitored event. Is NCAA football going to be monitored this season? Thanks.

Thanks for the reminder. I've enabled the NCAA football monitor so it should be good to go now. May take SRE up to 24 hours to notice the monitor has been enabled again. livepvrdata.com is showing some 200 college football games now for this week (from USC v. Hawaii all the way to the Div III matchup of Thomas More vs. St. John Fisher) so we should be good to go for another season!

[voorhees]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Thanks for the reminder. I've enabled the NCAA football monitor so it should be good to go now. May take SRE up to 24 hours to notice the monitor has been enabled again. livepvrdata.com is showing some 200 college football games now for this week (from USC v. Hawaii all the way to the Div III matchup of Thomas More vs. St. John Fisher) so we should be good to go for another season!

Slugger, thanks so much. I had to add an override since the Auburn/Clemson game is showing up as Auburn vs Clemson on my schedule and Clemson vs Auburn at livepvrdata, but I am good to go now with a green check. Thanks again.

[voorhees]

I recently started fresh with my SageTV install and reinstalled SRE. I noticed in my recording directory a new <file name>.properties files that is created with each recording that includes only the one line it that sates "SREv4_Monitored=false" if the recording is not being monitored, and multiple lines in it of "SREv4_Monitored=true" if it is being monitored. I did have those files created previously. Is there a setting that I am missing somewhere to turn them off or have them deleted? I just cannot figure out why I am getting them now and was not for the many previous years of using SRE. Thanks.

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by voorhees

I recently started fresh with my SageTV install and reinstalled SRE. I noticed in my recording directory a new <file name>.properties files that is created with each recording that includes only the one line it that sates "SREv4_Monitored=false" if the recording is not being monitored, and multiple lines in it of "SREv4_Monitored=true" if it is being monitored. I did have those files created previously. Is there a setting that I am missing somewhere to turn them off or have them deleted? I just cannot figure out why I am getting them now and was not for the many previous years of using SRE. Thanks.

SRE modifies the properties of your recordings to keep track of metadata for monitoring. There is a setting in SageTV to tell it not to create the .properties files, you will need to disable that otherwise Sage will create/update the .properties file each time SRE modifies its metadata.

[Sparhawk6]

Is www.livepvrdata.com down?