Plugin: Sage Recording Extender 4 (SREv4)

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by Sparhawk6

Is www.livepvrdata.com down?

Nope (at least it was up at 11:45 EDT when I loaded it). It's worth noting that it runs on Google's infrastructure so it should only be down if Google's App Engine infrastructure is down. That should be really rare, but it can happen. More common is intermittent issues inherent in a distributed application framework such as that provided by GAE. Commonly, especially during sudden spikes in traffic (like 1pm Sundays during NFL season), SRE clients may encounter a 500 error, which is corrected on the next try*. The SRE code handles this by auto applying a default padding, but then corrects itself when livepvrdata responds properly on the next check. So periodic errors are not unexpected, but they should correct themselves. These errors are caused by GAE not being able to spin up enough instances of the app to handle the sudden spike in traffic so it just times out some requests then on the next connection it has enough instances on standby and then responds as expected.

* In SRE, sometimes that "next try" may not be for 24 hours for future recordings. Yeah, it may suck to see a red mark from SRE, but it's not fatal unless it's less than 30 mins before the scheduled start of the recording, but then you can tell SRE to send a system message at that time to alert you that something is probably wrong and probably needs an override.

[disco340]

I noticed i'm getting the following error on all scheduled recording when I click on edit.

HTTP ERROR 500
Problem accessing /sage/sre4.groovy. Reason:

GroovyServlet Error: script: '/sre4.groovy': Script processing failed.startup failed:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty\webapps\nielm_sagewebserver\webapp\sre4.groovy: 20: unable to resolve class com.google.code.livepvrdata4j.Client
@ line 20, column 1.
import com.google.code.livepvrdata4j.Client
^

1 error
org.codehaus.groovy.control.ErrorCollector.failIfErrors(ErrorCollector.java:302)



I haven't used the SRE function for some time so i'm not sure when this might have happend. I uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin to see if that would fix it but no go. Any sugestions?

[Slugger]

Is the plugin monitoring events? It appears you're missing a jar file in your JARs folder. Either the jar is missing or the web server can't read it for some reason.

[disco340]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Is the plugin monitoring events? It appears you're missing a jar file in your JARs folder. Either the jar is missing or the web server can't read it for some reason.

For some odd reson I was missing "livepvrdata4j.jar". Now i'm able to edit but when I click on update I get the following.

HTTP ERROR 500
Problem accessing /sage/sre4.groovy. Reason: 

    org/apache/http/client/methods/HttpUriRequest

Caused by:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/http/client/methods/HttpUriRequest
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.class$(ClientFactory.groovy)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.$get$$class$com$google$code$livepvrdata4j$Client(ClientFactory.groovy)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.get(ClientFactory.groovy:22)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory$get.call(Unknown Source)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.DataStore.newOverrideForObj(DataStore.groovy:203)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaMethodSite$PogoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrap.invoke(PogoMetaMethodSite.java:246)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaMethodSite.call(PogoMetaMethodSite.java:63)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:136)
	at sre4.run(sre4.groovy:40)
	at groovy.util.GroovyScriptEngine.run(GroovyScriptEngine.java:515)
	at groovy.servlet.GroovyServlet$1.call(GroovyServlet.java:120)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:99)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.access$300(GroovyCategorySupport.java:61)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:239)
	at groovy.servlet.GroovyServlet.service(GroovyServlet.java:129)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:502)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:389)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:417)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.rewrite.RewriteHandler.handle(RewriteHandler.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:534)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:879)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:747)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
	at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:409)
	at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:520)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	... 41 more

Caused by:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.class$(ClientFactory.groovy)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.$get$$class$com$google$code$livepvrdata4j$Client(ClientFactory.groovy)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory.get(ClientFactory.groovy:22)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.ClientFactory$get.call(Unknown Source)
	at com.google.code.sagetvaddons.sre.engine.DataStore.newOverrideForObj(DataStore.groovy:203)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaMethodSite$PogoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrap.invoke(PogoMetaMethodSite.java:246)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaMethodSite.call(PogoMetaMethodSite.java:63)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:136)
	at sre4.run(sre4.groovy:40)
	at groovy.util.GroovyScriptEngine.run(GroovyScriptEngine.java:515)
	at groovy.servlet.GroovyServlet$1.call(GroovyServlet.java:120)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:99)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.access$300(GroovyCategorySupport.java:61)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:239)
	at groovy.servlet.GroovyServlet.service(GroovyServlet.java:129)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:502)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:389)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:417)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.rewrite.RewriteHandler.handle(RewriteHandler.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:534)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:879)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:747)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404)
	at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:409)
	at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:520)

Any thoughts on that one?

[Slugger]

Your missing more jars... namely Apache HttpClient. Did you do a restore of your Sage dir from a backup or something? My guess is your Sage plugins registry is severely out of sync with what's actually installed on your system.

[disco340]

The only file I ever restored was my sage.properties file. The Sage Service kept stopping and the only thing that seemed to fix it was by retoring it from a couple months prior. I just chalked it up as it getting corrupted somehow.

I went through my Jar directory and deleted what looked like old versions. I then installed the "Remove Plugin and Dependencies" plugin and used it to remove "Sage Recording Extender", "SageTV Groovy Tools" and "SRE Common". I then restarted the service and reinstalled the plugins and restarted the service one more time. Everything seems to be working now.

Thank you for all your help

[Slugger]

An update to the Groovy plugin has just been delivered to the repository. This will upgrade Groovy from 1.7 to 2.0. This is in support of my ongoing development of the Schedules Direct EPG plugin.

I mention this here because SRE is written in Groovy. My best effort went into testing to ensure nothing was broken by this update, but I'm only one person. If you notice any oddities with SRE after applying the Groovy update then please let me know ASAP.

You do not need to perform this Groovy upgrade for SRE, but other plugins may force the issue.

Note: The web server UI update that is also being delivered today will force the upgrade of Groovy.

[Sparhawk6]

I see that livepvrdata does not have the NBA games up yet. Slugger, will those go up soon?

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by Sparhawk6

I see that livepvrdata does not have the NBA games up yet. Slugger, will those go up soon?

MLB disabled for the season, NBA enabled.

[mundale2530]

Noticed my most recent women's college basketball recording did not get extended and in researching I don't see any Women's College Basketball listed on the livepvrdata.com site. Not a big deal. My team favorites don't have very many televised women's games.

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by mundale2530

Noticed my most recent women's college basketball recording did not get extended and in researching I don't see any Women's College Basketball listed on the livepvrdata.com site. Not a big deal. My team favorites don't have very many televised women's games.

Yeah, I noticed awhile ago the parser for women's basketball was broken. Seems ESPN changed the format of that scoreboard. It was on the todo list to fix, then slipped off, but now it's back on the radar.

[wayner]

My SRE is going to start to get a workout, but it looks like tomorrow's Leafs-Habs game does not show up as being monitored.

Does everything look ok at the back end for the NHL?

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by wayner

My SRE is going to start to get a workout, but it looks like tomorrow's Leafs-Habs game does not show up as being monitored.

Does everything look ok at the back end for the NHL?

Forgot to flip the switch back on for NHL. It's been flipped... all good now. SRE may not notice things until 24 hours from now or when the recording starts, whichever comes first, but the web service is monitoring NHL again.

[wayner]

Thanks Slugger, it looks good now as all my hocky games have the Green checkmark in the web UI.

[Slugger]

Support for the 2013 World Baseball Classic has been added to SRE. No SRE update required.

Required Title: World Baseball Classic (A leading 4 digit year is optional and acceptable)
Episode: Country A vs. Country B (i.e. Canada vs. Italy)

My EPG is being fed with the proper title and episode data such that I don't need overrides for anything. YMMV. Check livepvrdata.com for required override details on a per game basis as needed.

Example:
Title: 2013 World Baseball Classic
Episode: Canada vs. Italy

[MattHelm]

Are you going to start preseason Baseball? Dad's recording a bunch, and all say not monitored. (just asking, not demanding!)

[Slugger]

Originally Posted by MattHelm

Are you going to start preseason Baseball? Dad's recording a bunch, and all say not monitored. (just asking, not demanding!)

Preseason? No. I will turn on the MLB monitor for Opening Day. There are reasons I don't turn on the monitor for preseason. Those reasons are buried somewhere in this thread (it has to do with tape delayed broadcasts that are typical during preseason, etc.).

[MattHelm]

Originally Posted by Slugger

Preseason? No. I will turn on the MLB monitor for Opening Day. There are reasons I don't turn on the monitor for preseason. Those reasons are buried somewhere in this thread (it has to do with tape delayed broadcasts that are typical during preseason, etc.).

No problem. Searched on preseason and got no hits. Dad can live without, as he's taping all the college BB games too. That should keep him busy. He recording about 10 other shows a day too!!! Ah, to be retired.

[cat6man]

Time for my annual thank you to slugger for the SRE app, the primo app in SageTV in this household.

With SRE and SageDCT, I still feel that SageTV is the best thing out there with all the key functionality that I really need (and no one else has matched SRE yet, can you believe it?).

Imagine how cool SageTV 8 will be with this.

Happy baseball season everyone.............and good luck to slugger's Jays this year...........should be quite a season.

[wayner]

A big thumbs up to slugger and tmiranda as SRE, hiding the SRE timeline, and dynamic skip times are a huge benefit when watching playoff hockey games.

Thanks guys!