Server an Viewer don't work as expected

[aydan]

Hi,

 

I have the following problem:

I have two overlapping recordings scheduled on the same transponder. If I start the viewer after the first recording has started but before the second recording starts and keep the service running, it won't start the second recording.

See illustration below:

<===Recording1=====>(Recorded by Service)
        <=====Recording2====>(Recording doesn't start, I expext the service to record this)
   ^-Start of viewer

 

This has happened with 3.9.4 and also happens with 4.0.

It did work with older versions though. Don't remember which ones exactly but probably up to 3.9.2

 

One other thing still bothering me:

If the service records a recurring recording and I open the viewer, the recording gets disabled. It's not a major problem but a royal pain in the butt because you have to think of it and reenable the recording.

 

Greetings

Aydan

Edited January 26, 2009 by aydan

[aydan]

Anybody?

[Moses]

You start DVBViewer while recording 1 is taking place and before recording 2 started? Then won't work and there is no version where that may have worked.

 

DVBViewer and recording service are not meant to run together at the same time. So if you run DVBViewer, it will tell the service to close (as soon as possible). That means that the recording service will finish it's ongoing recordings (recording 1 in your example) but will not start any new, that's the task of DVBViewer now. But DVBViewer can't start recording 2, as long as the service is blocking the dvb device. The device can only be used by one application at the same time. So that won't work with any version...

[aydan]

You start DVBViewer while recording 1 is taking place and before recording 2 started? Then won't work and there is no version where that may have worked.

 

DVBViewer and recording service are not meant to run together at the same time. So if you run DVBViewer, it will tell the service to close (as soon as possible). That means that the recording service will finish it's ongoing recordings (recording 1 in your example) but will not start any new, that's the task of DVBViewer now. But DVBViewer can't start recording 2, as long as the service is blocking the dvb device. The device can only be used by one application at the same time. So that won't work with any version...

As I stated above in older versions the service would keep running until it could release the tuner without losing data. I know the viewer can't access the tuner at the same time as the service, but the service could just keep running. I'm planning on setting up an fresh install to check something else and will try this again with 3.9.2 where I believe this did work.

[Lars_MQ]

nothing changed there. you most likely changed the setting of the svcctrl plugin in the DVBViewer. You have read the read me of the service, haven't you?

[aydan]

Hmm, OK. Seems I've been imagining things.

Yesterday I tested it with DVBV3.9 and 3.9.2 and the associated services and as you said: it doesn't work like that.

Still, it would be a sensible way to handle things. Otherwise the service uses a lot of usability for me.

 

What about the thing with the deactivated recordings? This is really annoying as well.

 

Seems I brought this topic up quite some time ago already:

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?showtopic=19767

Edited February 7, 2009 by aydan