Scheduled Recording File Location...

[darthmaul]

Greetings!

I'm looking for the file (assuming it's an XML/DB file) that contains the data regarding scheduled recordings that I've setup. What I am wanting to do is write a small service that gets the next recording time from this file and starts BTV 30 minutes before a recording starts and closes it 30 minutes after the recording is done.

It's not that my system won't run BTV all the time, it's more than capable. I just edit a lot of video and pix on this machine as well as develop apps and I don't want a whole lot running in the background especially when editing video.

So if anybody can clue me in as to what file to look at, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

Randy

[jmaver]

This would be pretty simple to do with the 3.5 sdk. You can ask the scheduler for the upcoming recording list, and figure it out from that.

[darthmaul]

Thanks!


Where can I get the 3.5 SDK?

[jmaver]

http://www.snapstream.com/Partners/BeyondTVSDK.asp

[darthmaul]

Thanks! I really appreciate you helping me get started!


I have one more question....

I've been able to utilize the GetUpcomingRecordings method from the Scheduler Web Service, however, the start times/dates and end times/dates do not make much since to me and seem cryptic. For example, one of the upcoming recordings ActualStart was 127467756000000000, End was 127467792000000000, and ActualDuration was 36000000000. Is there something I'm missing? How can I interpret these values?

Again, I really appreciate your help!

Thanks!

[jmaver]

They are FILETIMEs. Use DateTime.FromFileTime() to convert them. Like this:

DateTime date = DateTime.FromFileTime((long)ulong.Parse(prop.Value ));
output = date.ToString("G");

[darthmaul]

John, you've been a wonderful help and I appreciate it

Writing the service is downhill from here!
Thanks again!

Randy

[jmaver]

no problem. Hopefully it will work out the way you want.