[addon] BTV-Externinator (Dec 31 Update)

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by alcom77

I can't get Externinator-assisted recordings (divx avi format) to play from the BTV interface.

Which capture device are you using?

The files are named as listed in the library, but they are simply ignored. I would like these to be show squeezed as well: is there a way to manually fix the library?

If your capture device is already producing divx files, why would you want to showsqueeze them?

EDIT: I guess you are still doing Firewire recordings, so those are MPEG-2 streams and should be saved as .mpg or .tp, those are definitely not divx recordings, so no wonder BTV is choking on those mislabeled files...

[poobah]

Hi Fonceur!

Is there a version of BTV-E that works with the 4.9 beta? The version I have (1.61) throws an exception on startup when trying to fill the channel property lists.

Thanks!
B.

[Fonceur]

Hmm, I guess I need to install that beta and check how they changed the whole channel handling...

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Hmm, I guess I need to install that beta and check how they changed the whole channel handling...

LOL!

My gut tells me that maybe this has something to do with the new QAM mapped channel lineups.

Anyway, if you need any help debugging or tracking down problems, let me know...

B.

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Hmm, I guess I need to install that beta and check how they changed the whole channel handling...

just for the record, here's the exception:

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at BeyondTVLibrary.SuperBags.Add(PropertyBagHelper[] myBags)
at BeyondTVLibrary.SuperBags..ctor(String name, PropertyBagHelper[] myBags)
at BTV_Externinator.Externinator.Fill_ChannelsBag()
at BTV_Externinator.Externinator.Fill_AllListViews()
at BTV_Externinator.Externinator.Externinator_Init()
at BTV_Externinator.Externinator.launchExterninator_E lapsed(Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by poobah

Anyway, if you need any help debugging or tracking down problems, let me know...

Actually, if you could zip up the various *lineup*.xml files (hidden folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SnapStream\Beyond TV or such), that would probably do it.

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Actually, if you could zip up the various *lineup*.xml files (hidden folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SnapStream\Beyond TV or such), that would probably do it.

Here you go.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by poobah

Here you go.

OK, they increased the size of the UniqueChannelID again, among other things...

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

OK, they increased the size of the UniqueChannelID again, among other things...

I'll happily test a build if you don't want to install a beta.

B.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by poobah

I'll happily test a build if you don't want to install a beta.

So here goes, it will most likely crash at the same spot, but post the log file please.

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

So here goes, it will most likely crash at the same spot, but post the log file please.

You were correct - it crashed in the same spot. Log (and exception text) attached.

B.

[Fonceur]

Same deal, should narrow it even more...

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Same deal, should narrow it even more...

Here you go (I'm not including the exception text because it's the same. I figure you know that. Let me know if you want it).

B.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by poobah

Here you go

Another iteration... This one might get around the problem, but not sure it would let it in a runnable state...

[poobah]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Another iteration... This one might get around the problem, but not sure it would let it in a runnable state...

Congratulations!

It looks like it worked... I recreated my tuner, scheduled a recording using grafcorder, it worked, it post-processed...

I've attached the log if you're interested.

Now I was only able to test firewire recording - no guarantees on the other tuner types...

B.