OliveTin for Channels: An Interface for Misc Channels DVR Scripts & Tricks

[bnhf]

@chDVRuser

Give me an updated YAML and the shell script and I'll try it out.

Let me know if the single quotes are needed. Give bnhf/olivetin:test a try if you would please -- includes above script and updated YAML.

[chDVRuser]

@bnhf

#!/bin/bash

fileID=$1

recordingJSON=$(curl http://$CHANNELS_DVR/dvr/files/$fileID)

programID=$(echo $recordingJSON | jq -r '.Airing.ProgramID')
programID=${programID//\//%2F}

curl -X DELETE http://$CHANNELS_DVR/dvr/programs/$programID

It works without the single quotes.
Tried a normal, Pluto and another custom m3u channel ProgramID and they all worked.

[bnhf]

@chDVRuser

Tried a normal, Pluto and another custom m3u channel ProgramID and they all worked.

Thanks! bnhf/olivetin:latest (test and latest are once again the same) now includes this "Mark an Episode for Re-Recording" feature.

[chDVRuser]

I would use OliveTin for Channels instead of running my scripts if I could specify an override for the env variable $CHANNELS_DVR IP address and port for each Action Item since I run four DVR servers.

Maybe an override field and if nothing entered, then defaults to the one specified in the env variable.

Don't want to run 4 OliveTin for Channels containers, one for each of my DVR servers!

[bnhf]

@chDVRuser

Maybe an override field and if nothing entered, then defaults to the one specified in the env variable.

Conceptually, what if we set it up so that you could specify however many $CHANNELS_DVRx variables you want, and then have a drop-down to select say 1-9 to specify which you want to use?

And, as I think about it, the drop-downs could probably have the actual [hostname or ip]:port listed. Since OliveTin seems like something of a "convenience tool for power users" at this point, it makes sense to me. I have two CDVR servers myself, with a third in view -- so I like the concept.

[chDVRuser]

@bnhf

Conceptually, what if we set it up so that you could specify however many $CHANNELS_DVRx variables you want, and then have a drop-down to select say 1-9 to specify which you want to use?

That sounds like a winning idea. As long as you can view the [hostname or ip]:port on the dropdown.

[themediaguy]

Ok so here is where I am at now. Sorry for not replying back sooner been super busy since yesterday.

I have updated to the latest image and it seemed as if it fixed itself. I am seeing images in my manual recordings now but for some reason I am recording a PPV from Peacock currently from a manual recording and it isn't showing up in my collections named Wrestling. I have tried to find the show in the library but just shows up as an episode and I can't edit the episode to be able to put it in the Wrestling Collection. Any ideas as to why the genre isn't working correctly?

[chDVRuser]

Since it's a manual recording, you would have to edit metadata on it to match any others you want it to match with.

[themediaguy]

I tried to edit the manual recording but it’s not allowing me to. When I search for it and try to click on it nothing pops up. Just shows the episode and a play button but does nothing. I tried to find it in my library but can’t find it there either. I guess since it’s a manual recording it isn’t attached with anything making it unfindable until you search for it.

[themediaguy]

Is there a way to title the show for the manual recording to able to find it as a "show" instead of an outside of a "show" and just an episode? And as well the genre to work as well but since it's only showing up as an episode that might be why it's not showing up in my collections.

[bnhf]

@themediaguy

I guess since it’s a manual recording it isn’t attached with anything making it unfindable until you search for it.

For the tests I've done, all of the "Manual Recordings" have been grouped together in my library:

And I could add them to a collection:

I'm guessing though that these are all being grouped together by virtue of being manual recordings, which might not be what you're after.

[chDVRuser]

I think he's running an older image of yours before you added SeriesID=manual/channel#

If it looks like the one on the bottom in your DVR > Manage > Shows that's why

It should look like this if you're using the latest image

[themediaguy]

I wonder if I should start from scratch and try this again at this point. I’m recording a PPV from Peacock and don’t have a channel to match with the recording per se.

[chDVRuser]

What does it look like in DVR > Manage > Shows?

[themediaguy]

Recording shows undefined and when I click on it, it’s shows No recordings found for this show.

[chDVRuser]

You need to stop and delete the container, then pull the latest image and run it again.

[themediaguy]

Copy that. Will do.

[bnhf]

@themediaguy

Copy that. Will do

You can also stop the stack, and then in the Portainer-Stacks editor click on Update and use the Re-Pull and redeploy slider.

EDIT: Also, UPDATE_SCRIPTS and UPDATE_YAMLS should both be set to true in your env vars.

[themediaguy]

I have done that earlier through Portainer but I guess I did something wrong when starting this project somewhere. Probably best to start from scratch.

[chDVRuser]

@themediaguy

I’m recording a PPV from Peacock and don’t have a channel to match with the recording per se.

Have no idea what that means. PPV is PayPerView?
To do the manual recording, you would have to enter a channel number to record from.