Hi,

I was hoping someone might be able to help, I use Webshifter for scheduling programs to be recorded.

I'd like to start using ProgDVB however I need to work out how to start & stop recording, setting the channel etc all via comand line.

Other programs such as Technotrend software allow this type of scheduling.

Is this possible with ProgDVB?

Also does ProgDVB have a pdf manual.

Thanks,

David

You can look command list in settings ->controls.

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.

I know how to manually stop, start recordings but I don't know how to do it from a command line instruction, ie:-

ProgDVB.exe /Channel no. /file "c:\video\test".mpg /date /time

Entered from a command line perhaps in a dos box or in my case automatically by Webshifter to ProgDVB.

Regards,

David

ProgDVB.exe /StartRecord
ProgDVB.exe /StopRecord

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, are there options for :-

Channel to be recorded
Time to record for
File name and path

etc

Also can the options be put together something like:-

ProgDVB.exe /channel name /C:\Videos\abc.mpeg /how long to record for


Many thanks,

David

ProgDVB support only simple commands without time.

Just one command at a time.
Look at the internal scheduler, to learn how to handle, including arguments.
Same must work from command line.

I would also really like this feature added so we could add events to ProgDVB's scheduler via the command line.

If we could do something like David suggests:

ProgDVB.exe "/channel name or number to record" "/C:\path to record\file to record.mpg" "/start time" "/how long to record for"

That would be *most* excellent - that way any number of other applications could be used to drive ProgDVB's scheduler.

Now i understand.

Feeding the scheduler from an external application should be not too complicated, if ProgDVB is not running.
But if it's up, there is a problem, ProgDVB would have to be made to recognize each change, somehow, as it does not scan the file frequently at runtime.
So an extra command would be necessary to implement with ProgDVB, like 'reread scheduler.ini'...