Function of scheduler_export_file

[mhubel]

Does anyone know exactly what the expected behavior of the variable scheduler_export_file in Sage.properties is? I assumed that when a path and file name was specified, it would generate the specified file on start up with a list of some sort showing the current programs to be recorded. So far I have not been able to get SageTV to generate a file.

[robogeek]

That setting will generate a text file that will list a full SageTV recording schedule which includes your favorites, manual recordings, and also includes intelligent recordings (even if you don't have intelligent recording enabled). You must prefix the : and \ of the file pathname with a \ in the properties file, so if you wanted a file called recording_schedule.txt in the root of the C: drive, the setting would be:

scheduler_export_file=c\:\\recording_schedule.txt

A sample of the output is:

Encoder	Start Time	Stop Time	Duration	ChannelName	ChannelNum	Title	ManualRecord	Favorite
Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture #4	Fri 6/11 23:06	Sat 6/12 0:06	1:00:00	WBAY	3	Jimmy Kimmel Live	false	false
Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture #4	Sat 6/12 0:06	Sat 6/12 0:36	0:30:00	WBAY	3	Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen	false	false

As you can see it's plain text and I'm positive it's tab delimited so it should be easy to parse. The first 2 results in my file are intelligent recordings...you can tell by looking at the ManualRecord and Favorite status that are listed as false.

If you want xml or rss feeds with your actual recording schedule (without intelligent recordings mixed in), the web interface (using nielms web server plugin, or the Jetty web server plugin) will allow you to get realtime feeds with that information.

[mhubel]

It sounds like the path I supplied was not in the correct form. I had no idea the extra \'s were required. I will give that a try, the file format sounds like exactly what I need.