Hi all,
Over the last few months several guys have inquired about the small "wrapper" I made for the ReplayPc program. I haven't gotten a "distribution" package set up yet, but can supply an already installed zipped version that should work fine for you. Just unzip the file into the drive/folder where you want your extracted ReplyPC files to be saved.
I'd like a few guys to test this out for me. I've already sent one to someone who says it works great. But I need more input from people running under different environments. ie FAT vs NTFS and different RPTV boxes. I believe this should only work with the 4K series of the ReplayTV boxes.
I'm not a programmer so you use this at your own risk. It will be made available for free of course, providing I get enough favorable feedback from the testers and there isn't any serious problems.
It's a GUI wrapper that facilitates running the ReplayPC and GuideParser applications. It provides a custom GUI in Windows showing a list box of all the ReplayTV mpegs available along with their recorded times, quality, date and guide name (not the 12345xx.mpg name but a "show/title" name) You can check off which programs to offload and then just hit the "get mpeg" button to automatically off-load them.
There is also a box to input your IP address and the delay you wish to use. It will work with zero delay (use at your own caution) I have been using it for several months without a problem and only use zero delay. With a 100 mps LAN it should take you about 16 minutes to off-load a 2.7 GB High Quality ReplayTV one hour show.
It also automatically renames the saved mpegs with the show/name as derived from the ReplayTV guide and provides a LOG file showing the names of programs off-loaded, the date and times each was started and finished. (so you can play with various things to check the off loading times etc.)
It's extremely simple .. no Java, Pearle etc, and no runtimes needed. Doesn't do a thing to your system other than add a .dll and some support files (including ReplacePC and GuideParser) which are left in the Drive/Folder where you installed it.
The first time you start it, you just have to enter your IP address and the delay you wish to use. Once you do that the information is saved and re-used for any subsequent use of the program. (It can be changed anytime if needed)
I would only caution that it has no error checking (yet) and no file re-direction etc. I just saves the mpegs in the folder where you installed it. Also IF using a zero time delay you should insure that neither the ReplayTV box or your computer system are doing anything. In fact it's best that the RPTV box be turned off as that will give maximum speed in the off load. When the RPTV is "on" (the power lite on) even though you are doing nothing, the download times will be greatly increased. That's because the RPTV box is running it's encoder any time the thing is turn on.
If you use no delay, and the RPTV box starts a scheduled recording, you stand the chance of getting a corrupted ReplayTV Mpeg. I've TRIED to crash the unit by starting a recording during a download session. Although it did not crash the RPTV, it did screw up the mpeg pretty bad. Of course if you use a "delay", it will limit those problems or even possibly eliminate them. I have found when using no delay that you generally will have a lot of trouble just trying to use the normal functions of the ReplyTV. But like I said, I've been off-loading hundreds of mpeg with no delay for the past several months without a hitch. NOTE .. I do make sure my off-load times are during a period of time when there will be no ReplayTV activity and that the RPTV is turned OFF..
Use delay factors of 0, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. I have no means to distribute this (have a problem with my web site at the moment) so I'll have to email you the zipped file. I may get a temporary link set up this weekend for a download site. In the meantime the only way I can get it to you is to email it. If you are interested contact me at [email protected] and I'll replay .. uh I mean reply
with an attached file.
Oh one more thing. Please address any comments to this thread here on the AVS forum.
Anyone interested ?? - Rich A -
Over the last few months several guys have inquired about the small "wrapper" I made for the ReplayPc program. I haven't gotten a "distribution" package set up yet, but can supply an already installed zipped version that should work fine for you. Just unzip the file into the drive/folder where you want your extracted ReplyPC files to be saved.
I'd like a few guys to test this out for me. I've already sent one to someone who says it works great. But I need more input from people running under different environments. ie FAT vs NTFS and different RPTV boxes. I believe this should only work with the 4K series of the ReplayTV boxes.
I'm not a programmer so you use this at your own risk. It will be made available for free of course, providing I get enough favorable feedback from the testers and there isn't any serious problems.
It's a GUI wrapper that facilitates running the ReplayPC and GuideParser applications. It provides a custom GUI in Windows showing a list box of all the ReplayTV mpegs available along with their recorded times, quality, date and guide name (not the 12345xx.mpg name but a "show/title" name) You can check off which programs to offload and then just hit the "get mpeg" button to automatically off-load them.
There is also a box to input your IP address and the delay you wish to use. It will work with zero delay (use at your own caution) I have been using it for several months without a problem and only use zero delay. With a 100 mps LAN it should take you about 16 minutes to off-load a 2.7 GB High Quality ReplayTV one hour show.
It also automatically renames the saved mpegs with the show/name as derived from the ReplayTV guide and provides a LOG file showing the names of programs off-loaded, the date and times each was started and finished. (so you can play with various things to check the off loading times etc.)
It's extremely simple .. no Java, Pearle etc, and no runtimes needed. Doesn't do a thing to your system other than add a .dll and some support files (including ReplacePC and GuideParser) which are left in the Drive/Folder where you installed it.
The first time you start it, you just have to enter your IP address and the delay you wish to use. Once you do that the information is saved and re-used for any subsequent use of the program. (It can be changed anytime if needed)
I would only caution that it has no error checking (yet) and no file re-direction etc. I just saves the mpegs in the folder where you installed it. Also IF using a zero time delay you should insure that neither the ReplayTV box or your computer system are doing anything. In fact it's best that the RPTV box be turned off as that will give maximum speed in the off load. When the RPTV is "on" (the power lite on) even though you are doing nothing, the download times will be greatly increased. That's because the RPTV box is running it's encoder any time the thing is turn on.
If you use no delay, and the RPTV box starts a scheduled recording, you stand the chance of getting a corrupted ReplayTV Mpeg. I've TRIED to crash the unit by starting a recording during a download session. Although it did not crash the RPTV, it did screw up the mpeg pretty bad. Of course if you use a "delay", it will limit those problems or even possibly eliminate them. I have found when using no delay that you generally will have a lot of trouble just trying to use the normal functions of the ReplyTV. But like I said, I've been off-loading hundreds of mpeg with no delay for the past several months without a hitch. NOTE .. I do make sure my off-load times are during a period of time when there will be no ReplayTV activity and that the RPTV is turned OFF..
Use delay factors of 0, 4, 8, 16, 32 etc. I have no means to distribute this (have a problem with my web site at the moment) so I'll have to email you the zipped file. I may get a temporary link set up this weekend for a download site. In the meantime the only way I can get it to you is to email it. If you are interested contact me at [email protected] and I'll replay .. uh I mean reply
Oh one more thing. Please address any comments to this thread here on the AVS forum.
Anyone interested ?? - Rich A -