Post padding issues w/ serverwmc

[LehighBri 19]

I use ServerWMC with MBS and have a bunch of series setup to be recorded.  I just tried editing the padding and have the following issues.  Can these constraints be relaxed a bit as I would think MBS shouldn't restrict things this much.

 

1. Edit Series Padding: when I edit the post padding for a series and click save, I see "ServerWMC backend error" (thoughts krusty?)

2. Edit Individual Scheduled Recording AND series: if I try to extend a recording by 60 minutes and click save, I get "Value must be less than or equal to 30".  Seems like MBS may need to relax this restriction, and not sure if the live tv plugins need to do anything beyond.

 

Thoughts?

[krustyreturns 191]

@@LehighBri,

 

I tried to reproduce the problem but it works fine for me.  Either give me your steps in detail or post the swmc log after you get the backend error.

[LehighBri 19]

@@LehighBri,

 

I tried to reproduce the problem but it works fine for me.  Either give me your steps in detail or post the swmc log after you get the backend error.

 

Sure.  I have MBS Version 3.0.5395.0 and serverwmc 1.0.0.42 build 1167.  In the MBS UI, I go to to the Live TV - > Series tab, click 60 minutes, and specify 30 minutes in post padding and hit Save, and then I get the serverwmc backend error popup.  See below for the serverwmc log.

 

2014/10/28 13:35:44.770 Received client request: MediaBrowser^@ERICA-PC@|::1|GetSeriesTimers

2014/10/28 13:35:44.845 Finished request GetSeriesTimers in 0.08s

2014/10/28 13:35:45.211 Received client request: MediaBrowser^@ERICA-PC@|::1|UpdateSeriesTimer|10133099181512413|60 Minutes|||1414974600|1414978200|0|30|False|False|True|False|True|127|1786

2014/10/28 13:35:45.211 UpdateSeriesTimer> -----------------start------------------------

2014/10/28 13:35:45.216 UpdateSeriesTimer> No requested program found for id: 10133099181512413

2014/10/28 13:35:45.216 Finished request UpdateSeriesTimer in 0.01s

 

 

And note that in my post above, I can update post padding for individual recordings, but it always fails per above at the Series level.

Edited October 28, 2014 by LehighBri

[krustyreturns 191]

Interesting.  To help me track down the bug, can you restart MBS and see if - after it reloads - if it still throws this error when you change the series padding?

[LehighBri 19]

Interesting.  To help me track down the bug, can you restart MBS and see if - after it reloads - if it still throws this error when you change the series padding?

Rebooted, and same issue.  Here is the updated log.

 

2014/10/28 16:33:02.314 Received client request: MediaBrowser^@ERICA-PC@|::1|GetSeriesTimers

2014/10/28 16:33:02.374 Finished request GetSeriesTimers in 0.06s

2014/10/28 16:33:02.910 Received client request: MediaBrowser^@ERICA-PC@|::1|UpdateSeriesTimer|10133099181512413|60 Minutes|||1414974600|1414978200|0|30|False|False|True|False|True|127|1786

2014/10/28 16:33:02.910 UpdateSeriesTimer> -----------------start------------------------

2014/10/28 16:33:02.910 UpdateSeriesTimer> No requested program found for id: 10133099181512413

2014/10/28 16:33:02.910 Finished request UpdateSeriesTimer in 0.00s

[krustyreturns 191]

I can't figure it out, so I need more logging info:

in the config.xml file look for 

 <LogRequestFull />

 

and change it to:

 <LogRequestFull>GetSeriesTimers,UpdateSeriesTimer</LogRequestFull>

Then save and restart, then try to update the series timer that causes the error again.  After it fails I need the whole log.

 

Also, is this only happening with this series or is it happening with any series that you try and edit?

[krustyreturns 191]

Just for completeness: @@LehighBri and I worked on this offline.  It will be fixed in the next rev of swmc.  LehighBri, make sure you put those logging options back to their default state just to keep the size of the log down.  Thanks for your help.

[LehighBri 19]

Thanks @@krustyreturns.  That will solve #1 in my list.

 

For #2, can an MBS dev comment?  Here is the issue.  Edit Individual Scheduled Recording AND series: if I try to extend a recording by 60 minutes and click save, I get "Value must be less than or equal to 30".  Seems like MBS may need to relax this restriction, and not sure if the live tv plugins need to do anything beyond.

[krustyreturns 191]

I agree that the high padding restriction should be like a few hours, not 30 minutes.  As you guessed, it is MBS that imposing this restriction not the plugin.

[LehighBri 19]

I agree that the high padding restriction should be like a few hours, not 30 minutes.  As you guessed, it is MBS that imposing this restriction not the plugin.

 

@@Luke or other MBS Devs - now that 5424 has been released, any chance you can comment on this padding restriction?  I would hope it would be a quick fix, but is definitely an annoyance, especially when it comes to recording sports which oftentimes go longer than planned.

 

Edit: I also created a new issue in git to track this: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser/issues/946

Edited November 11, 2014 by LehighBri

[LehighBri 19]

Quick update.  Looks like MBS has removed the max constraint on pre/post-padding and will hopefully be available in a build soon (below).  Great to hear and thanks so much for looking into this so quickly!

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser/pull/947