On 6 July 2012 13:26, dinkypumpkin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/07/2012 09:46, Derek Moss wrote: >> >> On 6 July 2012 09:45, Derek Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hmm, wouldn't it be easier just to put whatever commandline is needed >> in pvr_manager.cmd, so that the cache is automatically updated >> whenever the Web PVR Manager is started? > > > The batch file doesn't have access to your web pvr settings, so it won't > know which caches to refresh. The settings are stored in a browser cookie > wherever your browser saves cookies, and the cookie may not even exist if > you use a cookie manager of some kind. > > What you suggest might work up to a point. You could add an entry for the > "type" option with your preferred programme types to your options file and > then insert a call to "get_iplayer --refresh" at the top of pvr_manager.cmd > to force a cache refresh before the web pvr launches. For users with slow > connections, that will slow down web pvr startup noticeably, but if you were > going to add this feature you should make it optional, turned on by a > command line switch. Additionally, you can't manage your options file from > the web pvr gui, but you might not care if you always search on the same > programme types. > > The basic question here is whether or not you should have to use the options > file to configure web pvr functions that can otherwise be managed in the > gui. The guy who wrote the web pvr obviously thought not. In general, I > agree that the web pvr should remain in its own little universe. For one > thing, there is no equivalent of the above for anyone who runs the web pvr > as a CGI application in a web server (though that is most likely a tiny > group of users). More importantly, from a support perspective it's much > easier to communicate "hit Refresh Cache and search again" when someone > complains that they can't find a programme in the web pvr. The alternative > would be "close your browser, kill the web pvr, open a command prompt, enter > a certain command to update the options file (which web pvr users may not > even know about and thus might require additional explanation) to add the > programme type(s) you want, restart the web pvr, make sure caches update on > startup by looking for the listing in the terminal window, open your browser > and reconnect to the web pvr, then search again".
I don't know about all that. I just know that doing "get_iplayer --type tv "strange case"" refreshed whatever cache the Web PVR Manager uses, so it seems sensible to do something similar when starting it, to ensure the cache is up-to-date. Of course, if it's left running then it will need to be updated from time to time with the Refresh Cache button, but for users like me who just start it, find a programme and download it and then close it until next time I need it, making sure the cache is updated when starting would be sufficient. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
