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jachin99

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Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« on: August 01, 2019, 02:33:02 pm »
I use videoredo, comskip, and vap  to cut commercials.  I want to run vap as an automated scheduled task each night to cut commercials and move recordings to a file share.  Unfortunately as it stands right now if something is being recorded then vap might try to cut the commercials as the program is being recorded.  Is there a script I can use to ask jrmc if a recording is in progress and if not then run either my scheduled task or some script that opens vap to let it do it's work.
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Re: Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2019, 04:54:03 pm »
Are you just using a Windows Scheduled Task?

Can't you just set your task to run only when the PC is idle, and wait a period after it becomes idle before starting?

I would hope that Windows could see a recording in progress and not consider the PC idle, and so wait. But maybe it wouldn't. Try and see?
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Re: Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2019, 05:21:57 pm »
This MCWS cmd should do what you want:

      GetAllRecordingProgramKeys
         Get all television program keys currently being recorded
         Response:
            ChannelKey: Returns a channel key
            ProgramKeys: Returns a comma separated list of program keys
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jachin99

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Re: Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2019, 07:05:19 pm »
Thanks for suggestions!!  I'll probably try both.
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jachin99

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Re: Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2019, 09:22:37 pm »
Quote from: RoderickGI on August 01, 2019, 04:54:03 pm
Are you just using a Windows Scheduled Task?

Can't you just set your task to run only when the PC is idle, and wait a period after it becomes idle before starting?

I would hope that Windows could see a recording in progress and not consider the PC idle, and so wait. But maybe it wouldn't. Try and see?

I appreciate all of the suggestions.  Roderick, I'm checking overnight whether or not video redo and vap will try to cut the commercials from a current recording so I'll let you know how that goes
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Re: Script to check and see if a recording is in progress?
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2019, 07:46:04 am »
I setup a recording, and had VAP monitor my recordings folder for new files so that it could cut the commercials over night.  Everything worked fine so I'm guessing Windows or JRiver didn't release the file until the recording was complete. 
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