PVR process stops working

[John Coucher]

Hi,

I’ve had problems with task scheduler too on old windows machines. So what I do is use a batch file that loops continually. You can add tasks to the loop. So you can do:

1. Check VPN still running and reconnect if not
2. Refresh Programme Index
3. Run PVR
4. Robocopy downloaded files to other network locations.
5. Enter a timing loop for minutes/hours, perhaps with a bit of random variation to make your pattern of activity less obvious. I use ‘ping’ for this.
6. Return to start.

You can add logging options to each of these elements if desired and you can set the batch file to run on start. I’ve used this for about ten years on microPC without problem,

Kind Regards

JohnC


> On 6 Dec 2023, at 02:54, MrBrunes <mr.brunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tx to all for the info. No idea how I ended up with old docs.
> 
> Before I saw this I did delete the pvrlock file (which contained the
> old PID) which did the trick and only then I was able to run the PVR
> scheduler. This time I did it from a command prompt which displays the
> activity and also redirects it to a log e.g.
> PS F:\iplayer recordings> get_iplayer --pvr-scheduler 14400 >> pvr-log.txt
> This seems to work well.
> 
> Then I tried the Windows scheduled task approach as hopefully that
> would survive a restart without logging in.
> So far it doesn't seem to have created a log file so will do some more
> testing. Though I've encountered issues before with Windows Scheduler
> silently failing to run quite basic batch files, even with all the
> correct rights, auth info and 'Start in' folder. These same batch
> files run perfectly from a cmd line.
> 
>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 12:18, iz <iz2 at gmx.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4 Dec 2023, at 19:02, MrBrunes <mr.brunes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The PID never shows up in Task Manager or Process Explorer so it's reboot time.
>> 
>> At most, you should only need to kill the Perl interpreter (perl.exe) process.
>> 
>>> 
>>> How can I diagnose this?
>>> Failing that, is there any way to make the PVR process more resilient,
>>> or failing that is there an easier method to detect that it's stopped
>>> downloading?
>> 
>> Run PVR scheduler from a command prompt instead of from start menu or desktop. The output should remain on-screen if it dies, or you could redirect it to a file.
>> 
>>> 
>>> The docs mention the possibility of using the Windows scheduler for
>>> the PVR at https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation/09a72bf76c131c8932bbf0aef1eeb95ec85049b9#scheduling-the-pvr
>>> but the external link is invalid.
>> 
>> You are linking to a very obsolete version of the docs. The current version has what you're after.
>> 
> 
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