PVR process stops working

[MrBrunes]

Tx for the info - the actual scripts would help a lot as I often
struggle with getting them to work. For now though, my task scheduler
seems to be working fine so far, once I'd ironed out the pesky path
syntax that was causing the script to silently fail when run by the
scheduler.

Only thing that puzzles me is how to increase the logging verbosity
directed to the get_iplayer_pvr_task.txt file, as the stream download
info was useful when the pvr ran in a cmd window.

I created the task similarly to previously suggested:
schtasks /create /ru <username> /rp <password> /sc hourly /mo 4 /tn
get_iplayer_pvr_task /tr "get_iplayer --pvr --quiet 2>> \"F:\iplayer
recordings\get_iplayer_pvr_task.txt\""

Currently I just see a single line e.g. "New radio programme: 'etc.'"
but no date or download details.
I've tried removing "--quiet 2" and then adding --verbose and
--streaminfo but the single line log file entries remain the same.

On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 at 23:07, John Coucher <j0hnc0ucher at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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