Feature Request - automated extraction

[Hi8]

As things are working pretty well with the current release, one of my all time wishlist items is an automated extraction scheduler.

The way it would work is by key words, or date conditions. A configuration screen that would setup extraction based on a set of rules. And or a commandline version of tytool that would allow switches so that it can be run from a batch/cmd file. And let TaskScheduler or cron trigger it.

I would love to be able to setup a task that would connect each day; extract/split any showing with the key words "Late Show" and then delete.

just my selfish dream.

[osetivo]

I read the someone around here has his Tivo setup to automatically download/archive any program that has a 3 "thumbs up" rating. Someday he "may" release the How to

[burriko]

i've been working on something like this. It searches the programme titles for a keyword that you specify and then extracts all of the shows that it finds using mfs-ftp as the server.

it'd be simple to set up your OS's scheduler (cron etc.) to run the program every day to extract all of the simpsons episodes on your tivo for example.

here's an example of how it works, extracting all of the shows with music in the title.

C:\java\eclipse\workspace\FtpClient>java GetShow music
Connected to TiVo
Retrieving Now Playing list...Done
Found 2 shows
4Music - 4 Play The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 06-29-2003 02.10 AM
4Music - 4Play D4 - 06-29-2003 02.55 AM

Extracting 4Music - 4 Play The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 06-29-2003 02.10 AM...
646.00MB extracted in 560secs (1.15MB/s)

Extracting 4Music - 4Play D4 - 06-29-2003 02.55 AM...
432.00MB extracted in 380secs (1.14MB/s)


C:\java\eclipse\workspace\FtpClient>

[dr4j2]

Any chance that you would post the source?

The scripted client would make mfs-ftp work for video archiving.

[redav72]

I've written a bash script for use with TyStudio. You specify the show name in the command IE (#showarchiver "Show Name") And the script checks the tivo for any episodes of that name, if it already has an episode it skips to the next, otherwise it downloads it and converts it to an mpeg. I've got it setup on my RedHat box to download "The Bob Newhart Show" every night at mid-night. Beware though this script will fill up your hard-drive very quickly :)