AutoSP - Automatic SeasonPass

[jkozee]

This is a personal script I've been using and tweaking for years and thought I would share it if anyone is interested. This script will search the guide for a specific StationTMSID, CannelNumber (Major/Minor), and TimeRange and create a seasonpass for any show that has an OriginalAirDate within 7 days. It keeps track of previous added SP's and will only create it once. It also adds an entry into the "Now Playing List", so you can easily identify what's been added.

I wrote this because I was tired of missing the first episodes shows because the series id's change between years, mid-season lineup changes, or just forgetting to check the schedule. For me, it is easier to just delete the seasonpass and entire folder of a series that doesn't interest me.

The flags -all and -nosp are useful for the inital run. Using -all, every show from during the time range will be treated as a new show. The -nosp will prevent seasonpasses from being created. Consider these cases:

1) There are now new shows airing, but some shows in the time range may have new episodes in the future and you would like them added to the SP list.
-Don't use either flag

2) You want to add every show to your SP list immediately, so that you can review the list manually.
-Use -all

3) You have every SP you want currently in your list. Even if the currently listed shows start airing new episodes, ignore them.
-Use both -all and -nosp

New Version 1.3

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# AutoSP - Copyright (C) 2012 jkozee                                           #
# This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied   #
# warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.             #
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# TERMS OF USE: personal (noncommercial) fair-use backup & restore             #
# This software may not be used for copyright infringment or any illegal       #
# purpose, bundled with any product, sold, distributed or redistributed        #
# under any circumstances on any media without express written consent.        #
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# History: 1.3 20120729 Initial public release                                 #
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# Purpose: Automatically add Seasonpasses for all shows from "start" to        #
#          "start + sec" given a "Channel TMSID" and a "Channel Major" and     #
#          optionally a "Channel Minor".  Basically, run this as a daily cron  #
#          job item and it will find any new series for the requested channel  #
#          and create a seasonpass entry for it.  It also adds an entry in the #
#          Now Playing List for easy review.  The seasonpass is set to record  #
#          only new episodes and keep them all until space is needed.          #
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# Usage: AutoSP.tcl [-flags] -chtms <TMSID> -chnmaj <chnmaj> [-chmin <chmin>]  #
#         -l       Log to /var/log/AutoSP.log                                  #
#         -s       Log to the Screen                                           #
#         -v       Inlcude verbose log information                             #
#         -vv      Include very verbose log information                        #
#         -remove  Cleanup all AutoSP Items from mfs database                  #
#         -chtms   Channel TmsID                                               #
#         -chmaj   Channel Major                                               #
#         -chmin   Channel Minor                                               #
#         -start   Seconds since midnight (local) to start looking for matches #
#                  Defaults to 72000 (8:00 pm)                                 #
#         -sec     Seconds since start to look for matches                     #
#                  Defaults to 10800 (3 hours)                                 #
#         -all     Adds all series that exist (not just OAD within 7)          #
#         -nosp    Add entires to the NPL, but do not create SeasonPasses      #
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# Notes:                                                                       #
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