TV Diary

What is the TV Diary?

TV Diary is an add-on to the web interface. It tracks the TV programs you record and watch, and presents a diary view through the web interface

How Do I install TV Diary?

TV Diary is installable from the Web-If >> Package Management >> Available screen, you may have to enable Advance Packages e.g. Web-if >> Settings >> Advanced Settings >> Show development and advanced packages = Yes.

Using TV Diary

After installing the package the Web-If main screen will display a new 'TV Diary' icon, clicking on this icon will take you to the main TV Diary screen displaying a calendar from which you can pick a date for inspection, Note only dates in BOLD are pick-able

Having selected a past / present / future date, the following categories can be displayed :-

Recorded / To Be Recorded

Programmes that have been, are being or will be recorded

• = Unwatched Recording
• = Deleted without having been watched
• = Video Inventory - (Click to display stored programmes)
• = Deja vu - Highlights a programme you may have already seen (Click for more details)
• - Recording Now

• --------- = Current Time indicator

• = Possible Recording Conflict

Watched

Watched Recordings (Media) / Watched Live TV

• = Live Buffer (Not Recorded)
• = Watching Now
• = Deja vu - Highlights a programme you have may already seen Click for more details)

Settings

Web-If >> Settings will display the following options

NOTES

• the database for TV Diary resides here :- /mod/etc/tvdiary.db
• /mod/sbin/tvdiary_monitor_on = enable crontab to run tvdiary_status
• /mod/sbin/tvdiary_monitor_off = disable crontab to run tvdiary_status
• /mod/sbin/tvdiary_status = status checker to be run every minute to update the tvdiary database
• /mod/sbin/tvdiary_publish = Publish the TV Diary contents to a separate web server
• /mod/sbin/tvdiary_purge = Purge the TV Diary database of old data