Sweeper

Sweeper - the Swiss Army Knife of recording management

Available actions

continue 

do nothing and continue to next rule.

stop 

do nothing and stop processing rules.

preserve 

(deprecated) do nothing and stop processing rules.

move 

move the recording to a folder.

movecreate 

move the recording to a folder and create it if it doesn't exist.

fileunder (folders only) 

look for another existing with the same name as the new series recording and, if found, move the new recordings into it.

fileundercreate (folders only) 

As fileunder but if no folder is found then create a new one.

Available conditions

flag 

a flag against the recording, e.g. 'flag New'. Flags are Locked, New, Encrypted, Guidance, ODEncrypted, Shrunk, Deduped.

lcn 

Logical channel number, e.g. 'lcn 1', 'lcn {> 1}'

duration 

recording duration in minutes, e.g. 'duration {> 60}'

schedduration 

scheduled recording duration in minutes.

size 

size in bytes

age 

age in hours (measured from recording end time).

wage 

number of hours since last watched, or from recording end time if not watched.

definition 

standard (SD) or high (HD) definition, e.g. 'definition SD'

title 

title contains ..., e.g. 'title {The Big Bang Theory}'

synopsis 

synopsis contains ...

guidance 

guidance contains ...

genre 

recording genre is.. e.g. 'genre Children'

hour 

hour of recording, e.g. 'hour {>= 21}'

Available tokens

 %genre 

Recording genre.

 %definition 

Definition of recording (HD or SD).

 %title 

Recording title.

 %channel 

Channel name.

 %lcn 

Logical channel number.

 %duration 

Recording duration (in minutes).

 %timestamp 

Start of recording as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

 %yyyymmmdd

Start of recording as YYYYMMDD.

 %hhmm

Start of recording as HHMM