PSA: EPG123 update task
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stuartm
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I have 3 different HTPC's that need to do daily updates I prefer to control the time so that they don't conflict since only one can update at a a time. I can easily modify the tasks of course but I think that when the create menu comes up you could show a randomly selected minute in the selected hour but allow the user to change it to anything they want to if they wish to override.
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mwpeterson
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How does Schedules Direct react when you try to update multiple PCs at the same time? And then what does EPG123 do?
For those not using a server setup.
For those not using a server setup.
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garyan2
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You can only have 1 token at a time when communicating with Schedules Direct. If you have 3 computers updating at the same time, only the computer that got the token last would complete. The other 2 would fail because their token was expired.
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Keeping WMC alive beyond January 2020. https://garyan2.github.io
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SwissCheese
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mwpeterson
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And then does EPG123 try again or does it wait until the next day?
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garyan2
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Next day. That is pretty much a fatal error and it will abort the update. I don't try to grab a new token at any time except for the start.
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mwpeterson
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OK, so you definitely don't want to take the chance of having multiple updates at the same time.
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adam1991
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I thought of this as I was installing and configuring EPG123 a long time ago, and so I pulled a random number out of nowhere and used that.
So, way ahead of you, Gary. And no, I won't tell anyone what my number is!
So, way ahead of you, Gary. And no, I won't tell anyone what my number is!
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WMCLives
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Maybe just add one hour or two to the initial install time of epg123. That should spread requests out. The user will get EPG up and running and an hour or so later the updates start. If a user has a particular preference they can set it to whatever they want. If SD server really has a problem with 00:00 requests, generate a pop up that selecting 00:00 might result in failed updates and select another time if possible.