Example 2: Timeshifting

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate :

1. how to connect to the TV-Server
2. how to retrieve channel information from the TV database
3. how to start timeshifting a channel
4. how to stop timeshifting a channel

Copy the DLLs under ...\TvEngine3\TVLibrary\TVDatabase\references and ...\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Gentle.config  to your output directory.

The code can be found in the TvServer SVN under doc\examples\examples\example2

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
using TvControl;          // include the tvserver remote control interfaces
using TvLibrary.Channels; // include tv-channel types
using TvDatabase;         // include tv-server database

namespace Example2
{
  /// <summary>
  /// example which connects to the tvserver
  /// and starts timeshifting then waits 5 seconds and then stops timeshifting.
  /// </summary>
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      try
      {
        //set the hostname of the tvserver
        RemoteControl.HostName = "sirius";

        //get the location of the database..
        string connStr;
        string provider;
        IController controller = RemoteControl.Instance;
        controller.GetDatabaseConnectionString(out connStr, out provider);

        //set the connection string
        Gentle.Framework.ProviderFactory.SetDefaultProviderConnectionString(connStr);

        // Now get a list of all tv-channels
        IList<Channel> channels = Channel.ListAll();

        //lets take the first channel
        Channel channel = (Channel)channels[0];
        Console.WriteLine("timeshifting channel:{0}", channel.DisplayName);

        //start timeshifting
        IUser me = new User();
        VirtualCard vcard;
        TvResult result = controller.StartTimeShifting(ref me, channel.IdChannel, out vcard);
        if (result != TvResult.Succeeded)
        {
          //failed to start timeshifting
          Console.WriteLine("timeshifting failed:{0}", result);
        }
        else
        {
          Console.WriteLine("timeshifting succeeded");
          Console.WriteLine(" rtsp url:{0}", vcard.RTSPUrl);
          Console.WriteLine(" filename:{0}", vcard.TimeShiftFileName);

          //sleep 5 secs
          System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);

          //stop timeshifting
          vcard.StopTimeShifting();
        }
      }catch(Exception ex)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
      }
    }
  }
}