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TiVo Show Downloads for MacOS
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ComSkip Log #435

Closed Jimbronie closed 3 years ago

Jimbronie commented 3 years ago

Hi, I love cTivo. The ComSkip has been rock solid for what I use it for (Hallmark holiday Movies). But lately it has been clipping the very beginning of the movie. I know this isn't a cTivo issue, but what I was wondering is, where are the Comskip logs stored at?. I am looking for it so I can determine what values to change in the Comskip.ini to fix the beginning clip.

Thanks! Keep up the great work!

mackworth commented 3 years ago

The log is stored in cTiVo's temp directory, the name is chosen by macOS, starting with /private/var/folders.... You can see the path to it by going to Adv Prefs and clicking on the Temporary Files Directory Field, then clicking on the folder at the top of the form. You can also manually choose another folder to make it more convenient. You're looking forcommercial... .txt and/or commercial... .err.

Note that cTiVo typically deletes the files immediately after a download, so you'll need to turn on Don't delete temp files (for debug only). This will leave ALL the temp files, including the massive video ones, so turn it off after you're done experimenting.

Alternatively, cTiVo will also record the last 5K of both log and error files in the cTiVo Logs (Help>Show Logs in Finder) if there's a comskip failure OR if you turn Debug Level for Task to Detail in Adv Prefs.

I take it you're looking at the comskip website for .ini ideas, but let me just mention that you chosse your own .ini file by Duplicating a Format in Edit>Formats, then adding—ini=<full path>/comskip.ini in ComSkip Options, providing the path to your .ini file.

Jimbronie commented 3 years ago

 Thanks so much for all the great info. It will be a big help!

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On Nov 4, 2020, at 1:47 PM, Hugh Mackworth notifications@github.com wrote:  The log is stored in cTiVo's temp directory, the name is chosen by macOS, starting with /private/var/folders.... You can see the path to it by going to Adv Prefs and clicking on the Temporary Files Directory Field, then clicking on the folder at the top of the form. You can also manually choose another folder to make it more convenient. You're looking for commercial... .txt and/or commercial... .err.

Note that cTiVo typically deletes the files immediately after a download, so you'll need to turn on Don't delete temp files (for debug only). This will leave ALL the temp files, including the massive video ones, so turn it off after you're done experimenting.

Alternatively, cTiVo will also record the last 5K of both log and error files in the cTiVo Logs (Help>Show Logs in Finder) if there's a comskip failure OR if you turn Debug Level for Task to Detail in Adv Prefs.

I take it you're looking at the comskip website for .ini ideas, but let me just mention that you chosse your own .ini file by Duplicating a Format in Edit>Formats, then adding—ini=/comskip.ini in ComSkip Options, providing the path to your .ini file.

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mackworth commented 3 years ago

Great. let us know if you find a good solution.