@krissy - I am glad that it is working for you.
Looking forward to version 3.Well it has been fun… Version 2.0 has been posted at https://sites.google.com/a/moboard.com/tablo
@jskenney Here’s your last version with the modifications for using the python logging framework and rotating logs. I went the simple route and just incorporated the framework for the logging to a file and didn’t change the console prints. You could however use the framework for those as well. I also added some global variables at the top to change log file size and number of log file history to maintain.
Ok, new to Tablo here and have been going through a few problems, a small learning curve and in general getting used to the differences in the methodology. Lot to like, lot to improve - sure wish they had a better Live TV Guide that was also 2 Weeks - oh well maybe it can be added. Anyway, now thanks to your script, JSKenney, this is probably the best game in town.
Had just gone through upgrading my hard drive from a wd 150gb (it was only a temp solution - a drive I had on hand), which I installed after the Tablo (I purchased the 4 tuner version 12/17/2014) turned an old WD Passport 1tb into a brick.
Once I upgraded to a new WD Elements, I tried to get support to let me know how to transport the recordings from the 150gb to the new one. As expected, no help there.
Then I saw this thread and your posts.
Had a couple of minor problems due to my lack of knowledge and familiarity with python, but was able to get all the files from both drives to convert to mp4s and moved them to my NAS media server. All now available to stream to the Roku.
Now I do have a couple of questions for anyone that can help me fine tune this. I used the following script (which I essentially copied from an earlier post and modified slightly):
python.exe tablo2go-2.0.55.py -db:tablo2go.db -Tablo:192.168.1.2 -ffmpeg:“d:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg” -output:“I:\TabloRec” -temp:“I:\TabloTemp” -a -sleep:900
I have been running this directly in my python27 folder which is located at d:\python27. THe script then compiles the Tablo video files int to the following 3 folders:
TV = D:\Python27\tv
Movies = D:\Python27\movies
Everything else = D:\Python27\fail
What I really want is to be able to have these files end up on my USB3 Media Drive Under the main folder: I:\Tablo
and then subdivided into TV, Movies and Unknown fr further manual processing
So, a couple of things:
1. What do I need to do to simplify the command line to just pull off the new videos from here forward?
2. Can I move all the files from the python folder to I:\Tablo? and if so do I need to move these files: tablyoxxx.py , tablo2go.db. tablo.history, tablo.log to that same folder and run python by pointing to it (d:\python27\python.exe …)?
3. What happens when I delete the content on the tablo? At a minimum I intend to delete the files from the old drive ASAP to remove them from the recording list when the 2tb is connected.
Hope I am not asking too much? If so just let me know.
And, Once again thanks for this Great Script!
I just started using this script today, first off thanks it works well. Is there a way in the output that it can puts each TV show in a Season folder? For example “\Arrow\Season 1\Arrow S01E01.mp4”.
Take a look at the help in the file, it has a parameter for that.
@joelgilb - It looks like you are using the syntax for the version 1.0.23 version, vice the new 2.0.55 version. Run the script with the -help flag to see all of the available options. As an example the -output flag is no longer used and you can now specify paths for TV, Movies, and Sports. All of the supporting files can be placed wherever you want them to be (there are flags for that as well). No impact to the scripts when you delete things directly on the tablo, so no worries there. If you are comfortable editing files it is easier to just edit the OPTIONS within the script to set the defaults to what you want them to be.
Newbie drinking from a fire hydrant here on a win7 platform. I read this thread about 3 times and I can’t seem to locate my question.
Is there a way to drill down and extract a single movie/show rather than just the wholesale download of what’s on the Tablo and or new recordings? I ran the list command, and was able to see the EP008466780037 code for the show, and would like to just download that vs everything.
I’m upgrading to a 4 tuner unit, and I need to grab just a few tv shows and movies and not copy all of the data on Tablo’s drive.
As others have mentioned, great work jskenney.
My program, surlatablo, makes this pretty easy. However, it does maintain a local (outside Tablo) cache, so first run will index everything (can take awhile). Successive runs merely updates the local cache. Searches are pretty easy and flexible.
See SurLaTablo here
There is an update coming that fixes a couple of minor issues.
@cjcox
Thanks for the info. I’ll have to check it out.
@krissy
Thanks for the nudge. That did it for me.
I realize I’m a year late in the discussion but got part way through reading 8 pages and my eyes were burning from allergies so I stopped looking and decided to ask:
@ShadowsPapa - The script can handle absolute paths or relative paths. If you are using windows you can use paths like C:/Users/bin/ffmpeg.exe if you want, or you can keep them relative to where you run the program.
@joelgilb - It looks like you are using the syntax for the version 1.0.23 version, vice the new 2.0.55 version. Run the script with the -help flag to see all of the available options. As an example the -output flag is no longer used and you can now specify paths for TV, Movies, and Sports. All of the supporting files can be placed wherever you want them to be (there are flags for that as well). No impact to the scripts when you delete things directly on the tablo, so no worries there. If you are comfortable editing files it is easier to just edit the OPTIONS within the script to set the defaults to what you want them to be.Thanks so much for the help. My busy time of the year as well, so it took me a bit to go through this and try and figure out a little more.
@cjcox glad to see someone else interested in this as well. Feel free to use any of the functions in this script in yours, I think we have nearly identical goals.
@ShadowsPapa - The script can handle absolute paths or relative paths. If you are using windows you can use paths like C:/Users/bin/ffmpeg.exe if you want, or you can keep them relative to where you run the program.You can set these by editing the script for your needs or just supplying the information on the command line.https://sites.google.com/a/moboard.com/tablo/