Archive V1.0a

18 November 2006

 

 

 

Manage and keep track of your Topfield recordings.

 

 

 

Screen Components

 

 

Installation instructions

 

Unzip the Archive V1.0a.zip file to your PC, using the directory structure within the ZIP file.

 

NOTE: This installation package uses the traditional “UK TAP Project” directory structure.  See the section “INI and LOGO File Locations” for information about an alternative directory structure.

 

Using Altair, copy all the files and directories from the “Copy to Toppy” PC directory to the Toppy into the Program Files sub-directory where you wish to install to (eg. Auto Start).

 

This should result in a similar directory structure as below on your Toppy:

Program Files

Auto Start

UK TAP Project

Source Logos

 

Note: “Auto Start” can be replaced by which ever directory you wish to install the TAP into.

 

Invoke the Archive V1.0a TAP.

 

Note: This installation files contain a default logo.dat for the channel logos for the major Australian Broadcasters and will overwrite any existing logo.dat file.  If you want to keep your existing logo.dat do not copy the default one over with Altair. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INI and LOGO File Locations

 

To help in sharing logo files with other TAPs, Archive will make use of one of two directory paths to find its INI file (“OZArchive.ini”) and it’s logo file (“Logo.dat”).

 

Archive will look for the following directories in the following order:

 

  1. “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Archive” and “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Logos”.  If both directories are present Archive will use these for its INI and Logo files respectively.

  2. <TAP Starting Dir>/UK TAP Project.  If this directory is present, Archive will use it for both its INI and Logo files.

  3. If neither the directories in (1) nor (2) are present, then Archive will automatically create the following directory paths:
    /ProgramFiles/Settings/Archive
    /ProgramFiles/Settings/Logos
    A default “OZArchive.ini” file will be created in “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Archive”

Activation Keys

 

Press the Slow Motion  key to display Archive.

 

This is the default key and can be changed through the Configuration Menu.

 

 

 

Operation Keys

 

When the Archive screen is displayed the keys functions as:

 

RED :

HELP

Opens the help screen.

 

UP :

MOVE UP

Move the cursor up one line in the file display.

 

DOWN :

MOVE DOWN

Move the cursor down one line in the file display.

 

VOL +:

PAGE DOWN

Move to the next page of the file display.

 

VOL –:

 

PAGE UP

Move to the previous page of the file display.

 

PLAY :

START PLAYBACK

Start playing the current highlighted recording from the start.

(If config option #17 is set to "Play=Resume  OK=Play from start" Play will resume the highlighted recording from the last viewed position)

 

OK :

RESUME PLAYBACK / OPEN FOLDER

Files: Start playing the current highlighted recording from the last viewed position.

(If config option #17 is set to "Play=Resume  OK=Play from start" OK will play the highlighted recording from the start)

 

Folders: Will open the highlighted directory, or change to the parent directory if the parent directory has been highlighted.

 

STOP :

STOP

Stops a highlighted playback or recording.

 

INFO :

 

INFORMATION

Opens a detailed information page for the highlighted file or folder.

 

Options on this page allow for the moving, renaming, deleting of the file or folder.

 

WHITE :

DELETE

Delete the highlighted file or folder.

 

RECALL:

RECYCLE BIN

Swap between normal file view and recycle bin view.

 

BLUE :

RESUME LAST PLAYBACK

Resume playback of the last viewed recording.

 

GREEN :

CREATE FOLDER

Create a new folder in the current directory.  New directory will be called “FOLDERxx” where “xx” is an incrementing number.

 

YELLOW :

MOVE FILE / FOLDER

Move the currently highlighted file or folder to another subdirectory or the parent directory.

 

PAUSE :

SORT

Sort the displayed file list by different criteria.  Cycles through sorting by Date, Name, Channel Number, Recording Size.

 

Config option 12 allows you to set a default sort order.

 

LIST :

TOPFIELD ARCHIVE VIEW

Open the standard Topfield Archive file view screen.

 

Config option #24 can change this operation to include either ignoring the key, exiting Archive, or opening the standard Topfield Archive.

 

MENU :

 

MENU

Display the menu for configuration and extended functions.

 

1,2,3,4,5,

6,7,8,9,0 :

 

LINE SELECT

Will select a specific line within the file list.  ‘0’ will select the 10th line if it is shown.

EXIT :

EXIT

Close the Archive window or any open pop-up windows.

 

 

Playback Progress Information

 

Archive will automatically keep track of how much of a particular file has been watched.   This is actively maintained and tracked as you watch, fast-forward, rewind or stop playback of a file.

 

This progress information is displayed as a progress bar under the filename in the file list, along with an indication as to how many minutes have been watched, and how many remain unwatched.

 

Once a recording has been watched past 95% of the file duration Archive will consider it to be ‘watched’ and a blue tick indicator as shown below will be displayed to indicate this.

If a watched recording is ‘resumed’ it will start from the beginning again.

 

Normally when you select a recording in Archive with the OK key it will resume from the last position.   Pressing the Play key on a highlighted recording will start playback from the beginning of the recordings.  Configuration option #17 can be used to swap these two keys over depending on personal preference.

 

If you wish to clear the progress information for a recording, you can select the “Reset Progress” button from the Program Detail screen.

 

 

Alternatively, progress information for all recordings can be removed via the Archive Main Menu.

New File Indicators

 

Archive will indicate new files that have been recording since the last time Archive was displayed, by placing a yellow star in column one.   This will only appear if config option #27 has not been set to “Not Displayed”.

 

 

If files are automatically recorded, and automatically moved to specific folders, then the file icons will also have new file indicators displayed for them.

 

Folders which contain new files in any of its subfolders will also be highlighted with a star.

If a folder contains new files in its immediate folder level, a counter showing the number of new files will be shown in column 5 if config option #27 has been set to “Displayed with star and folder file count”.




Once a file has been seen in the Archive list its ‘new’ flag is reset and the star will not be seen again.

 

Resetting ‘New’ Flags

 

All the ‘new’ flags for all files can be cleared by selecting the “Clear All ‘New’ Flags” option from the Archive main menu.

 

 
Recycle Bin

 

Archive allows files to be ‘deleted’ to a Recycle Bin facility before they are permanently deleted. 

 

Use of the Recycle Bin for deleted files in activated by setting Archive config option #21 to “Delete to recycle bin (with prompt)” or “Delete to recycle bin (no prompt)”.

 

The current Recycle Bin contents are displayed by pressing the Recall key -

 

The Recycle Bin view is indicated by the yellow, vertical column separators, and the recycle bin icon displayed next to the filename.

 

 

The Archive Recycle Bin uses a similar method as the ImproBox TAP so files placed into the Recycle Bin by Archive or ImproBox can be displayed and/or restored using either TAP.

 

When the Archive Recycle Bin screen is displayed the keys functions as:

 

RED :

HELP

Opens the help screen.

 

UP :

MOVE UP

Move the cursor up one line in the file display.

 

DOWN :

MOVE DOWN

Move the cursor down one line in the file display.

 

VOL +:

PAGE DOWN

Move to the next page of the file display.

 

VOL –:

 

PAGE UP

Move to the previous page of the file display.

 

BLUE :

RESTORE FILE

Restore the highlighted file from the Recycle Bin to the normal file view.

 

GREEN :

DELETE DIRECTORY RECYCLE BIN FILES

Will permanently delete all of the Recycle Bin files for the current directory.

 

YELLOW :

DELETE ALL RECYCLE BIN FILES

Will permanently delete all of the Recycle Bin files for ALL directories.

 

OK :

OPEN FOLDER

Folders: Will open the highlighted directory, or change to the parent directory if the parent directory has been highlighted.

 

INFO :

 

INFORMATION

Opens a detailed information page for the highlighted file or folder.

 

Options on this page allow for the moving, renaming, deleting of the file or folder.

 

WHITE :

DELETE

Permanently delete the highlighted file or folder.

 

Note: Folders cannot be deleted in the Recycle Bin view.

 

RECALL :

RECYCLE BIN

Swap between normal file view and recycle bin view.

 

PAUSE :

SORT

Sort the displayed file list by different criteria.  Cycles through sorting by Date, Name, Channel Number, Recording Size.

 

Config option 12 allows you to set a default sort order.

 

LIST :

TOPFIELD ARCHIVE VIEW

Open the standard Topfield Archive file view screen.

 

Config option #24 can change this operation to include either ignoring the key, exiting Archive, or opening the standard Topfield Archive.

 

MENU :

 

MENU

Display the menu for configuration and extended functions.

 

1,2,3,4,5,

6,7,8,9,0 :

 

LINE SELECT

Will select a specific line within the file list.  ‘0’ will select the 10th line if it is shown.

EXIT :

EXIT

Close the Archive window or any open pop-up windows.

 

 

Recycle Bin Cleanout

When a file is placed in the Recycle Bin it is simply been renamed so that you don’t see if in the traditional file list view.  Therefore, placing a file in the Recycle Bin does not free up any disk space.  This means that the Recycle Bin must be cleaned out on a regular basis or the Topfield disk will eventually fill up.

 

There are several ways to clean out files from the Recycle Bin:

  1. Manually Delete individual recycled files.
    When displaying the contents of the Recycle Bin, individual recycle files can be deleted by highlighting the file and pressing the white key     .  This will permanently delete the highlighted file.

  2. Manually Delete recycled files from a directory.
    When displaying the contents of the Recycle Bin, recycle files from the currently displayed directory can be deleted by pressing the green key     .  This will permanently delete all recycled files from the current directory.

  3. Manually Delete all recycled files from Recycle Bin.
    When displaying the contents of the Recycle Bin, recycle files from the entire Recycle Bin can be deleted by pressing the yellow key     .  This will permanently delete all recycled files.
    All recycled files can also be deleted from the Archive Main Menu by selecting the “Empty the Recycle Bin” option.


  4. Automatically Delete recycled files at TAP startup.
    If config option #22 is set to “Automatic At Archive TAP Startup”, the Archive TAP will automatically delete all recycled files when the Archive TAP is first started.  If the Archive TAP is in your Topfield Autostart directory this would normally be when the Topfield is first turned on.

  5. Automatically Delete recycled files daily at 3AM.
    If config option #22 is set to “Daily At 3AM (if Topfield is running)”, the Archive TAP will automatically delete all recycled files daily at 3AM if the Topfield and the Archive TAP is running.  This is convenient if you leave your Topfield on 24 hours a day.

 

 

 

Recycle Bin File Renaming

When files are moved into, or restored from the Recycle Bin they may be automatically renamed if a file with the same name already exists.

 

For example:

1)       You record News.rec

2)       You delete it to the recycle bin - it gets renamed News.rec.del

3)       If you now record another News.rec you have News.rec in your normal files and News.rec.del in your Recycle Bin.

4)       If you restore the original News recording from the Recycle Bin it can't be renamed to "News.rec" as that one already exists, so Archive restores it to "News-1.rec"

5)       You would now see News and News-1 in the normal files.

 

 

Another cause for the rename may be this:

1)       You record News.rec

2)       You delete it to the Recycle Bin - it gets renamed News.rec.del

3)       You record another News.rec

4)       You delete this new News.rec to the Recycle Bin - it gets renamed to
"News-1.rec.del" as a "News.rec.del" already exists in the Recycle Bin.

5)       In this case you would see both a News and News-1 in the Recycle Bin.

 

If a file needs to be renamed when it is restored from the Recycle Bin you will be displayed a message box indicating the new renamed file name.

 

Program Details Information Panel

 

Additional information about a highlighted file or folder can be seen on the Program Details panel.

 

This is accessed by pressing the Info key when a file or folder is highlighted.

 

    

 

 

From the extra information panels, there are options to perform other actions against the highlighted file or folder.

 

Whilst the extra information panel is displayed you can also scroll through information for other files and folders by using the up   and down   keys without having to return to the normal Archive display.

 

Renaming Files and Folders

 

Via the Program Details Information Panel it is possible to rename files or folders by selecting the “Rename” option from the Information panel.

 

This will present you with an interactive keyboard that can be used to rename the file or folder.

 

 

When the Archive keyboard screen is displayed the keys functions as:

 

 

INFO :

HELP

Opens the help screen.

 

UP :

MOVE UP

Move the cursor up one line on the keyboard display.

 

DOWN :

MOVE DOWN

Move the cursor down one line on the keyboard display.

 

VOL +:

MOVE RIGHT

Move the cursor right one box on the keyboard display.

 

VOL –:

 

MOVE LEFT

Move the cursor left one box on the keyboard display.

 

OK :

SELECT

Selects the current highlighted character or function.

 

FORWARD :

CURSOR RIGHT

Move the cursor of the text line to the right.

 

REWIND :

CURSOR LEFT

Move the cursor of the text line to the left.

 

PLAY :

SPACE

Insert a space character at the cursor position.

 

A space can also be inserted by highlighting any blank blue box on the keyboard screen and pressing OK.

 

WHITE :

DELETE

Delete the character preceding the cursor position.

 

This is the same as selecting the “Del” button.

 

RECALL:

RESTORE

Restore the original string and discard any changes.

 

PAUSE :

CHANGE CASE MODE

Alternates the automatic case mode for text being enters.

This mode will be used regardless of the actual case of characters displayed on the keyboard.

 

  • Abc:  First character of each word is capatalised.
  • abc:  All characters are entered in lowercase
  • ABC:  All characters are entered in lowercase.

Case Mode can also be changed by highlighting the Change Case blue box on the keyboard screen (as circled above) and pressing OK.

 

LIST :

CHANGE CHARACTER SET

Alternates the displayed character set that is displayed on the keyboard.

 

 

 

 

The Character Set can also be changed by highlighting the Shift button on the keyboard screen (as highlighted in green above) and pressing OK.

 

MENU :

 

MENU

Display the menu for configuration and extended functions.

 

1,2,3,4,5,

6,7,8,9,0 :

 

SMS STYLE TEXT ENTRY

Provides the ability to enter text using mobile phone text message style text entry.  Each digit represents particular letters.  Pressing a digit multiple times cycles through the available letters for that digit.  Pausing for a couple of seconds, or pressing a different digit moves the cursor on one character.

 

 

The above help screen can be accessed from the keyboard help screen (press Info for help) for your reference.

 

STOP :

INSERT / OVERWRITE

Alternates between Insert and Overwrite mode.

 

Insert/Overwrite Mode can also be changed by highlighting the Insert/Overwrite blue box on the keyboard screen (as circled above) and pressing OK.

 

 

RECORD :

SAVE CHANGES

Save the current changes and exits the keyboard.

 

This is the same as selecting the “Save” button.

 

EXIT :

EXIT

Close the keyboard window discarding any changes.

 

This is the same as selecting the “Cancel” button.

 

 

 

 

 

Main Menu

 

The Archive Main Menu is invoked by pressing the Menu key when Archive is displayed on the screen.

 

 

Configure :

Change the way the TAP operates.

 

Stop this TAP :

Terminate and unload this TAP from the Topfield memory.

 

Delete All Progress Information :

Deletes all of the progress information held for all files.

Empty the Recycle Bin :

Permanently delete all recycled files from the Recycle Bin.

Clear All ‘New’ Flags :

Removes all ‘new’ file indicators.

 

Credits & About Information :

Shows who the development team is and version information.

 

 

 

Configuration Menu

 

The configuration menu is invoked via the Archive Main Menu, or via the config option for the Archive TAP when using TSR Commander. 

 

There are three pages of configuration options.  You move between the screens by using the Up and Down arrows and scrolling past the top or bottom of the screen.

 

PAGE 1

 

 

 

1.

Model Type :

TF5000/TF5800 Select your appropriate model.

2.

Language :

English.  (Not implemented yet)

3.

Activation Key :

Key used to start the TAP.

4.

GMT Time Offset :

Local timezone offset from GMT to apply to file event times.

5.

Recording Rate :

 

Specify an average recording rate in MB per hour for recordings so that Archive can calculate an approximate amount of recording time that is left for the available disk space.

 

6.

Column 2 :

 

Configures what is displayed in Column 2 of the Archive display.

 

Options include:

  • Filename (without '.rec')
  • Filename (without date/time stamps)
  • Full Filename

 

7.

Column 3 :

Configures what is displayed in Column 3 of the Archive display.

 

Options include:

  • DDD # MMM (eg. Tue 10 Oct)
  • DDD x wks ago  (eg. Tue 2 wks ago)

 

8.

Column 4 :

 

Configures what is displayed in Column 4 of the Archive display.

 

Options include:

  • HH:MM (Duration)   (eg. 7:30pm (60mins) )
  • HH:MM ~ HH:MM  (eg. 7:30pm ~ 8:30pm)
  • Duration  (eg. 60mins )

 

9.

Column 5 :

Configures what is displayed in Column 5 of the Archive display.

 

Options include:

  • Channel Logo
  • Recording Size (MB)   (eg. 2500MB)
  • Recording Size (GB)   (eg. 2.5GB)
  • Recording Size (MB, without unit)  (eg. 2500)
  • Recording Size (GB, without unit)  (eg. 2.5)
  • Recording Size (MB/GB)  (eg. 2.5GB – values >= 1000 print as GB, otherwise MB)

 

 

PAGE 2

 

 

11.

File Info Lines:

Determines what information is displayed in the file information area of the Archive display.

 

Options:

  • Event Description.  Displays 2 lines of event description.
  • Event Description & Recording Info.  Displays 1 line of event information and 1 line of recording information (eg. Channel and date)

 

12.

Sort Order :

The default sort order for the Archive file list display.

 

13.

Progress Bars :

Determines the colour and fill method for the progress bars displayed under the file names.

  • Multi Coloured
  • Single colour, % filled
  • Single colour, all filled
  • Playback=Green, Recording=Red
  • White colour, % filled  

 

 

14.

Number Of Lines :

Determines how many file entries are displayed on the main screen.

·         10.  Use to provide maximum number of files on the screen.

·         9. Use if the lower part of the screen is cut off my screen overscan.

15.

Screen Border :

Determines the border that is displayed around the main Archive screen:

  • Traditional Blue
  • No background border

 

16.

Recording Check :

Determines how Archive determines a valid recording file:

  • ‘.rec’ and file attribute File must end in “.rec” and have the Topfield recording attribute set in it’s header (this is standard for all Topfield recordings)
  • ‘.rec’ only File only needs to end in “.rec” to be considered valid.  You may need to use this setting if you upload recordings to the Topfield from a PC as those files often don’t have the correct header attributes set.

17.

OK / Play Keys :

Determines the operation of the OK and Play keys when a recorded file is highlighted:

  • OK=Resume  Play=Play from start The OK key resume playback from the last viewed position.  The Play key starts playback from the start.
  • Play=Resume  OK=Play from start The Play key resume playback from the last viewed position.  The OK key starts playback from the start.

18.

Folder Delete :

Sets a check to prevent deletion of folders that contain files or subfolders.

  • Cannot delete non-empty folders  Only folders that are empty can be deleted.
  • Can delete non-empty folders  Folders that contain files and subfolders can be deleted.

19.

Extra Info. Font :

Size of the font for the extended information displayed in the Program Details pop-up window:

  • Small font size (5 lines)
  • Large font size (4 lines)

 

PAGE 3

 

 

 

 

21.

File Delete :

Determines how a file delete is handled:

  • Permanently delete file (with prompt)  Will prompt to confirm file deletion and will then permanently delete the file.
  • Delete to recycle bin (with prompt)   Will prompt to confirm file deletion and will then move the file to the recycle bin.
  • Delete to recycle bin (no prompt)  Will immediately move the file to the recycle bin without any confirmation prompt.

 

22.

Empty Recycle Bin :

Determines how and when the Recycle Bin is emptied:

  • Manual  You must manually empty the Recycle Bin on your own.
  • Automatic At Archive TAP Startup  Entire Recycle Bin is emptied when the Archive TAP is started (eg. At Topfield startup if Archive TAP is in AutoStart directory)
  • Daily At 3AM (if Topfield is running)  Entire Recylce Bin is emptied at 3AM everyday if the Topfield is running.  This is useful if the Topfield is left on 24 hours a day.

23.

Recycle Bin Limit :

< Not yet implemented >

24.

Filelist Key :

Determines the action of the Filelist Key:

  • Standard Topfield Archive  Will stop Archive and open up the standard Topfield archive view (eg. For accessing TAP or MP3 files).  
  • Ignore Key  Ignores the Filelist Key.
  • Exit Archive  Closes the Archive TAP.

25.

Splash Screen :

  • On – Displays a “Loading…” message at Archive startup to show files are being read.
  • Off – No loading message is displayed.  If the hard-drive has spun down, or there are a large number of files there may be a delay between the Remote Control key being pressed and Archive being displayed on the screen.

26.

Use GMT_Offset.ini :

The PBK TAP creates a GMT_Offset.ini file which shows the current GMT offset and daylight savings times (for Australian states). 

  • Yes, if present.  If GMT_Offset.ini is present Archive will read it and use the information for the GMT Offset (this will overwrite option #4)
  • No  Information from GMT_Offset.ini is not used.  GMT Offset value is taken from option #4.

27.

New file indicators :

New files since Archive was last activated can be indicated in the Archive display by a star.  A star on a folder indicates that there is a new file in the folder, or within a subfolder of the folder.  Options include:

  • Displayed with star and folder file count  (the new file count indicates only the number of new files in the immediate subdirectory)


  • Displayed with star only


  • Not Displayed

28.

Rename On Move :

When a file is moved into another directory, if there is a file with the same name Archive can rename and move the file.  The file is renamed by appending an increasing number to the filename (eg. News-1.rec  News-23.rec)

  • Rename and confirm
    Archive will select an appropriate name to rename the file to and will display a confirmation message for the rename and move.

  • Rename automatically (no message)
    Archive     will automatically rename any conflicting filenames when the move is done.  No message will be displayed after the move/rename has been completed.

  • Rename automatically (with message)
    Archive     will automatically rename any conflicting filenames when the move is done.  A message will be displayed after the move/rename has been completed to show what the file was renamed to.

  • Do not rename
    Archive     will not automatically rename conflicting file names, and you will not be allowed to move a file into a subfolder where a file with the same name already exists.

 

 

 

 

Logo Creation

Channel logos for Archive are based on 38h x 60w gif images.  These are then combined into a single file logo.dat through the use of the MakeLogos TAP.

Logos are associated with specific channels by matching with their Channel Name, or via their LCN (LCN matching is new for Archive).  If Archive cannot find an appropriate logo for a channel it will display the channel name as text.

Being part of the UK TAP Project, Archive can utilise an existing logo.dat file that may be available for the Surfer, Auto Scheduler or UK Timers TAPs.  The logo filenames must match the Toppy channel numbers, unlike Improbox, these names are case sensitive and should have all punctuation (excluding spaces) removed from their names.

The installation package comes with a sample logo.dat and a set of sample GIF images.  The sample logo.dat has been created for the UK and Australian broadcasters. 

For the Australian broadcasters, the following logos for the major metro broadcasters have been provided:

2.gif                  ABC

3.gif                  SBS

7.gif                  Seven Digital

9.gif                  Nine Digital

10.gif                TEN Digital

21.gif                ABC 2

33.gif                SBS News

38.gif                SBS Radio 1

39.gif                SBS Radio 2

200.gif   ABC Radio

201.gif   ABC Jazz Radio

999.gif   Virtual Playback Channel

Additional Australian broadcaster logos can be obtained under the “UK TAPs” section at:   http://chris-anderson.customer.netspace.net.au/

How to Create Your Own Logos:

  • On your PC, create a gif image of the logo of 38 x 60 pixels.
  • On your Toppy create the following directory structure:

Program Files

Auto Start

UK TAP Project

Source Logos

Note: Auto Start can be replaced by which ever directory you wish to install the TAP into.

  • Copy all your logos to the “Source Logos” folder
  • Copy the makelogos.tap file into the “UK TAP Project” folder.
  • From the Toppy, run the MakeLogos TAP in the “UK TAP Project” folder.
  • You can either preview the gif files, the dat file or create a dat file.
  • Create a logo.dat file by pressing the OK key.  This will create a logo.dat file in the “UK TAP Project” folder.  This can be left in the “UK TAP Project” folder or moved to the “ProgramFiles/Settings/Logos” folder.

Known Issues

 

Item

Description

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Possible Future Enhancements

 

Item

Description

Priority

1

Recycle Bin Threshold

Allow automatic Recycle Bin cleanout based on threshold of free disk space.

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

 

History

 

History

 

V1.0     18 November 2006 

 

NEW:

-          RECYCLE BIN.  Archive now has a Recycle Bin function (enabled via option #21).  Files can be ‘deleted’ to the Recycle Bin, where they can be recovered if accidentally ‘deleted’ from Archive.  The Recycle Bin can be manually emptied, or emptied automatically at TAP startup or daily at 3AM.
File/Folder Delete confirmation panels can now be made optional when using the Recycle Bin via config option #21.

 

-          MOVE FILE/FOLDER.  Files and folders can be moved to other subdirectories, or to the parent directory.  This routine uses a TAP Extension that may not work on certain firmwares.

 

-          RENAME ON MOVE.  Config option #28 allows files to be renamed during a move operation if a file with the same name already exists in the target directory.  Folders are not renamed during a move.

 

-          NEW FILE INDICATORS.  Files that are new since the last time Archive was activated can be indicated by a star in column 1.  Folders containing new files, or subfolders with new files, will be indicated by a star.  Config option #27 controls the displaying of the new file indicator.

 

-          DELETE NON-EMPTY FOLDERS.  A new config option (#18) has been created to allow you to prevent the deletion of folders that still contain recordings or subfolders.  If you set this option to "Cannot delete non-empty folders" you will not be allowed to delete a folder until all its recordings and sub-folders are deleted.

 

-          EXTENDED INFO FONT SIZE. A new config option (#19) has been created to allow you to specify the font size (small or large) of the extended information displayed on the Info page.

 

-          SCROLL THROUGH ENTRIES IN INFO PAGE.  When the Info page is displayed, you can now scroll through each of the entries in the archive using the channel +/- keys without having to return to the archive list.

 

-          GMT_OFFSET.INI FILE.  If the PBK TAP GMT_Offset.ini files is present, and config option #26 is set to “Yes” it will be read for the GMT offset and daylight saving information.

 

-          FILELIST KEY HANDLING.  New config option#24 can be set to determine how the Filelist key is handled when Archive is active.

 

-          INI FILE LOCATION.  Archive will now look in the traditional “UK TAP Projects” for its INI and logo files, and also “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Archive” for the INI and “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Logos” for the logo.dat.   “/ProgramFiles/Settings/Archive” will have priority if both locations exist.

 

 

 

CHANGED:

-          FILE DETAIL CHECKING.  Information about files and folders are now cached and checked at Archive startup so that we can now pick up details of changes in file sizes for cutting of files and recordings ending.

 

-          FILE DATESTAMP.  Added “YYYY*MM*DD” as a date stamp that can be picked up and removed on the Archive file display.

 

-          LINE SELECTION.  Info the Archive file list and Recycle Bin view you can now directly jump to a specific line by using the digit keys 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0.  “0” will jump to the 10th line if it is displayed.

 

-          5100 FILE SUPPORT.  Updated to handle the descriptions in Topfield 5100 file headers.

 

 

FIXED:

-          Watched programs at 0% would sometimes jump to 100% when playback was restarted.

-          Filenames with years (eg. Space 1999) would have had the year incorrectly truncated.  Numbers are now only removed if they are preceded by a special character (eg. Space-1999, Space_1999)

-          Opening an empty datafiles would still allow the delete key.

-          Pressing Delete on a running recording/playback in Archive after it has stopped would crash the Topfield.

-          File Info time would incorrectly show 11:60am.

-          Configuring Archive via TSR Commander would end up with a duplicated clock being displayed.

-          Recurring recording files may not appear if preceding via auto deleted outside of Archive.

-          If the DataFiles directory was emptied via file delete operations it would have caused Archive to crash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

V0.07    23 Dec 2005

 

NEW:

-          OK/PLAY KEY CONFIG.  There is now a new config option (#17) to swap the function of the OK and Play keys for resuming/starting playback of files.  (Note: OK will always be used to open folders)

 

 

CHANGED:

-          NAME SORT ORDER.  When the default sort order is set to "NAME", Archive will now open with the first file highlighted in the current directory (ie. alphabetic)  If there are no files, it will highlight the first line.

 

 

FIXED:

-          Dates of 1 month ago will now show as "1 mth ago" not "1 mths ago"

-          In the Config Menu the available activation keys would reset to the 5000 model despite what was entered in the Model Type field.

-          The UHF key could not be used as an activation key for the TF5000 models.

 

 

 

 

 

V0.06    20 Dec 2005

 

NEW:

-          LINE NUMBER.  A line number in the clock bar in the top right-hand window now indicates the current and maximum line number selection.

 

 

CHANGED:

-          LAST PLAYBACK WARNING. If there is no last valid playback file (eg. it was deleted) a message pop will now display when the Blue key is pressed to restart the last playback.

 

 

 

FIXED:

-          Logos for Radio Shows would sometimes show as TV Channel logos and vice-versa.

-          Put in place some OnScreenDisplay checks to stop Archive from activating when other TAPs may be active on the screen.

-          Fixed crash issue when scrolling to a folder/file number that was larger than the number of entries in /DataFiles.

-          Fixed sorting of recording files that don't have the file Attribute set.

-          Folders would sort in reverse alphabetic order when sorting by size.

-          Fixed the play/resume of files that don't have the file attribute set.

-          Archive would use the API call to retrieve the event information for active playbacks, which would cut off the description.  Fixed to use the full header info.

 

 

 

 

 

V0.05    14 Dec 2005

 

NEW:

-          LINE OPTION.  There is a new config options to allow either 9 (default) or 10 lines per page. (9 line option also now puts a background graphic at the bottom of the display)

 

-          MUTE KEY PASS THROUGH. The MUTE key is now passed through to the Toppy when Archive is active.

 

-          NEW SCREEN BORDER OPTION. There is now a config option to turn off the blue screen border around Archive and have it set as transparent.

 

-          NEW RECORDING CHECKING OPTION. By default Archive will detect a file as a valid recording by looking for ".rec" at the end of it's name, and checking the file attribute is set for a valid recording.  If recordings are transferred back to the Toppy via Altair, they may not have the attribute correctly set, therefore they will not show in the archive list.  There is now an option to ignore the checking of the file attribute and just check for ".rec".  WARNING: the ".rec" only setting may display corrupt recordings in the archive list which may not play.

 

-          LIST NAVIGATION. You can now page through the file list using the << (Rewind) and >> (Forward) keys as well as the existing Vol-/+ keys.

 

 

 

CHANGED:

-          NEW STARTUP PROCESS.  When Archive is initially started (eg. from Autostart) it will scan the entire disk and record file details.  Each time Archive is then activated, or directories are changed, it will do a brief directory scan for new/deleted files (eg. ones that may have been removed via AutoMove or AutoDelete TAPs) and show the archive.  This should make subsequent invocations of Archive faster.

 

-          DATE/TIME/SEQUENCE STAMPS. The matching of date/tme/sequence stamps has been updated to cater for the following:

"_#", "-#", "_+", "-+", "*99*99 YYYY*MM*DD", "*YYYYMMDD_9999", "*YYYYMMDD", "*YYYY*MM*DD",  "*YY*MM*DD",  "*DDMMYY",  "*DD*MM",  "*MMDD",  "- DDD", " DDD", "-99", "-9"

Where:

* = -_./ space

9 = 0 thru 9

D, M, Y = 0 thru 9 (therefore DDMMYY would also match YYMMDD)

NOTE: There is no actual checking for valid date or month values.  Therefore 44-99-00 would match the DD*MM*YY pattern.

Will now match on multiple stamps.  eg. ER_27/11/05_# would reduce to ER

NOTE: Does NOT reduce the combined JAGs recordings eg. "ER+21:30-22:30.rec" will not be reduced as this actually represents 2 shows and it is best to keep this indicated in the filelist.

 

-          LAST PLAYBACK FILE. If the last playback file is deleted, the last playback entry details are now also deleted, so the Blue key will not try to restart a missing file.

 

-          NEW HELP SCREENS. Changed the format of the helps screens to show the actual Topfield remotes.

 

-          WATCHED ICON. The icon used to indicate that a show has already been watched is now a more subtle, white tick on a blue circle.

 

 

 

FIXED:

-          The list help window would be overwritten when the playback or recording information was updated.

-          The order of the date/time stamp matching would mean some stamps were incorrectly matched.

-          If the FileName column was set to display FileName (without date/time stamps) then a rename of the file was not automatically updated.

-          Starting playback of a running recording using PLAY would result in an error code=-1.  PLAY and OK now both work for starting playback of running recordings.

-          Pressing EXIT when "YES" was highlighted in any of the Yes/No message boxes would still select "YES".  Fixed to always select "NO" if EXIT is pressed.

-          Disk space time remaining would sometimes show >60 minutes.

-          The parent-directory icon was being printed for normal folders when moving through files.

-          Radio recordings would show the wrong logo (would show TV logo).

-          If a show was being played at it was > 95% through playing, the playing icon AND the watched 'tick' would both be shown.  Now the progress bar is always shown for active playbacks.

-          The freedisk space graphical bar was actually displaying the wrong way.  eg. if there was 20% space remaining the bar was showing 20% full instead of 80%.

 

 

 

 

V0.04    21 Nov 2005

 

NEW:

-          COLUMN OPTIONS.  There are now several configuration options to determine what information is shown in each of the columns.

 

-          INFO LINE.  New option to have either 2 lines of the event short description for the highlighted progresm shown at the bottom of the screen, or 1 line plus additional recording information (Channel name, date recorded, size).

 

-          SORT / DISPLAY WITHOUT DATE/TIME STAMPS.  Filenames are now sorted, and can be optionally shown without date/time stamps.  (eg. ER-1, ER-2, ER 28/12/2005, etc will now all sort on "ER" and then the date, and can all be shown as "ER" in the filelist) (Detects the following stamps: "_#", "-#", "-9", "-99", "_+", "-+", " DD/MM/YY", " DD-MM-YY", "DD.MM.YY", " DD/MM", " DD-MM", " MMDD", "- DDD", " DDD", " YYYYMMDD", "DDMMYY")

 

-          FILE DELETION. You can now delete a file that is currently playing back without having to stop the playback first.

 

-          RECORDING/PLAYBACK STOP. You can now stop an active playback or recording from the filelist by pressing STOP.

 

-          HELP. Pressing RED key will display a help screen for Archive operations

 

-          DEFAULT SORT ORDER New option to have a default sort order.  Will be used each time Archive is activated.

 

 

 

CHANGED:

-          FILENAME SIZE.  Despite the Toppy API allowing extra long filenames, it's been shown that filenames should be restricted to around 60 characters.  Filename is now a max of 60 characters.

 

-          CURRENT DIRECTORY.  Archive will now keep track of the current directory and will return to the directory that was last displayed.

 

-          PROGRESS BARS.  There is now a configuration option to control the colour/style of the progress bars show in the file list for playbacks and recordings.

 

 

FIXED:

-          If the last file on a page was deleted it would have crashed the Toppy.

 

 

 

 

V0.03    16 Nov 2005

 

NEW:

-          DISPLAY

o        Currently running playback is highlighted with a green circle.

o        Current recordings are indicated with a red circle.

o        Progress information for current playbacks and recordings are updated on screen each minute.

o        Progress bar indicating how much of a recording has been completed is now displayed under the recording.

 

-          KEYBOARD

o        Keyboard help during file rename is now available by pressing the INFO key.

o        'SMS' style filename entry is available using the number keys of the remote control (eg. 2 = ABC2, 3 = DEF3, etc).  See the help for specifics.

o        Insert/Overwrite mode available (press Stop key to change)

o        Automatic Upper/Lower case mode available (eg. Abc ABC or abc) press the Pause key to change.

o        Larger filenames can be scrolled on the keyboard.  "« »" indicators indicate if there is more text to the left or right.

 

-          PROGRESS INFO

o        Option to reset the playback progress information available on the Info screen.

o        Progress information is now written to disk every 2 minutes (whilst a playback is active) or as soon as a playback stops.

o        Option in the main menu to clear ALL progress information.

 

-          OPTIONS

o        Option to specify GMT Offset so in Info Display panel the event time is shown correctly.

o        Option to specify the average recording rate (MB/hour) for calculating available time remaining.

 

-          LAST PLAYBACK RESTART

o        When archive is on screen, pressing the Blue key will restart the last playback file (at the last watched position).

 

 

 

CHANGED:

-          PROGRESS INFO

o        When a show has been watched more than 95% the playback progress bar is replaced by a tick and playback will resume from the start.

 

-          LAYOUT

o        Number of lines reduced from 10 to 9 to reduce amount of information in TV overscan area.

o        Removed the "[ ]" brackets around the folder names.

o        New folders are now called "FOLDERxx" instead of "GROUPxx"

o        When Archive is first started a full list of files will be shown (if possible)

 

-          NAVIGATION

o        When you start Archive it will highlight the current playback.

o        When you move back to a parent folder, the previous folder will be highlighted.

o        Paging through list is now done with Vol +/- keys instead of Forward/Rewind.

 

-          FILENAMES

o        Files can now be renamed up to 100 characters.

 

 

 

FIXED:

-          Starting playback of running recording would previously fail.

-          Activation key can now be the Archive/Filelist key.

-          Recording time for an active recording would often show incorrectly.