def test_datetime_000_13(self):
        """Test method 'MythTV.datetime.strptime()' with given timezone"""

        slt = self.lt.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
        dt9 = slt.split(" ", 1)[1]
        #print(slt)
        tzlocal = datetime.localTZ()
        ts3 = datetime.strptime(slt, '%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', tzlocal)
        #print(ts3, type(ts3))                         # 2020-05-31 11:03:51+02:00 <class 'MythTV.utility.dt.datetime'>
        ts3_str = str(ts3).split("+")[0]
        #print(ts3_str)
        self.assertTrue(
            isinstance(ts3, MythTV.utility.dt.datetime),
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' is not available")
        self.assertEqual(
            ts3_str, dt9,
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' for local-time is wrong")

        sut = self.ut.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
        dt10 = sut.split(" ", 1)[1]
        #print(sut)
        utctz = datetime.UTCTZ()
        ts4 = datetime.strptime(sut, '%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', utctz)
        #print(ts4, type(ts4))                         # 2020-05-31 11:03:51+02:00 <class 'MythTV.utility.dt.datetime'>
        ts4_str = str(ts4).split("+")[0]
        #print(ts4_str)
        self.assertTrue(
            isinstance(ts4, MythTV.utility.dt.datetime),
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' is not available")
        self.assertEqual(
            ts4_str, dt10,
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' for local-time is wrong")
    def test_datetime_000_12(self):
        """Test method 'MythTV.datetime.strptime()' without timezone"""

        ts1 = datetime.strptime(
            self.lt,
            '%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z')  #    Sat 2020-05-30 22:06:46 CEST
        #print(ts1, type(ts1))                                  #        2020-05-30 22:06:46+02:00 <class 'MythTV.utility.dt.datetime'>
        ts1_str = str(ts1).split("+")[0]
        #print(ts1_str)                                         # 2020-05-30 22:06:46
        self.assertTrue(
            isinstance(ts1, MythTV.utility.dt.datetime),
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' is not available")

        dt8 = self.lt.split(" ", 1)[1]
        dt8 = dt8.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
        #print(dt8)
        self.assertEqual(
            ts1_str, dt8,
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' for local-time is wrong")

        ts2 = datetime.strptime(
            self.ut,
            '%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z')  #   Sat 2020-05-30 20:06:46 UTC
        #print(ts2, type(ts2))                                  #       2020-05-30 20:06:46+02:00 <class 'MythTV.utility.dt.datetime'>
        ts2_str = str(ts2).split("+")[0]

        dt9 = self.ut.split(" ", 1)[1]
        dt9 = dt9.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
        #print(dt9)
        self.assertEqual(
            ts2_str, dt9,
            "Instance ''MythTV.datetime.strptime()' for utc-time is wrong")
Example #3
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def runjob(jobid=None, chanid=None, starttime=None):
    db = MythDB()
    if jobid:
        job = Job(jobid, db=db)
        chanid = job.chanid
        starttime = job.starttime
    else:
        starttime = datetime.strptime(str(starttime), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")+timedelta(hours=-5)
    rec = Recorded((chanid, starttime), db=db)

    timestr = time.strftime("%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S")
    title_san = re.sub("\s", ".", rec.title)
    print title_san
    try:
        os.mkdir(log_dir)
    except OSError, e:
        pass
Example #4
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def runjob(jobid=None, chanid=None, starttime=None):
    db = MythDB()
    if jobid:
        job = Job(jobid, db=db)
        chanid = job.chanid
        starttime = job.starttime
    else:
        starttime = datetime.strptime(str(starttime),
                                      "%Y%m%d%H%M%S") + timedelta(hours=-5)
    rec = Recorded((chanid, starttime), db=db)

    timestr = time.strftime("%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S")
    title_san = re.sub("\s", ".", rec.title)
    print title_san
    try:
        os.mkdir(log_dir)
    except OSError, e:
        pass
Example #5
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def buildNumbers(args, opts):
    # either option -N <inetref> <subtitle>   e.g. -N 69 "Elizabeth Keen"
    #    or  option -N <inetref> <date time>  e.g. -N 69 "2021-01-29 19:00:00"
    #    or  option -N <title> <subtitle>     e.g. -N "The Blacklist" "Elizabeth Keen"
    #    or  option -N <title> <date time>    e.g. -N "The Blacklist" "2021-01-29 19:00:00"
    from MythTV.utility import levenshtein
    from MythTV.utility.dt import posixtzinfo
    from MythTV.tvmaze import tvmaze_api as tvmaze
    from MythTV import datetime
    from lxml import etree
    from datetime import timedelta

    if opts.debug:
        print("Function 'buildNumbers' called with arguments: " +
              (" ".join(["'%s'" % i for i in args])))

    # set the session
    if opts.session:
        tvmaze.set_session(opts.session)

    dtInLocalZone = None
    # ToDo:
    # below check shows a deficiency of the MythTV grabber API itself:
    # TV-Shows or Movies with an integer as title are not recognized correctly.
    # see https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_Universal_Metadata_Format
    # and https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11850
    try:
        inetref = int(args[0])
        tvsubtitle = args[1]
        inetrefList = [inetref]

    except ValueError:
        tvtitle = args[0]
        tvsubtitle = args[1]
        inetrefList = []  # inetrefs for shows with title matches
        best_show_quality = 0.5  # require at least this quality on string match

        showlist = tvmaze.search_show(tvtitle)

        # It's problematic to make decisions solely upon the Levenshtein distance.
        # If the strings are really long or really short, a simple rule, such as
        # "accept any distance < 6" can provide misleading results.
        # To establish a more useful measurement, we'll use the Levenshtein
        # distance to figure out the ratio (0 - 1) of matching characters in the
        # longer string, and call this 'match_quality'.
        #    "Risk", "Call" -> distance = 4
        #           match_quality = (4 - 4) / 4 = 0
        #    "In Sickness and in Health", "Sickness and Health" -> distance = 6
        #           match_quality = (25 - 6)/25 = .76

        for show_info in showlist:
            try:
                inetref = int(show_info.id)
                distance = levenshtein(show_info.name.lower(), tvtitle.lower())
                if len(tvtitle) > len(show_info.name):
                    match_quality = float(len(tvtitle) -
                                          distance) / len(tvtitle)
                else:
                    match_quality = float(len(show_info.name) -
                                          distance) / len(show_info.name)
                if match_quality >= best_show_quality:
                    #if opts.debug:
                    #print ('show_info =', show_info, ', match_quality =', match_quality)
                    if match_quality == best_show_quality:
                        inetrefList.append(inetref)
                    else:
                        # Any items previously appended for a lesser match need to be eliminated
                        inetrefList = [inetref]
                        best_show_quality = match_quality
            except (TypeError, ValueError):
                pass

    # check whether the 'subtitle' is really a timestamp
    try:
        dtInLocalZone = datetime.strptime(
            tvsubtitle, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")  # defaults to local timezone
    except ValueError:
        dtInLocalZone = None

    matchesFound = 0
    best_ep_quality = 0.5  # require at least this quality on string match
    tree = etree.XML(u'<metadata></metadata>')
    for inetref in inetrefList:
        dtInTgtZone = None
        if dtInLocalZone:
            try:
                show_info = tvmaze.get_show(inetref)
                # Some cases have 'network' = None, but webChannel != None. If we
                # find such a case, we'll set show_network to the webChannel.
                show_network = show_info.network
                if show_network is None:
                    show_network = show_info.streaming_service
                show_country = show_network.get('country')
                show_tz = show_country.get('timezone')
                dtInTgtZone = dtInLocalZone.astimezone(posixtzinfo(show_tz))

            except (ValueError, AttributeError) as e:
                dtInTgtZone = None

        if dtInTgtZone:
            # get episode info based on inetref and datetime in target zone
            try:
                #print('get_show_episodes_by_date(', inetref, ',', dtInTgtZone, ')')
                episodes = tvmaze.get_show_episodes_by_date(
                    inetref, dtInTgtZone)
            except SystemExit:
                episodes = []
            time_match_list = []
            early_match_list = []
            minTimeDelta = timedelta(minutes=60)
            for i, ep in enumerate(episodes):
                epInTgtZone = datetime.fromIso(ep.timestamp,
                                               tz=posixtzinfo(show_tz))
                durationDelta = timedelta(minutes=ep.duration)

                # Consider it a match if the recording starts late, but within the duration of the show.
                if epInTgtZone <= dtInTgtZone < epInTgtZone + durationDelta:
                    # Recording start time is within the range of this episode
                    if opts.debug:
                        print('Recording in range of inetref %d, season %d, episode %d (%s ... %s)' \
                                % (inetref, ep.season, ep.number, epInTgtZone, epInTgtZone+durationDelta))
                    time_match_list.append(i)
                    minTimeDelta = timedelta(minutes=0)
                # Consider it a match if the recording is a little bit early. This helps cases
                # where you set up a rule to record, at say 9:00, and the broadcaster uses a
                # slightly odd start time, like 9:05.
                elif epInTgtZone - minTimeDelta <= dtInTgtZone < epInTgtZone:
                    # Recording started earlier than this episode, so see if it's the closest match
                    if epInTgtZone - dtInTgtZone == minTimeDelta:
                        if opts.debug:
                            print('adding episode to closest list',
                                  epInTgtZone - dtInTgtZone, '\n')
                        early_match_list.append(i)
                    elif epInTgtZone - dtInTgtZone < minTimeDelta:
                        if opts.debug:
                            print('this episode is new closest',
                                  epInTgtZone - dtInTgtZone, '\n')
                        minTimeDelta = epInTgtZone - dtInTgtZone
                        early_match_list = [i]

            if not time_match_list:
                # No exact matches found, so use the list of the closest episode(s)
                time_match_list = early_match_list

            if time_match_list:
                for ep_index in time_match_list:
                    season_nr = str(episodes[ep_index].season)
                    episode_id = episodes[ep_index].id
                    item = buildSingleItem(inetref, season_nr, episode_id)
                    if item is not None:
                        tree.append(item.toXML())
                        matchesFound += 1
        else:
            # get episode based on subtitle
            episodes = tvmaze.get_show_episode_list(inetref)

            min_dist_list = []
            for i, ep in enumerate(episodes):
                if 0 and opts.debug:
                    print("tvmaze.get_show_episode_list(%s) returned :" %
                          inetref)
                    for k, v in ep.__dict__.items():
                        print(k, " : ", v)
                distance = levenshtein(ep.name, tvsubtitle)
                if len(tvsubtitle) >= len(ep.name):
                    match_quality = float(len(tvsubtitle) -
                                          distance) / len(tvsubtitle)
                else:
                    match_quality = float(len(ep.name) - distance) / len(
                        ep.name)
                #if opts.debug:
                #print('inetref', inetref, 'episode =', ep.name, ', distance =', distance, ', match_quality =', match_quality)
                if match_quality >= best_ep_quality:
                    if match_quality == best_ep_quality:
                        min_dist_list.append(i)
                        if opts.debug:
                            print(
                                '"%s" added to best list, match_quality = %g' %
                                (ep.name, match_quality))
                    else:
                        # Any items previously appended for a lesser match need to be eliminated
                        tree = etree.XML(u'<metadata></metadata>')
                        min_dist_list = [i]
                        best_ep_quality = match_quality
                        if opts.debug:
                            print('"%s" is new best match_quality = %g' %
                                  (ep.name, match_quality))

            # The list is constructed in order of oldest season to newest.
            # If episodes with equivalent match quality show up in multiple
            # seasons, we want to list the most recent first. To accomplish
            # this, we'll process items starting at the end of the list, and
            # proceed to the beginning.
            while min_dist_list:
                ep_index = min_dist_list.pop()
                season_nr = str(episodes[ep_index].season)
                episode_id = episodes[ep_index].id
                if opts.debug:
                    episode_nr = str(episodes[ep_index].number)
                    print("tvmaze.get_show_episode_list(%s) returned :" %
                          inetref)
                    print("with season : %s and episode %s" %
                          (season_nr, episode_nr))
                    print(
                        "Chosen episode index '%d' based on match quality %g" %
                        (ep_index, best_ep_quality))

                # we have now inetref, season, episode_id
                item = buildSingleItem(inetref, season_nr, episode_id)
                if item is not None:
                    tree.append(item.toXML())
                    matchesFound += 1

    if matchesFound > 0:
        print_etree(
            etree.tostring(tree,
                           encoding='UTF-8',
                           pretty_print=True,
                           xml_declaration=True))
    else:
        if dtInLocalZone:
            raise Exception(
                "Cannot find any episode with timestamp matching '%s'." %
                tvsubtitle)
        else:
            # tvmaze.py -N 4711 "Episode 42"
            raise Exception("Cannot find any episode with subtitle '%s'." %
                            tvsubtitle)
Example #6
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def runjob(jobid=None, chanid=None, starttime=None, tzoffset=None):
    global estimateBitrate
    db = MythDB()

    if jobid:
        job = Job(jobid, db=db)
        chanid = job.chanid
        utcstarttime = job.starttime
    else:
        job=None;
        utcstarttime = datetime.strptime(starttime, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
	utcstarttime = utcstarttime + timedelta(hours=tzoffset)

    if debug:
        print 'chanid "%s"' % chanid
        print 'utcstarttime "%s"' % utcstarttime

    rec = Recorded((chanid, utcstarttime), db=db);
    utcstarttime = rec.starttime;
    starttime_datetime = utcstarttime
   
    # reformat 'starttime' for use with mythtranscode/ffmpeg/mythcommflag
    starttime = str(utcstarttime.utcisoformat().replace(u':', '').replace(u' ', '').replace(u'T', '').replace('-', ''))
    if debug:
        print 'mythtv format starttime "%s"' % starttime
    input_filesize = rec.filesize
    
    if rec.commflagged:
        if debug:
            print 'Recording has been scanned to detect commerical breaks.'
        waititer=1
        keepWaiting = True
        while keepWaiting == True:
            keepWaiting=False;
            for index,jobitem in reversed(list(enumerate(db.searchJobs(chanid=chanid, starttime=starttime_datetime)))):
                if jobitem.type == jobitem.COMMFLAG:  # Commercial flagging job
                    if debug:
	                print 'Commercial flagging job detected with status %s' % jobitem.status
                    if jobitem.status == jobitem.RUNNING: # status = RUNNING?
                        job.update({'status':job.PAUSED, 
                                    'comment':'Waited %d secs for the commercial flagging job' % (waititer*POLL_INTERVAL) \
                                     + ' currently running on this recording to complete.'})
                        if debug:
                            print 'Waited %d secs for the commercial flagging job' % (waititer*POLL_INTERVAL) \
                                  + ' currently running on this recording to complete.'
                        time.sleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
                        keepWaiting=True
                        waititer = waititer + 1
                        break
    else:
        if debug:
            print 'Recording has not been scanned to detect/remove commercial breaks.'
        if require_commflagged:
            if jobid:
                job.update({'status':job.RUNNING, 'comment':'Required commercial flagging for this file is not found.'
                            + 'Flagging commercials and cancelling any queued commercial flagging.'})
            # cancel any queued job to flag commercials for this recording and run commercial flagging in this script
            for index,jobitem in reversed(list(enumerate(db.searchJobs(chanid=chanid,starttime=starttime_datetime)))):
                if debug:
                    if index==0:
                        print jobitem.keys()
                    print index,jobitem.id,jobitem.chanid

                if jobitem.type == jobitem.COMMFLAG:  # Commercial flagging job
                    if jobitem.status == jobitem.RUNNING: # status = RUNNING?
                        jobitem.cmds = jobitem.STOP # stop command from the frontend to stop the commercial flagging job
                    #jobitem.setStatus(jobitem.CANCELLED)
                    #jobitem.setComment('Cancelled: Transcode command ran commercial flagging for this recording.')
                    jobitem.update({'status':jobitem.CANCELLED, 
                                    'comment':'A user transcode job ran commercial flagging for'
                                    + ' this recording and cancelled this job.'})
            if debug:
                print 'Flagging Commercials...'
            # Call "mythcommflag --chanid $CHANID --starttime $STARTTIME"
            task = System(path='mythcommflag', db=db)
            try:
                output = task('--chanid "%s"' % chanid,
                              '--starttime "%s"' % starttime,
                              '2> /dev/null')
            except MythError, e:
                # it seems mythcommflag always exits with an decoding error "eno: Unknown error 541478725 (541478725)"
                pass
Example #7
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def runjob(jobid=None,
           chanid=None,
           starttime=None,
           tzoffset=None,
           maxWidth=maxWidth,
           maxHeight=maxHeight,
           sdonly=0,
           burncc=0,
           usemkv=0,
           overwrite=1):
    global estimateBitrate
    db = MythDB()

    try:
        if jobid:
            job = Job(jobid, db=db)
            chanid = job.chanid
            utcstarttime = job.starttime
        else:
            job = None
            utcstarttime = datetime.strptime(starttime, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
            utcstarttime = utcstarttime + timedelta(hours=tzoffset)

        if debug:
            print 'chanid "%s"' % chanid
            print 'utcstarttime "%s"' % utcstarttime

        rec = Recorded((chanid, utcstarttime), db=db)

        utcstarttime = rec.starttime
        starttime_datetime = utcstarttime

        # reformat 'starttime' for use with mythtranscode/HandBrakeCLI/mythcommflag
        starttime = str(utcstarttime.utcisoformat().replace(u':', '').replace(
            u' ', '').replace(u'T', '').replace('-', ''))
        if debug:
            print 'mythtv format starttime "%s"' % starttime
        input_filesize = rec.filesize

        if rec.commflagged:
            if debug:
                print 'Recording has been scanned to detect commerical breaks.'
            waititer = 1
            keepWaiting = True
            while keepWaiting == True:
                keepWaiting = False
                for index, jobitem in reversed(
                        list(
                            enumerate(
                                db.searchJobs(chanid=chanid,
                                              starttime=starttime_datetime)))):
                    if jobitem.type == jobitem.COMMFLAG:  # Commercial flagging job
                        if debug:
                            print 'Commercial flagging job detected with status %s' % jobitem.status
                        if jobitem.status == jobitem.RUNNING:  # status = RUNNING?
                            job.update({'status':job.PAUSED,
                                        'comment':'Waited %d secs for the commercial flagging job' % (waititer*POLL_INTERVAL) \
                                         + ' currently running on this recording to complete.'})
                            if debug:
                                print 'Waited %d secs for the commercial flagging job' % (waititer*POLL_INTERVAL) \
                                      + ' currently running on this recording to complete.'
                            time.sleep(POLL_INTERVAL)
                            keepWaiting = True
                            waititer = waititer + 1
                            break
        else:
            if debug:
                print 'Recording has not been scanned to detect/remove commercial breaks.'
            if require_commflagged:
                if jobid:
                    job.update({
                        'status':
                        job.RUNNING,
                        'comment':
                        'Required commercial flagging for this file is not found.'
                        +
                        'Flagging commercials and cancelling any queued commercial flagging.'
                    })
                # cancel any queued job to flag commercials for this recording and run commercial flagging in this script
                for index, jobitem in reversed(
                        list(
                            enumerate(
                                db.searchJobs(chanid=chanid,
                                              starttime=starttime_datetime)))):
                    if debug:
                        if index == 0:
                            print jobitem.keys()
                        print index, jobitem.id, jobitem.chanid

                    if jobitem.type == jobitem.COMMFLAG:  # Commercial flagging job
                        if jobitem.status == jobitem.RUNNING:  # status = RUNNING?
                            jobitem.cmds = jobitem.STOP  # stop command from the frontend to stop the commercial flagging job
                        #jobitem.setStatus(jobitem.CANCELLED)
                        #jobitem.setComment('Cancelled: Transcode command ran commercial flagging for this recording.')
                        jobitem.update({
                            'status':
                            jobitem.CANCELLED,
                            'comment':
                            'A user transcode job ran commercial flagging for'
                            + ' this recording and cancelled this job.'
                        })
                if debug:
                    print 'Flagging Commercials...'
                # Call "mythcommflag --chanid $CHANID --starttime $STARTTIME"
                task = System(path='mythcommflag', db=db)
                try:
                    output = task('--chanid "%s"' % chanid,
                                  '--starttime "%s"' % starttime,
                                  '2> /dev/null')
                except MythError, e:
                    # it seems mythcommflag always exits with an decoding error "eno: Unknown error 541478725 (541478725)"
                    pass
                    #print 'Command failed with output:\n%s' % e.stderr
                    #if jobid:
                    #    job.update({'status':304, 'comment':'Flagging commercials failed'})
                    #sys.exit(e.retcode)

        sg = findfile('/' + rec.basename, rec.storagegroup, db=db)
        if sg is None:
            print 'Local access to recording not found.'
            sys.exit(1)

        infile = os.path.join(sg.dirname, rec.basename)
        #TODO: set overWrite to 0 if infile is m4v or mkv (already converted)
        #tmpfile = '%s.tmp' % infile.rsplit('.',1)[0]
        outtitle = rec.title.replace("&", "and")
        outtitle = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9 ]+', '', outtitle)
        filetype = 'm4v'
        #DEBUG CODE TO FIND OBJECT STRUCT:
        #print '{}'.format(dir(rec.getProgram()))
        #print '{}'.format(rec.getProgram().year)
        if usemkv == 1:
            filetype = 'mkv'
        #print '!{}!'.format(rec.programid[0:2])
        if rec.season > 0 and rec.episode > 0:  #if there are seasons and episode numbers in the recording data
            outtitle = '{0:s} S{1:d} E{2:02d}'.format(outtitle, rec.season,
                                                      rec.episode)
        elif rec.programid[0:2] == 'MV' and str(rec.getProgram().year).isdigit(
        ):  #if it's a movie and has an original air date for when it came out
            outtitle = '{} ({})'.format(outtitle, rec.getProgram().year)
        elif rec.programid[
                0:
                2] == 'MV' and rec.originalairdate != None and rec.originalairdate > datetime.date(
                    datetime(1, 1, 1, 0, 0)
                ):  #if it's a movie and has an original air date for when it came out
            outtitle = '{} ({})'.format(outtitle, rec.originalairdate.year)
        elif 'Sports' in rec.category:  #if it's sports
            outtitle = '{}-{}-{}'.format(
                outtitle, re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9 ]+', '', rec.subtitle),
                str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
        elif rec.programid[0:2] == 'SH' and (' News ' in rec.title
                                             or rec.category
                                             == 'News'):  #if it's a news show
            outtitle = '{}-{}'.format(outtitle,
                                      str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
        elif rec.originalairdate != None and rec.originalairdate > datetime.date(
                datetime(1, 1, 1, 0, 0)):  #if it has an original air date
            outtitle = '{} {}'.format(
                outtitle, str(rec.originalairdate.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
        else:
            outtitle = '{} {}'.format(outtitle,
                                      str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
        outtitle = '{}.{}'.format(outtitle, filetype)

        outfile = os.path.join(sg.dirname, outtitle)
        tmpfile = '{}.{}'.format(
            outfile.rsplit('.', 1)[0],
            infile.rsplit('.', 1)[1])
        if tmpfile == infile:
            tmpfile = '{}.tmp'.format(infile.rsplit('.', 1)[0])

        if (overwrite == 0):
            # If not overwritting the file, use the export folder
            outfile = os.path.join(exportFolder, outtitle)
            if debug:
                print 'overwrite is 0. outfile "{}"'.format(outfile)
        if os.path.isfile(outfile) or infile == outfile:
            # If outfile exists already, create a new name for the file.
            outfile = '{}-{}.{}'.format(
                outfile.rsplit('.', 1)[0],
                str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")), filetype)
        if os.path.isfile(tmpfile):
            # If the infile and tmpfile are the same, create a new name for the tmpfile
            tmpfile = '{}-{}.tmp'.format(
                outfile.rsplit('.', 1)[0],
                str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
        if os.path.isfile(tmpfile):
            # If tmp exists already, create a new name for the file.
            outfile = '{}-{}.tmp'.format(
                tmpfile.rsplit('.', 1)[0],
                str(rec.starttime.strftime("%Y%m%d")))
            if debug:
                print 'tmp exists. outfile "{}"'.format(outfile)
        if debug:
            print 'infile  "{}"'.format(infile)
            print 'tmpfile "{}"'.format(tmpfile)
            print 'outfile "{}"'.format(outfile)

        #add_metadata(db, jobid, debug, job, rec, filetype, tmpfile)

        clipped_bytes = 0
        # If selected, create a cutlist to remove commercials via mythtranscode by running:
        # mythutil --gencutlist --chanid $CHANID --starttime $STARTTIME
        if generate_commcutlist:
            if jobid:
                job.update({
                    'status':
                    job.RUNNING,
                    'comment':
                    'Generating Cutlist for commercial removal'
                })
            task = System(path='mythutil', db=db)
            try:
                output = task('--gencutlist', '--chanid "%s"' % chanid,
                              '--starttime "%s"' % starttime)
            except MythError, e:
                print 'Command "mythutil --gencutlist" failed with output:\n%s' % e.stderr
                if jobid:
                    job.update({
                        'status':
                        job.ERRORED,
                        'comment':
                        'Generation of commercial Cutlist failed'
                    })
                sys.exit(e.retcode)