id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc mlocked 11152 In Frontend/PlayRecording format of startime passed to network control is not as network control expects stephengrobertson@… Chris Pinkham "http://192.168.0.3:6547/Frontend/PlayRecording?ChanId=9700&StartTime=2012-10-07T05:05:00Z returns true but the recording does not play. Frontend log gives Oct 7 11:49:48 bressay mythfrontend[19646]: I HttpServer59 services/frontend.cpp:132 (PlayRecording) Frontend API: PlayRecording, ChanID: 9700 StartTime: 2012-10-07T05:05:00Z Oct 7 11:49:48 bressay mythfrontend[19646]: I CoreContext playbackbox.cpp:3696 (processNetworkControlCommand) PlaybackBox: NetworkControl: Trying to PLAY program '9700' @ '20121007060500' Using netcat play program 9700 2012007060500 gives ERROR: You are in playbackbox mode and this command is only for playback mode play program 9700 2012-10-07T05:05:00Z gives ERROR: You are in playbackbox mode and this command is only for playback mode but removing the 'Z' play program 9700 2012-10-07T05:05:00 works My guess at what is happening( could be completely wrong!) In services/frontend.cpp Frontend::PlayRecording() builds the message as follows: QString message = QString(""NETWORK_CONTROL PLAY PROGRAM %1 %2 %3"") .arg(ChanID) .arg(starttime.toLocalTime().toString(""yyyyMMddhhmmss"")) .arg(""12345""); In networkcontrol.cpp NetworkControl::processPlay() else if ((nc->getArgCount() >= 4) && (is_abbrev(""program"", nc->getArg(1))) && (nc->getArg(2).contains(QRegExp(""^\\d+$""))) && (nc->getArg(3).contains(QRegExp( ""^\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\dT\\d\\d:\\d\\d:\\d\\d$"")))) fails and we fall through to else if (GetMythUI()->GetCurrentLocation().toLower() != ""playback"") { return QString(""ERROR: You are in %1 mode and this command is only "" ""for playback mode"") .arg(GetMythUI()->GetCurrentLocation()); } " Bug Report - General closed minor 0.26.1 MythTV - General 0.26 medium fixed 0