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New nightly build and channel numbers - mr_blond18 - 2011-07-14

any chance of a new nightly build anytime soon? No new XBMC-PVR and all the database revision updates keep me back from updating all my other XBMC enabled devices...

Another question... I use XBMC-PVR with TVHeadEnd as backend. When I use the Live-TV view I can use the same channelnumbers as in the channel list of the TVHeadEnd (configuration -> channels -> number) to quickly change channels. However, when I use the file view the channelnumbers seemed random... After some digging in it turned out that the channelnumbers used in fileview are the channelid's used in TVHeadEnd, which the end user can not control and should not be used by the end user.

Tenx, mr_blond18


- NeXrom - 2011-07-17

Hello,

i can't Map services to Channels :-( It's alway grey.
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Using openelec with Tevii S470


- mason - 2011-07-19

just saw a new ppa build \O/ @dusmaniac can you give a brief summary of the changes for the non programmers? highly appreciated your work youve done with the pvr tree...


- opdenkamp - 2011-07-19

I always post release notes in the sticky on the pvr development forum: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=92315

for a non-dev, not much has changed, except that you won't get "broken add-on disabled" messages all the time anymore.


- mason - 2011-07-19

oh, wasn't aware of that, thanks for that! *bookmarked*


Timeline blank - behaviour - 2011-07-19

I see you said nothing much has changed in this build but since I upgraded this morning I find that the timeline view is just a blank box (although program titles appear underneath suggesting something is there it just can't be seen.

Also the now & next entries just show empty.epg. I can view a channels full EPG fine when watching a channel and bringing up the OSD menu


- basco - 2011-07-19

same issues as behaviour...
my timeline view is also not visible anymore, but epg visible when watching.


- NeXrom - 2011-07-21

Good evening,

I'm just getting to run TVHeadEnd. The plugin has been installed and activated in XBMC. IP and the Port is corret, I also come to the configuration page.

Then I got the TV adapter selected and carried out the rest as described here.

I have Astra 19.2E selected, which should be for Germany indeed the right one. Then it should start scanning. Only I have the feeling that it makes for 20 minutes no longer.

The log shows only:

Code:
Jul 21 19:42:18 dvb: New mux "12,551,500 kHz Vertical (Default (Port 0, Universal LNB))" created by built-in configuration from "Astra-19.2E"
Jul 21 19:42:35 dvb: Adapter "Montage Technology DS3000/TS2020" mux autodiscovery set to: On

I've created some screenshot for you which maybe can help you.

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- XanDaph - 2011-07-21

@Floriannnnn,

Can you tell me more about your dish configuration (make, type, LNB, etc)??

You could try to "Add DVB Network by location" and select "Astra 19.2E" DON'T forget to set the "Select satellite configuration" at the bottom of that window. This should create a lot of Muxes for the Astra 19.2E satelite. If you configured your "satellite config" right, there should be services showing up.

It's better to uncheck the radiobuttons next to "Autodetect muxes" and "Idle scanning" when you're troubleshooting.

Are you sure your dish is properly lined out to the astra 19.2E satellite??

Grz


- Mettbrot - 2011-07-22

Hi there,

I tried to install xbmc pvr like described in the first post on a fresh install of Natty. Everything works fine until I try to install xbmc live. I get an error while this is configured and everytime when I install something via apt-get install I get the same as xbmc live is trying to configure itself I guess.
I've got 3 questions:
  • The xbmc live package has nothing to do with the 'xbmc live'- cd which can be obtained via xbmc.org/download/. It's just a script to make ubuntu boot directly into xbmc and some stuff. Am i right about that?
  • Has anyone got these errors too when trying to install xbmc live from the ppa repository? How can I fix it to start directly to xbmc at startup?
  • When starting xbmc with 'startx xbmc' I was getting a very poor framerate/response time although I got the latest nvidia driver installed. I think I need to update the xconfig file, can you tell me how to do so because 'sudo nvidia-xconfig -s --no-logo --force-generate --output-xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf' won't work correctly.

thanks in advance Nod


- tlanfer - 2011-07-23

I am running a relatively new git build and watching HD-Channels via tvheadend, i get some very annoying glitches from time to time.
Heres the log: http://pastebin.com/u5A817UN
Any ideas whats going wrong?


- walinsky - 2011-07-23

Same problems here with latest build - seem to have lost epg timeline and suffering from audio drops;
Quote:23:49:00 T:2740943728 M:3305152512 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
23:49:00 T:2861558640 M:3305152512 WARNING: Previous line repeats 2 times.
23:49:00 T:2861558640 M:3305152512 DEBUG: Thread CJobWorker start, auto delete: 1
23:49:00 T:2740943728 M:3305152512 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
23:49:30 T:2861558640 M:3305562112 WARNING: Previous line repeats 282 times.
23:49:30 T:2861558640 M:3305562112 DEBUG: Thread Jobworker 2861558640 terminating (autodelete)
23:49:30 T:2740943728 M:3305562112 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
23:50:00 T:2861558640 M:3304824832 WARNING: Previous line repeats 285 times.
23:50:00 T:2861558640 M:3304824832 DEBUG: Thread CJobWorker start, auto delete: 1
23:50:00 T:2740943728 M:3304824832 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
23:50:00 T:2972707696 M:3304816640 WARNING: Previous line repeats 3 times.



- bas.t - 2011-07-24

behaviour Wrote:I see you said nothing much has changed in this build but since I upgraded this morning I find that the timeline view is just a blank box (although program titles appear underneath suggesting something is there it just can't be seen.

Also the now & next entries just show empty.epg. I can view a channels full EPG fine when watching a channel and bringing up the OSD menu

Hits me too. So for now I reverted to commit 615e173accfc8cef9db4 (odk40), since the timeline epg is the most important feature to me. Until timeshift is functional of course..

Bas.


- Mettbrot - 2011-07-24

Hi there,

i tried to reconfigurethe xbmc-live pakage and the error i got had something to do with a missing directory. I found out that the pakage policykit-1 has to be installed before the xbmc-live script can run properly. Maybe you shoud mention this in the first post since the Ubuntu Mini CD does not install the policyKit by default...

Although xbmc-live configured without any further errors I can not get my systems started. When I boot the option in grub bootloader where xbmc is set to autostart i just get a blank screen and the blinking cursor...
Has anyone an idea about thatHuh


- maizey - 2011-08-04

Hi guys

Kinda newish to Linux here but I have been able to get xbmc-pvr and tvheadend working perfectly with a ubuntu install..

However what im trying to acheive now is a minimal install to improve load times etc. I thought i managed to get there by starting with xbmc-live, adding the repository for xbmc-pvr and installing tvheadend.

XBMC did load to the PVR version from the PPA however after a system restart it went back to the standard XBMC-live. (No pvr addons and standard skin)

I followed the instructions on the first post but unsure as to what went wrong.

Any advise would be appreciated.

EDIT: I also have a currently working install from installing mythbuntu and turning off mythtv. Just seems wrong having mythtv's logo show up every time I restart the HTPC