[zensbert]

Is it possible to add directory channels using a NAS storage device? It would only let me search locally.

if you mount them as a network drive, yes.

[zensbert]

1. if you are using a "directory" type channel you can only build from the root directory, subfolders are ignored... (nothing new here!!)

Hi,
i got a few problems; i got a network drive for music videos, with a subfolder for oldies and one with charts (with subfolders for years).. in your newest version (released today) it ignores the subfolders, two versions ahead it worked (really!)?

It creates the Oldies-Channel and shows the vids in the epg but if you change to it, it tries to load a few seconds, but then it skips back to channel 1. The Charts-Channel isnt created at all.

if it helps:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/813105/xbmc.log

i also experimented with a stream, but it doesnt load:

<setting id="Channel_19_type" value="9" />
<setting id="Channel_19_1" value="5400" />
<setting id="Channel_19_2" value="rtmp://flash.cdn.deluxemusic.tv/deluxemusic.tv-live/web_850.stream" />
<setting id="Channel_19_3" value="DeluxeMusic" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rulecount" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_19_changed" value="False" />
<setting id="Channel_19_time" value="0" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rule_1_id" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rule_1_opt_1" value="DeluxeMusic" />

Are there some settings incorrect?

[spyder]

So no update on the bug you found in my log...
I tried .3.7 and got the same result(screen freeze/force close). Is there anything I can enable/disable to get it work until this gets fixed?

EDIT: Got a working setup, put all settings at default, disabled pvr/hdhomerun and donor features

[kaiseruk]

@Lunatixz, i'm going to pm you a log, hope you dont mind!

I'm using the live tv channel 8 type (see below). The channel are picked up ok but sometimes they show up minimized or minimize when changing a channel. If you could at log it would be appreciated. The channels open up full screen outside of pseudotv and there isnt an option selected to open channels in background.

In the log i am going to send you, channel 102 open minimized/in background when i went to it.

<setting id="Channel_101_type" value="8" />
<setting id="Channel_101_1" value="BBC One" />
<setting id="Channel_101_2" value="pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/363.pvr" />
<setting id="Channel_101_3" value="xmltv" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rulecount" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_101_changed" value="False" />
<setting id="Channel_101_time" value="431" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rule_1_id" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rule_1_opt_1" value="BBC One" />

[Lunatixz]

::Update::

Putting some finishing touches on Direct Plugin Channel building... it will function similar to My-library, except instead of building strms it will build a channel. The Code is a little sloppy, but works!! I will improve on it as I go.

There are limitations... some major ones... the plugins that label their media as a 'directory' instead of 'file'. Won't work!! unfortunately there isn't a simple way to test if the addon is correctly formatted. So I will add a prompt "Plugin not compatible"
I don't' know the reason why dev's are using 'directory' instead of file... I'm not familiar with building video plugins.

More details to come...

::Update::

Post 2 updated with more chtype 15 details, I might push the update later for you guys to play with...

BTW the chtype 15 function works similar to how I autotune USTVnow. I hope that this weird problem with USTVnow not working for some users doesn't carry over to the new channel type. Hopefully it's only a bug with the USTVnow plugin.

::Update::

Git updated version v.0.3.7 includes beta chtype 15. Read post 2 for details, no need for bug logs for chtype 15... just post your experiences for now...

Tried this from your sample code with the discovery plugin. Just hangs. Let it sit for about ten mins, still stuck on adding videos. Heres a snippet of the end of my log if it helps any...

Code:

03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: setupChannel 5
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-Channel: Added rule - Rename Channel to Bad Dog!
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: runActions 1 on channel 5
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-FileAccess: trying to open C:\Users\Virus233\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.pseudotv.live\settings2.xml
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: makeChannelList, CHANNEL: 5
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: Building Plugin Channel, 0...
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: BuildPluginFileList
03:13:59 T:19816  NOTICE: plugin.video.discovery_com
03:13:59 T:19816  NOTICE: ['Animal Planet', 'Bad Dog!']
03:13:59 T:19816  NOTICE: 2
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: sendJSON Creating Cache
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-FileAccess: trying to open C:\Users\Virus233\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\guisettings.xml
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: determineWebServer is True
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: determineWebServer port 80
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: determineWebServer username xbmc
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: determineWebServer password is AAAAA
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: script.pseudotv.live-ChannelList: sendJSON command: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Files.GetDirectory","params":{"directory":"plugin://plugin.video.discovery_com/Animal Planet/Bad Dog!","properties":["genre","runtime","description"]},"id":1}
03:13:59 T:16836   DEBUG: webserver: request received for /jsonrpc
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: JSONRPC: Incoming request: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Files.GetDirectory","params":{"directory":"plugin://plugin.video.discovery_com/Animal Planet/Bad Dog!","properties":["genre","runtime","description"]},"id":1}
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: JSONRPC: Calling files.getdirectory
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: XFILE::CPluginDirectory::StartScript - calling plugin Discovery Networks('plugin://plugin.video.discovery_com/Animal Planet/Bad Dog!','1','')
03:13:59 T:19816    INFO: initializing python engine.
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: new python thread created. id=13
03:13:59 T:19816   DEBUG: XFILE::CPluginDirectory::WaitOnScriptResult - waiting on the Discovery Networks (id=13) plugin...
03:13:59 T:20224  NOTICE: Thread XBPyThread start, auto delete: false
03:13:59 T:20224   DEBUG: Python thread: start processing

Dumb questions that I have to ask, you have Discovery Networks plugin installed?
What OS and XBMC build are you running? I assume you've had no luck with the USTVnow autotune?

Your hanging at the same spot ustvnow autotune hangs out. I don't understand whats different between my two test machines and yours. Why does my xbmc return a json request from xbmc and yours doesn't??
Do you have webserver enabled? (Shouldn't matter, but then again who knows)
Do you have upnp control on?

Let me know...

---

1. if you are using a "directory" type channel you can only build from the root directory, subfolders are ignored... (nothing new here!!)

Hi,
i got a few problems; i got a network drive for music videos, with a subfolder for oldies and one with charts (with subfolders for years).. in your newest version (released today) it ignores the subfolders, two versions ahead it worked (really!)?

It creates the Oldies-Channel and shows the vids in the epg but if you change to it, it tries to load a few seconds, but then it skips back to channel 1. The Charts-Channel isnt created at all.

if it helps:

two versions ago was using different code, Gotham added security restrictions to json requests.
New code doesn't use json to build "Directory" chtypes anymore. If enough users want subfolders to be included, I'll add it...

i also experimented with a stream, but it doesnt load:

<setting id="Channel_19_type" value="9" />
<setting id="Channel_19_1" value="5400" />
<setting id="Channel_19_2" value="rtmp://flash.cdn.deluxemusic.tv/deluxemusic.tv-live/web_850.stream" />
<setting id="Channel_19_3" value="DeluxeMusic" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rulecount" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_19_changed" value="False" />
<setting id="Channel_19_time" value="0" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rule_1_id" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_19_rule_1_opt_1" value="DeluxeMusic" />

Are there some settings incorrect?

Yes, you need to use the example in post2, you're missing switch _4.

[Lunatixz]

So no update on the bug you found in my log...
I tried .3.7 and got the same result(screen freeze/force close). Is there anything I can enable/disable to get it work until this gets fixed?

EDIT: Got a working setup, put all settings at default, disabled pvr/hdhomerun and donor features

Without a log, I can't tell you whats going on.

If disabling donor helps then you need to make sure you reactivate donor features.

---

@Lunatixz, i'm going to pm you a log, hope you dont mind!

I'm using the live tv channel 8 type (see below). The channel are picked up ok but sometimes they show up minimized or minimize when changing a channel. If you could at log it would be appreciated. The channels open up full screen outside of pseudotv and there isnt an option selected to open channels in background.

In the log i am going to send you, channel 102 open minimized/in background when i went to it.

<setting id="Channel_101_type" value="8" />
<setting id="Channel_101_1" value="BBC One" />
<setting id="Channel_101_2" value="pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/363.pvr" />
<setting id="Channel_101_3" value="xmltv" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rulecount" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_101_changed" value="False" />
<setting id="Channel_101_time" value="431" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rule_1_id" value="1" />
<setting id="Channel_101_rule_1_opt_1" value="BBC One" />

Yeah, I've experienced this a few times... happens so randomly I forget to save the log. it's easily fixed by using the "aspect" key if you have one mapped. If you have a log when it happens send it please.

[kaiseruk]

sent you two pm's, second one has a more extensive log where channels 101 and 102 opened minimized nearly every single time. Also, i posted before about how pressing stop completely exits pseudotv for me without a prompt. When pressing stop on 101 and 102 (only type 8 channels i have added so far), pseudotv goes back to home menu without existing the script and then after 5/10 seconds it reopens on the next channel.

[zensbert]

Ok, i thougt switch 4 is an optional description.. I don't know how many other users request the subfolders, but i can't use it without

Im using the old version until / if there will be a fix..

Anyway, many thanks for keeping up the good work!

[Demivoin]

Ah i've been struggling with this all day, finally broke down and had to make a post...

What I'm trying to do is set up USTVnow free channels in PTVL, it's basically telling me that I don't have the channels configured right (they don't show up in the guide at all)

1. I would post a log but I don't know how, I enabled the debugging option in PTVL config but i don't see a log generated anywhere. I'm not getting any crazy wierd errors so I don't think it's that serious of a problem.

2. I pretty much have no clue what a xmltv file is. I managed to figure it out - kind of.... but no where in this thread does anyone actually say what information needs to be IN this file. Here is my xmltv.xml file that i am pointing to in the PTVL configuration: http://pastebin.com/d8NxEjPR I'm not even sure if i need this file since it's not indicated anywhere in the configuration that I need this to get USTVnow channels to work but i included it anyways. The one thing that mystifies me is that if the xmltv.xml file is the one that is populating the TV guide program information on the live channels then how/when does this file get updated? Am I supposed to generate this file every time I want to know what's on TV?

3. I have USTVnow XBMC pluggin properly configured with my username and pw at lowest quality. I can watch the USTVnow channels from within XMBC no problem.

4. Here is a settings2.xml file that i'm using just for the sake of testing: http://pastebin.com/zcg6yZUX as you can see it is literally copy/paste from the 1st post. It should work perfectly since there are no further instructions in the original post on how to configure these channel settings with USTVnow!

5. I know it's not a problem with my PTVL installation or general setup because I can get the rest of my regular channels to work just fine. I even have some VEVOTV and youtube channels that are working perfectly too. The only channels that aren't working are the USTVnow ones.

This is the error that I get when I start PTVL: "Unable to populate channels. Please verify that you have scraped media in your library and that you have properly configured channels."

I know it's a generic error and i'm sure it's just a problem with my channel setup but for the life of me I can't see where I went wrong.

@Demivoin you don't need any xmltv info with ustvnow. PTVL supplies it. Without a log I can't tell you why it doesn't work. Google xbmc log level. Learn how to enable debugging and send me a log. Also are you using my ustvnow pluging? And have you tried ustvnow autotuning?

ok here is my log: http://pastebin.com/pgTzYdrG

It seems that it's looking for a ustvnow.xml file in the location I specified. But i never made one? By the way, this is with a manual channel configuration, because eventually I will add a bunch of custom channels that I have set up previously.

Also, there is no setting for a "ustvnow autotune". The closest autotune setting I could find was a "Find PVR backend". When I run that it simply never works, it just erases my settings2.xml then says: "no channels configured would you like PseudoTV Live to Auto Tune LiveTV PRV Backend channels the next time it loads?" Even if I click yes to that prompt it just repeats the same prompt every time I run PseudoTV live. Here is the log from that run: http://pastebin.com/MUyMtwTj

Also, yes I do have the USTVnow plugin (the custom one linked in the 1st post) and It works perfectly, I can watch the free channels through it no problem, just not on pseudotv.

[kraz]

Just a quick bug report. I'm having some issues with the amber skin that make the plugin unusable which is a shame because it's a really snappy skin! Once you open the guide and close it the keyboard controls no longer affect pseudotv and instead act as if it's a normal video open.

Steps to reproduce:
1. launch psuedotv live
2. press enter to open the guide
3. press enter to close the guide
4. press any key that controls pseudotv live (up/down/i/enter) and notice they no longer work

I am having the exact same issue as ianuk2005 using the Amber skin. Works fine in Confluence. Log

This problem still exists for me using Amber skin only. Once EPG is opened then closed, it can't be opened anymore and Pseudo loses all functionality. Channel acts like you're playing it from your library at that point, it can't be changed and takes on normal XBMC seek functions. I'm using the latest version from git and cleared cache folder. Log File

[bry]

Luna - latest version 37 is working fine for me with the donor features. thanks for the fix

[Redkiller223]

Dumb questions that I have to ask, you have Discovery Networks plugin installed?
What OS and XBMC build are you running? I assume you've had no luck with the USTVnow autotune?

Your hanging at the same spot ustvnow autotune hangs out. I don't understand whats different between my two test machines and yours. Why does my xbmc return a json request from xbmc and yours doesn't??
Do you have webserver enabled? (Shouldn't matter, but then again who knows)
Do you have upnp control on?

Let me know...

Windows. XBMC 12.2, webserver on, upnp on, plugins installed. Same results with ustvnow

[Rastan]

I just triple checked every possible type of channel interleaving and they all work!! below are a few problems that could be causing issues.

1. if you are using a "directory" type channel you can only build from the root directory, subfolders are ignored... (nothing new here!!)
2. from my tests I noticed that even tho advanced rules are set, if you change the channels settings (ie type of show or directory) even tho the settings in advanced are still there, they don't take.
You need to reenter advanced rules and click save again for the advanced settings to apply to the channel changes.... In short you should always reenter advanced settings menu and back out and save after a change in that channels settings.

hope this helps let me know...

Btw this doesn't rule out possible conflicts with multiple rules stacked onto one channel. In order to find that problem (if it exists) would require users to compare channels rules with each other. See if there is a repeatedly pattern I can test out.

Going from your suggestions from my findings I have found that if you create a directory based channel, it will only work if the folder is at root level AND has no subfolders inside it, else the channel will be skipped.
I have spent the whole day trying to get my interleaved adverts, trailers and bumpers to work on with the latest PTVL on my channels, but still havent got it to work so far.

This is the advanced channel rules I have set on all my movie channels

1. Force Random Mode
2. Reset every 4 days
3. Rename Channel
4. Interleave Channel 201 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Advert folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
5. Interleave Channel 202 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Channel name Bumper folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
6. Interleave Channel 203 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Trailers folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
7. Schedule Channel 410 <---- Hidden Playlist based channel that plays movie genre rule with adult MPAA ratings after 7pm

It gets to rule 3 and skips the rest for every channel and the same for my tv show channels.
Another solution would be just to use PTVL's built in BCT's but as of now it is just a blanket rule that applies to every channel. Which does not suit me. Would be great if you could give it some extra rules for excluding channels.

I'm nearly out of ideas here and am going to have to put the file/folders back as they were and revert back to the older version of PTVL that worked, which is a shame as there are a lot of improvents in speed and other things.

Ok, i thougt switch 4 is an optional description.. I don't know how many other users request the subfolders, but i can't use it without

Im using the old version until / if there will be a fix..

Anyway, many thanks for keeping up the good work!

I vote for bringing subfolder support back too. I have a lot of directory based channels and I would rather not have all the PTVL related folders littering my partitions at root level when they can all be neatly inside one folder.

[Lunatixz]

I just triple checked every possible type of channel interleaving and they all work!! below are a few problems that could be causing issues.

1. if you are using a "directory" type channel you can only build from the root directory, subfolders are ignored... (nothing new here!!)
2. from my tests I noticed that even tho advanced rules are set, if you change the channels settings (ie type of show or directory) even tho the settings in advanced are still there, they don't take.
You need to reenter advanced rules and click save again for the advanced settings to apply to the channel changes.... In short you should always reenter advanced settings menu and back out and save after a change in that channels settings.

hope this helps let me know...

Btw this doesn't rule out possible conflicts with multiple rules stacked onto one channel. In order to find that problem (if it exists) would require users to compare channels rules with each other. See if there is a repeatedly pattern I can test out.

Going from your suggestions from my findings I have found that if you create a directory based channel, it will only work if the folder is at root level AND has no subfolders inside it, else the channel will be skipped.
I have spent the whole day trying to get my interleaved adverts, trailers and bumpers to work on with the latest PTVL on my channels, but still havent got it to work so far.

This is the advanced channel rules I have set on all my movie channels

1. Force Random Mode
2. Reset every 4 days
3. Rename Channel
4. Interleave Channel 201 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Advert folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
5. Interleave Channel 202 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Channel name Bumper folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
6. Interleave Channel 203 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Trailers folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
7. Schedule Channel 410 <---- Hidden Playlist based channel that plays movie genre rule with adult MPAA ratings after 7pm

It gets to rule 3 and skips the rest for every channel and the same for my tv show channels.
Another solution would be just to use PTVL's built in BCT's but as of now it is just a blanket rule that applies to every channel. Which does not suit me. Would be great if you could give it some extra rules for excluding channels.

I'm nearly out of ideas here and am going to have to put the file/folders back as they were and revert back to the older version of PTVL that worked, which is a shame as there are a lot of improvents in speed and other things.

Ok, i thougt switch 4 is an optional description.. I don't know how many other users request the subfolders, but i can't use it without

Im using the old version until / if there will be a fix..

Anyway, many thanks for keeping up the good work!

I vote for bringing subfolder support back too. I have a lot of directory based channels and I would rather not have all the PTVL related folders littering my partitions at root level when they can all be neatly inside one folder.

I will add subfolders to directory chtype and a bct exclusion rule.

[Rastan]

I just triple checked every possible type of channel interleaving and they all work!! below are a few problems that could be causing issues.

1. if you are using a "directory" type channel you can only build from the root directory, subfolders are ignored... (nothing new here!!)
2. from my tests I noticed that even tho advanced rules are set, if you change the channels settings (ie type of show or directory) even tho the settings in advanced are still there, they don't take.
You need to reenter advanced rules and click save again for the advanced settings to apply to the channel changes.... In short you should always reenter advanced settings menu and back out and save after a change in that channels settings.

hope this helps let me know...

Btw this doesn't rule out possible conflicts with multiple rules stacked onto one channel. In order to find that problem (if it exists) would require users to compare channels rules with each other. See if there is a repeatedly pattern I can test out.

Going from your suggestions from my findings I have found that if you create a directory based channel, it will only work if the folder is at root level AND has no subfolders inside it, else the channel will be skipped.
I have spent the whole day trying to get my interleaved adverts, trailers and bumpers to work on with the latest PTVL on my channels, but still havent got it to work so far.

This is the advanced channel rules I have set on all my movie channels

1. Force Random Mode
2. Reset every 4 days
3. Rename Channel
4. Interleave Channel 201 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Advert folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
5. Interleave Channel 202 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Channel name Bumper folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
6. Interleave Channel 203 <---- Hidden directory based channel pointing to Trailers folder (Now has no subfolders inside and moved to root of drive)
7. Schedule Channel 410 <---- Hidden Playlist based channel that plays movie genre rule with adult MPAA ratings after 7pm

It gets to rule 3 and skips the rest for every channel and the same for my tv show channels.
Another solution would be just to use PTVL's built in BCT's but as of now it is just a blanket rule that applies to every channel. Which does not suit me. Would be great if you could give it some extra rules for excluding channels.

I'm nearly out of ideas here and am going to have to put the file/folders back as they were and revert back to the older version of PTVL that worked, which is a shame as there are a lot of improvents in speed and other things.

Ok, i thougt switch 4 is an optional description.. I don't know how many other users request the subfolders, but i can't use it without

Im using the old version until / if there will be a fix..

Anyway, many thanks for keeping up the good work!

I vote for bringing subfolder support back too. I have a lot of directory based channels and I would rather not have all the PTVL related folders littering my partitions at root level when they can all be neatly inside one folder.

I will add subfolders to directory chtype and a bct exclusion rule.

You're a star!! ...I was just about to jump out my window head first...LOL

...I forgot to say thankyou!!