(bigbellybilly @ sep. 28 2005,08:31 Wrote:the thread is getting a bit big.

maybe we should stop this one and creat two new ones

mytv - bugs

and

mytv - suggestions/requests/announcments

?

(jthunder @ sep. 28 2005,23:21 Wrote:here is a link to the command server docs, in my testing it works well and the delay is minimal while playing the recorded .ts file.

http://www.coolstf.com/tsreader/control-server.html

and i've also requested a simple 'telnet' python script (due to my inexperience writing them) so that i can build a simple interface to it. anyone have any ideas? can i use the telnetlib python library to read and write commands from the server?

thanks

Quote:#a sample perl script showing some of the features
#in tsreader's control server

use telnet ();

#connect to tsreader's control server
$t = new net::telnet (timeout => 1,
port => 1399);
eval{$t->open("127.0.0.1");};
if ($@)
{die("unable to connect to tsreader - is the control server running?\n$@\n");};

#display what tsreader sent us
@line = $t->getline();
print "tsreader connected.\nresponse: @line\n";

#display functions in this program
print "functions supported are:\n";
print " 1 - print programs in mux\n";
print " 2 - display graph\n";
print " 3 - switch to a multicast udp mux\n";
print " 4 - play channel via vlc\n";
print "function? ";
$function = <stdin>;
chop $function;

if ($function eq 1)
{
#get and print a list of programs
$t->print("program");
print "these programs are defined:\n";
$doit = 1;
while($doit eq 1)
{
eval {@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);};
if ($@)
{$doit=0;}
else
{print @line;}
}
}
elsif ($function eq 2)
{
#draw a graph
$dont_send = 0;
print "available graphs are:\n";
print " 0 - close any existing graph\n";
print " 1 - active pids by rate\n";
print " 2 - active pids by pid\n";
print " 3 - pid usage 2d pie\n";
print " 4 - pid usage 3d pie\n";
print " 5 - mux usage stacked area\n";
print " 6 - mux usage line\n";
print " 7 - video rate area\n";
print " 8 - video rate line\n";
print " 9 - program usage\n";
print " 10 - video composition\n";
print "which chart? ";
$chart = <stdin>;
chop $chart;
if ($chart eq 10)
{
print "program number? ";
$program_number = <stdin>;
chop $program_number;

$t->print("program $program_number");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
if (@line =~ /502/)
{
print("?invalid program number!\n");
$dont_send = 1;
}
}
if ($dont_send eq 0)
{
$t->print("graph $chart");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
}
}
elsif ($function eq 3)
{
#switch to the multicast source and restart tsreader
print "multicast address to listen to? ";
$multicast_address = <stdin>;
chop $multicast_address;
print "udp port to listen to? ";
$multicast_port = <stdin>;
chop $multicast_port;

$t->print("source tsreader_udpmulticast.dll");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
print "response to source: @line";

$t->print("tune $multicast_address $multicast_port");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
print "response to tune: @line";
}
elsif ($function eq 4)
{
$dont_send = 0;
print "program number? ";
$program_number = <stdin>;
chop $program_number;

$t->print("program $program_number");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
if (@line =~ /502/)
{
print("?invalid program number!\n");
$dont_send = 1;
}
if ($dont_send eq 0)
{
$t->print("play vlc1");
@line = $t->getline(timeout => 1);
print "response to play: @line";
}
}

#all done
$t->print("quit");

(bigbellybilly @ sep. 30 2005,06:00 Wrote:that was a fleeting god like status
- lol

but, seriously, i've come across this before and the fix was that the build of xbmc was missing the image module.

did you do a complete wipe/install of the new build ?

i'm running on a 18-09-2005 gasgiver and
a mate is running it on a 27-09 pimped no problems.


you could check for the module image.* in /e/apps/xbmc/python/lib/

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