[wpbpete]

Hello,
I just installed it yesterday and I'm really liking this plugin great work, thanks!

I've been playing with it and have a very noob question that i'm sure has been asked but I can't find the answer... I ran auto tuning and then added some additional video plugins eg: Espn3 etc... How do I add them to PTLV?
I re-ran auto tuning and but didn't pick up any of them.
thanks,

[Lunatixz]

Hello,
I just installed it yesterday and I'm really liking this plugin great work, thanks!

I've been playing with it and have a very noob question that i'm sure has been asked but I can't find the answer... I ran auto tuning and then added some additional video plugins eg: Espn3 etc... How do I add them to PTLV?
I re-ran auto tuning and but didn't pick up any of them.
thanks,

Auto tune is for those who don't want to manually add. If you want a mix of both enable "reserveChannels" now you can manually add from channel 1-499 while autotune uses the rest.

Read post 2 to learn more about autotune and manual config

[wpbpete]

Thanks, I guess I have a lot more reading to do lol
Just so I understand, can you clarify what does "Force channel reset on next start" do? Because I thought that might be used for picking up new media.
thanks

[Lunatixz]

Thanks, I guess I have a lot more reading to do lol
Just so I understand, can you clarify what does "Force channel reset on next start" do? Because I thought that might be used for picking up new media.
thanks

It forces PseudoTV Live to rebuild all m3us,

if you add a new channel pseudotv live will automatically add it, but if you change channel 3 from ABC to NBC Pseudotv live won't build the new m3u till the old playlist is used up or until you force reset...

I would only use forcereset in cases where you make major changes to your settings2, otherwise leave it alone autotune and normal uses doesn't need it...

[wpbpete]

It forces PseudoTV Live to rebuild all m3us,

if you add a new channel pseudotv live will automatically add it, but if you change channel 3 from ABC to NBC Pseudotv live won't build the new m3u till the old playlist is used up or until you force reset...

I would only use forcereset in cases where you make major changes to your settings2, otherwise leave it alone autotune and normal uses doesn't need it...

Cool off I go... Thanks for the info

[wiz561]

I just received notification tonight that there was an update available when starting pseudotv. When I try to apply the update, the changelog pops up, but doesn't prompt me to continue or do anything else. If I exit, it exits and doesn't apply the update.

What are you suppose to do to get it to apply the update after the changelog is displayed?

[stickemup]

Quick question. If I am running the latest development version and it offers an update, if I allow it to update am I going to the latest dev version, or will it update me to the latest stable version?

[Lunatixz]

I just received notification tonight that there was an update available when starting pseudotv. When I try to apply the update, the changelog pops up, but doesn't prompt me to continue or do anything else. If I exit, it exits and doesn't apply the update.

What are you suppose to do to get it to apply the update after the changelog is displayed?

Seems to be a bug, it was fixed but you will have to manual update. Next time it should work fine...

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Quick question. If I am running the latest development version and it offers an update, if I allow it to update am I going to the latest dev version, or will it update me to the latest stable version?

Autoupdate is the latest stable version, if you get the prompt then your dev copy wasn't as up to date as you thought...

[bry]

manual update - changelog below! Thanks Lunatixz!

v.0.4.7
[*] NEW! Internet Bumper option (Community Bumper list Requires Vimeo & Youtube plugin).
[*] Last Channel recall, requires Virtual Keyboard "ACTION_SHIFT" to be key-mapped.
[*] Intro video, improved error handling, Misc Tweaks and Fixes
[*] EPG Speed tweaks, XBMC Library Artwork semi-working...
[*] Art Service linked with Dynamic Artwork, Enabling Dynamic Artwork forces service.
[*] Skin Change & Force Channel Reset triggers Art Service (if applicable).
[*] Dynamic Artwork tweaking, Art search sequence (XBMC,LOCAL,CACHE,DOWNLOAD,DEFAULT).
[*] Startup Fix, Settop Box Mode (Experimental), Details found in OP
[*] Fixed missing guide data for some plugins.
[*] EPG "New" Icon fixed, Tweaked "Coming Up Next" timers

[wiz561]

If it's taking that long you will likely have to reduce the number of channels and crop your epg schedule.

all of this depends on which grabber and which way you are pulling down your schedule info

It's pulling down local information from my MythTV backend source...something kind of like

Code:

<setting id="Channel_48_1" value="I48.42274289.microsoft.com" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_2" value="pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/55.pvr" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_3" value="xmltv" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_4" value="" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_changed" value="True" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rule_1_id" value="1" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rule_1_opt_1" value="UToo LiveTV" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rulecount" value="1" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_time" value="1286" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_type" value="8" />

I have the XML file setup in pseudotv to point to the my xmltv.xml file, which is prefilled with all the information from mc2xml. I'd have to say that all together, I have maybe about 75 or so total channels in the settings2.xml file. So far, it's going on two hours to fill this, and the CPU is doing nothing in top other than the xbmc bin running.

I'm going to let it run overnight, but it just seems like it takes awhile to fill the EPG in pseudotv.

You mean pseudotv live! Let's keep things clear... no need to refer to another plugin.

Try disabling find missing guide data.

Yup, I was talking about pseudotv live. I had everything run through the process last night, and again tonight, when I started psuedotv, it started going through and updating all the channels with the xml data. I stopped that process and ran mc2xml only grabbing 24 hours of data using the command:

Code:

./mc2xml -c us -g <zip> -s -1 -d 24

This shrunk the file significantly. I also disabled the 'find missing guide data', and restarted pseudotv, and it's still taking forever to start it up. Approximately 30 seconds to a minute per channel and there's about 70 channels. I'm guessing that it has to be something that I'm doing wrong because I can't imagine people waiting a half hour just to start pseudotv and watch tv everyday.

Does it normally take this long to start pseudotv? Are people using it with mc2xml and a pvr backend (mythtv)? Are they experiencing similar issues?

Thanks!

[Lunatixz]

It's pulling down local information from my MythTV backend source...something kind of like

Code:

<setting id="Channel_48_1" value="I48.42274289.microsoft.com" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_2" value="pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/55.pvr" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_3" value="xmltv" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_4" value="" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_changed" value="True" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rule_1_id" value="1" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rule_1_opt_1" value="UToo LiveTV" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_rulecount" value="1" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_time" value="1286" />
    <setting id="Channel_48_type" value="8" />

I have the XML file setup in pseudotv to point to the my xmltv.xml file, which is prefilled with all the information from mc2xml. I'd have to say that all together, I have maybe about 75 or so total channels in the settings2.xml file. So far, it's going on two hours to fill this, and the CPU is doing nothing in top other than the xbmc bin running.

I'm going to let it run overnight, but it just seems like it takes awhile to fill the EPG in pseudotv.

You mean pseudotv live! Let's keep things clear... no need to refer to another plugin.

Try disabling find missing guide data.

Yup, I was talking about pseudotv live. I had everything run through the process last night, and again tonight, when I started psuedotv, it started going through and updating all the channels with the xml data. I stopped that process and ran mc2xml only grabbing 24 hours of data using the command:

Code:

./mc2xml -c us -g <zip> -s -1 -d 24

This shrunk the file significantly. I also disabled the 'find missing guide data', and restarted pseudotv, and it's still taking forever to start it up. Approximately 30 seconds to a minute per channel and there's about 70 channels. I'm guessing that it has to be something that I'm doing wrong because I can't imagine people waiting a half hour just to start pseudotv and watch tv everyday.

Does it normally take this long to start pseudotv? Are people using it with mc2xml and a pvr backend (mythtv)? Are they experiencing similar issues?

Thanks!

Shouldn't take that long... but it's not the fastest process.
what r your system specs? is you xmltv file over network or local?

[brando56894]

Whenever I try to use USTV Now (the version included in the post), everything works fine up until I actually start the stream then it doesn't do anything. I have lowered the quality to 400k and I have created an account and logged in. After enabling debugging in XBMC I see this in my log

Code:

DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/mms/udp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtmp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding videodefaultplayer (1)
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=0
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 1 players
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
22:08:15 T:139700014483520 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CRenderManager::UpdateDisplayLatency - Latency set to 0 msec
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CLinuxRendererGL::PreInit - precision of luminance 16 is 16
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: DllSwScale: Using libswscale system library
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(special://xbmcbin/system/players/dvdplayer/libdvdnav-x86_64-linux.so)
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/libdvdnav-x86_64-linux.so
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.12 for DVD access
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Can't stat
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Could not open
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   ERROR: Error on dvdnav_open
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStopped : play state was 1, starting 1
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Thread DVDPlayer 139698978682624 terminating
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStopped : play state was 3, starting 0
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnStop from xbmc
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnStop
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.ustvnow/?play=rtmpting1]
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: Playlist Player: no more playable items... aborting playback
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
22:08:15 T:139698662823680    INFO: Python script stopped
22:08:15 T:139698662823680   DEBUG: Thread LanguageInvoker 139698662823680 terminating
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Thread BackgroundLoader 139698978682624 terminating

For some reason it looks like it's trying to open up the DVD drive instead of a stream, also I don't have my DVD drive connected so there's no device for it to call to anyway. Here's the full log

[Lunatixz]

Whenever I try to use USTV Now (the version included in the post), everything works fine up until I actually start the stream then it doesn't do anything. I have lowered the quality to 400k and I have created an account and logged in. After enabling debugging in XBMC I see this in my log

Code:

DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/mms/udp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtmp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding videodefaultplayer (1)
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=0
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 1 players
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening:
22:08:15 T:139700014483520 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CRenderManager::UpdateDisplayLatency - Latency set to 0 msec
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CLinuxRendererGL::PreInit - precision of luminance 16 is 16
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: DllSwScale: Using libswscale system library
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(special://xbmcbin/system/players/dvdplayer/libdvdnav-x86_64-linux.so)
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/libdvdnav-x86_64-linux.so
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.2.0
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.12 for DVD access
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Can't stat
22:08:15 T:139698978682624    INFO:   msg: libdvdread: Could not open
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   ERROR: Error on dvdnav_open
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening []
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStopped : play state was 1, starting 1
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Thread DVDPlayer 139698978682624 terminating
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStopped : play state was 3, starting 0
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnStop from xbmc
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnStop
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.ustvnow/?play=rtmpting1]
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: Playlist Player: no more playable items... aborting playback
22:08:15 T:139698978682624  NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
22:08:15 T:139698662823680    INFO: Python script stopped
22:08:15 T:139698662823680   DEBUG: Thread LanguageInvoker 139698662823680 terminating
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
22:08:15 T:139700014483520  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
22:08:15 T:139700014483520   DEBUG: LinuxRendererGL: Cleaning up GL resources
22:08:15 T:139698978682624   DEBUG: Thread BackgroundLoader 139698978682624 terminating

For some reason it looks like it's trying to open up the DVD drive instead of a stream, also I don't have my DVD drive connected so there's no device for it to call to anyway. Here's the full log

What version of ptvl r u running?

[brando56894]

The master branch

[Lunatixz]

The master branch

Really! That's weird... obviously it should work... we worked out the bugs a while ago. I'll get back to you..