[adamhaeder]

Hello,
I have a hardware modded xbox currently running XBMC. I used to use the builtin myth:// support to watch shows from my mythbox, but that has gone away with version .24 of mythtv. I installed the latest nightly of MythBox for XBMC on windows and it works great. I'm wondering if it will work if I install it on my xbox? The only problem I see is that the ffmpeg.exe that distributed with MythBox is compiled for Windows. Do I have to compile my own ffmpeg.exe that will run on the xbox?

[avus m3]

Why use ESXi if you have a HDHomerun? It is a network tuner and so you should be able to run Myth in a VM right?

[analogue]

Hello,
I have a hardware modded xbox currently running XBMC. I used to use the builtin myth:// support to watch shows from my mythbox, but that has gone away with version .24 of mythtv. I installed the latest nightly of MythBox for XBMC on windows and it works great. I'm wondering if it will work if I install it on my xbox? The only problem I see is that the ffmpeg.exe that distributed with MythBox is compiled for Windows. Do I have to compile my own ffmpeg.exe that will run on the xbox?

There are a couple of hurdles to get things going on the Xbox. Looks like you've already identified the first one; a native ffmpeg executable is required for comm skipping. Next, you'll have to find some way to mount your recordings directories so they show up as drive letters on the XBox. After that, it is just a matter of working through whatever XBox specific peculiarities show up.

[analogue]

Update on 0.24 support

Dharma will not talk to an 0.24 mythtv backend via the myth:// URL scheme. MythBox uses the myth:// URL scheme for watching LiveTV only. You can use the current trunk of MythBox with an 0.24 backend but you just won't be able to watch LiveTV until the next XBMC release or XBMC trunk (I'm just guessing here..can anyone confirm?)

[analogue]

I think I just figured out the problem. They don't really have artwork at thetvdb, and it was pulling them from Google Image search. I have now disabled Google Image search and will look to upload some to thetvdb. Just to clarify, is it Posters that it searches for?
-GregMS

Yes, it is the posters. Just to clarify things, MythBox looks up the artwork on a best effort basis based on the program type:

TV Shows: TVDB, TVRage, Google Image search
Movies: TMDB, IMDB, Google Image search

Since Google Image search seems to return relevant artwork > 50% of the time (I know, sometimes it is way off), it is enabled by default.

You can disable any of the individual fanart sources via MythBox > Settings > FanArt

[andcor]

I have a problem. When I build the newest source code for xbmc dharma I cannot view Live TV. I can view recordings just fine, but Live TV gives me the following errors in the xbmc.log:


20:18:50 T:3078252416 M:1478832128 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts
20:18:50 T:3078252416 M:1478832128 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:18:50 T:2718522224 M:1478832128 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 ERROR: SetupLiveTV - unable to get recorder
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts]
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1479086080 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts]
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

Do anyone know what I could do. I see the same problem for all of my xbmc installs (two network boxes and one on the same machine as mythbackend). I can see Live TV just fine using mythfrontend on all three boxes.

[analogue]

I have a problem. When I build the newest source code for xbmc dharma I cannot view Live TV. I can view recordings just fine, but Live TV gives me the following errors in the xbmc.log:


20:18:50 T:3078252416 M:1478832128 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts
20:18:50 T:3078252416 M:1478832128 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:18:50 T:2718522224 M:1478832128 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 ERROR: SetupLiveTV - unable to get recorder
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts]
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
20:18:51 T:2718522224 M:1478934528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1479086080 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [myth://mythtv[email protected]:6543/channels/3.ts]
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
20:18:51 T:3078252416 M:1478959104 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

Do anyone know what I could do. I see the same problem for all of my xbmc installs (two network boxes and one on the same machine as mythbackend). I can see Live TV just fine using mythfrontend on all three boxes.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=674...tcount=409

[andcor]

Mybe I should have written that I use the 0.23 version of mythtv. Is it Dharma that is causing the problems?

[vriesm]

I'm having problems with connecting to the database. I'm using dharma, ubuntu 10.04 with mythtv. The problem is error 1045, access denied. I setup the user with phpmyadmin (the same way i did with camelot and ubuntu 8,04, working correctly) but keep on getting error 1045. I really don't know how to solve this. With the myth protocol only live tv works, no guide data because this also need access to the database. It seems not open to the outside world, however it is configured that way with the binding option in my.cnf. What can i do to solve this?

[vriesm]

Mybe I should have written that I use the 0.23 version of mythtv. Is it Dharma that is causing the problems?

You have to add your server's ip address to the hosts file, al least i did that to be able to watch live tv. Your guide is working? I'm also using 0.23.

[protonchris]

I am running mythbox 1.0.0 on the latest release of xbmc. Everything works well except for commercial skipping and bookmarking. I am not sure if the problem is mythbox or my mythtv (mythbuntu 10.04) backend (recordings are mounted via nfs on my xbmc box), but all of my recordings list commercial breaks as none. How would I go about debugging this issue?

Also, I am running into the following error in my mythbox.log:

Code:

ERROR | mythbox.ui | player.py | MainThread | Line 252 | _saveLastPositionAsBookmark catchall
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/chris/.xbmc/addons/script.mythbox/resources/src/mythbox/ui/player.py", line 250, in _saveLastPositionAsBookmark
    self._program.setBookmark(lastPos)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/home/chris/.xbmc/addons/script.mythbox/resources/src/mythbox/mythtv/conn.py", line 122, in inject_conn
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/chris/.xbmc/addons/script.mythbox/resources/src/mythbox/mythtv/domain.py", line 895, in setBookmark
    self.conn().setBookmark(self, seconds2frames(seconds, self.getFrameRate()))
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/home/chris/.xbmc/addons/script.mythbox/resources/src/mythbox/util.py", line 337, in timed
    return func(*args, **kw)
  File "/home/chris/.xbmc/addons/script.mythbox/resources/src/mythbox/mythtv/conn.py", line 873, in setBookmark
    raise ServerException(
ServerException: Failed to save position in program 'Conan' to frame 620. Server response: FAILED

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris.

[miccco]

Looking forward to the day I can try w/ .24 for now, I get
'connect to mysql failed: timeout instance has no att...
I have set the IP, port and password correctly so I assume this is the unsupported .24 issue and I can safely stop banging my head on it for now.

I have the same issue, I provide the correct port password, username, etc for the mysql server. I still get the 'connect to mysql failed: timeout instance has no att.."

I run MythTV 0.23.1+fixes26437-0ubuntu1 (Mythbuntu 10.10 64bit). and XBMC 10.00~svn35648-maverick1 and the latest release of Mythbox.

Is there anything wrong with my setup? 0.23.1 is supported, right? I have checked mythbox.log, but it does not give me any ideas.. Mythbackend is working fine (when using mythfrontend).

EDIT: Problem solved. I tried a remote (mythtv) frontend to connect to my backend and that didn't work either, so I started to search for that solution. First of all I found a setting to allow remote connections in Mythbuntu Contol Centre, but it didn't make any difference. It turned out to be a SQL issue not allowing remote access. Read about it here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=842351
Now Mythbox works! Thanks for a fantastic add-on!

[prupert]

Update on 0.24 support

Dharma will not talk to an 0.24 mythtv backend via the myth:// URL scheme. MythBox uses the myth:// URL scheme for watching LiveTV only. You can use the current trunk of MythBox with an 0.24 backend but you just won't be able to watch LiveTV until the next XBMC release or XBMC trunk (I'm just guessing here..can anyone confirm?)

I have a 0.24 backend and have installed the latest trunk version of mythbox via hg but I keep on getting a Connection Failed 111 error message....plus I can't seem to find any mythbox logs even though I have enabled debug logging in the menu of mythbox. I have no file located at ~/mythbox.log

I've added my mythbuntu's IP address to my XBMC box's /etc/hosts file, but no luck..

.....and then i realised my master backend still hand the localhost ip address for the master backend ip...oopsie, so i changed that to its actual ip address and it all worked dandy (after mounting the recordings directory via nfs)

[fiveisalive]

is there a way to trigger a recording whilst in LiveTV mode (i.e. so the backend will move it to the regular recordings group)? the info screen doesn't seem to offer a record button, and the record button triggers a screenshot option. using mythbox 1.0.0 from official repo w/ 0.23 mythtv

[analogue]

is there a way to trigger a recording whilst in LiveTV mode (i.e. so the backend will move it to the regular recordings group)? the info screen doesn't seem to offer a record button, and the record button triggers a screenshot option. using mythbox 1.0.0 from official repo w/ 0.23 mythtv

Hit the menu button and the Video OSD will popup on the top of the screen. The rightmost button on the top row is the 'Record' button. Just click on that and then stop LiveTV. Now head over to the 'Watch Recordings' screen and it will be first in the list (assuming you're sorting by descending date).