[thegeek]

Hi guys, sorry for the delay.
I finally found time to make an installer, this is the latest source from margro/xbmc.
I had to pull in the latest changes from opdenkamp/xbmc as well to make it compile.
In addition it has the two patches I mentioned earlier (dxva2 deinterlacing and smart audio channel selection).
Please note that this is a _development_ version meant for testing only and if you want to try it you should do backups since you might not be able to downgrade (I think the db version was bumped).

In addition I've found a problem with the dxva2 deinterlacing patch, it also deinterlaces the tv subtitles ;P, so you might want to turn subtitles off (I don't use them anyway).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28319747/XBMCSet...be2-dx.exe

[loggio]

Thanks thegeek.

i just tested it and De-interlace is working great :-)
though i did notice that when i activated it, xbmc did not save the settings when i rebooted xbmc.

I'll revert back to Margros much more stable 10-03-2011 build though (wish the 10-03-2011 build could be patched). Quite a few bugs in the development builds at the moment that are frustrating me

at least now i know that when it's actually implemented in a stable build that it will work great on my machine :-)

Thanks a million.


thanks a million for your update

[Skindred]

@margro,

your latest build xbmc-margro-20110505-955a1ba-dx.exe requires MSVCR100D.dll,
as this is a debug dll it is not available in the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable package.

Could you remove the need for this debug dll?
TIA!


Edit: There might be more debug dll's that your .exe depends on, check if and any references to these dlls.

[Dam0]

margro,

Thanks for the continued support you offer us with your PVR work.

am i right in reading that xbmc-Master Build 5/05/2011 is buggy compaired to march build of dharma pvr build?

IE, would you suggest ppl install and try the pre-master build, or better to wait with the currently stable 10.1PVR build?

thanks in advance,
Dam0

BTW, 4 x seat tsreader user and very stable on 10.1PVR

[loggio]

It is buggy...

Before you install it you have to download msvcr100d.dll and drop it in your system32 folder, otherwise XBMC won't run. (A bug with margro's compile)

Build 5.05.2011 issues:

01# - when you install for the first time and scan all your channels, the radio channels are in the same list as the tv channels

02# - if you go to tv settings and 'channel manager' and re-arrange the channels and hit "apply changes" it does not save the changes! however, you can re-arrange the channels in the guide in ''live tv'' though, this in itself is buggy and doesn't work properly.

03# - Timeline is basically unusable! it only shows 1 or two channels EPG's... the rest are blank. Then if i move away from timeline view and try to come back to it... it won't show up at all...

This is what i don't get... All this stuff was working flawlessly before, but since all the changes nothings been working correctly. The problems i stated above have been on-going since the API changes a while back. Every pre-build that lars releases contains these issues. Not sure if they are only affecting Media Portal or not.

Neways, i'm sure there are plenty more bugs but the ones i stated are enough not to leave my PVR experience with a lot to be desired.

[squizeer]

I'm trying to setup TVServerxbmc.exe. As the Plugin was not working I tryed the debug version, which i started in the TVServer Directory. The Server startsup succsessfully and I get the following message:

Code:

Running MediaPortal TV Server -> XBMC Wrapper at port 9596
Waiting for clients...

When I try to connect to the server from the same host or a different host I cant connect to port 9596 via telnet. Furthermore the server shows me that a new client is conntected at that he has assigned a new thread to it. However, if i try to communicate with the server (i.e. "help" or "ListChannels") I end up with this:

Code:

Socket write: unexpected protocol
unexpected protocol: help

I found a thread in this topic where someone had the exact same error. It resolved itself without any solution. Looks like I'm not that lucky :-(

MediaPortal TVServerXBMC Plugin Version: 1.1.3.101
MediaPorall TVServer Version: 1.1.3

[margro]

When I try to connect to the server from the same host or a different host I cant connect to port 9596 via telnet. Furthermore the server shows me that a new client is conntected at that he has assigned a new thread to it. However, if i try to communicate with the server (i.e. "help" or "ListChannels") I end up with this:

Code:

Socket write: unexpected protocol
unexpected protocol: help

Your debug version is running correctly. First type (blind) "telnet" (enter) before typing any command.
The TVServerXBCM will answer with:

Code:

Protocol Accepted; TVServerXBMC version: 1.1.3.103
---- End ----
>

and show a ">" debug prompt.

[margro]

am i right in reading that xbmc-Master Build 5/05/2011 is buggy compaired to march build of dharma pvr build?

IE, would you suggest ppl install and try the pre-master build, or better to wait with the currently stable 10.1PVR build?

The master builds are indeed buggy. That's why I haven't published a master build before. I don't recommend them for daily usage, only for testing and a "sneak preview" of the current development state. I'm still running my latest Dharma 10.1-pvr build on my HTPC, because of bugs like the ones that loggio already mentioned above.

@loggio:
I can confirm #1: don't know yet whether its a PVR bug or a bug in my addon.
Haven't tested #2 yet.
For #3: can't reproduce this. My EPG is still working fine. However, one of my todo's is to trigger a EPG update from MediaPortal. In the Dharma releases, XBMC periodically asked the PVR addons for updates. Now, the addons have to inform XBMC about changes. This means that I have to rewrite the addon, which will take some time (I'm quite busy atm.)

[squizeer]

Your debug version is running correctly. First type (blind) "telnet" (enter) before typing any command.
The TVServerXBCM will answer with:

Code:

Protocol Accepted; TVServerXBMC version: 1.1.3.103
---- End ----
>

and show a ">" debug prompt.

Thanks! I should have tryed that :-(

I'm having another Problem ... On my XBMC Client (different host with ubuntu 10.04 an xbmc 10.1) i installed the Addon (Version 1.1.075). I can start it up and see all available Channels. The Debug-Console looks like everthing is working fine. However, if I want to select a LiveTV-Channel and wath live TV XBMC says:

Code:

Server is offline or unavailable

I double checked the hostname in the Addon Settings and made sure, that the client can resolve the hostname by adding it to /etc/hosts.

No Message in the Debug-Console, so the message itself seems to be correct ....

UPDATE:
This is from xbmc.log

15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960914944 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 NOTICE: [tvserver] handle=-1
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 NOTICE: [tvserver] Invalid handle.
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 NOTICE: [tvserver] XBMC BuildVersion: 10.1 Git:Unknown
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 NOTICE: [tvserver] handle=-1
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 ERROR: GetSetting called with an invalid handle.
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 ERROR: Previous line repeats 4 times.
15:22:25 T:2835622768 M:1960660992 NOTICE: [tvserver] Error retrieving host and port settings. Using default 'localhost:9596'

Looks like it trys to connect to localhost:9596 ?

[margro]

@squizeer: Yeah I know. The Python plugin doesn't work well in Dharma.
Somehow it looses its handle (handle=-1) and can therefore not retrieve the correct settings. I've tried to fix it, but I don't know whats wrong (I'm not an experienced python programmer). Basically I gave up. I'm now completely focussing on the PVR addons instead of the old Python plugin.

[squizeer]

@squizeer: Yeah I know. The Python plugin doesn't work well in Dharma.
Somehow it looses its handle (handle=-1) and can therefore not retrieve the correct settings. I've tried to fix it, but I don't know whats wrong (I'm not an experienced python programmer). Basically I gave up. I'm now completely focussing on the PVR addons instead of the old Python plugin.

Okay.

I tryed to hardcode the host. The connection seemed to work, but it crashed afterwards.

Code:

19:15:57 T:3055126400 M:1993396224   ERROR: GLX: Same window as before, refreshing context
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1992003584  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1992003584  NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1992003584  NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1986035712  NOTICE: initialize done
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1986035712  NOTICE: Running the application...
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1986035712  NOTICE: Webserver: Starting...
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1985908736  NOTICE: WebServer: Started the webserver
19:15:58 T:3055126400 M:1985781760  NOTICE: starting upnp server
19:16:01 T:3055126400 M:1985814528  NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
19:16:01 T:3055126400 M:1985814528  NOTICE: DS: Starting dbus server
19:16:01 T:2964245360 M:1985814528  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 0.0.0.0:9777
19:16:01 T:2964245360 M:1985560576  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
19:16:01 T:3055126400 M:1985560576   ERROR:  DS: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Empty address ''

I guess the error is basicly due to the missing host and a consecutive fault. Does the prebuild version of xbmc with pvr work on ubuntu or is it windows only?

[Dam0]

thanks to all for the fast replies as to usabilty status of master build of pvr. i think i will heed the advice, and wait

just wondering, is there anticipated a feature for the timer addon to set a timeslot or show name to be recorded say same day each week, or even each weeknight?

i understand its early days at this stage, but would be quite useful i recon.

thanks in advance,
Dam0

[loggio]

Not sure... All this 'timer' stuff I'm not a fan of. It should b made simple, like that of windows media center. Select a channel, hit record. Move to a show in the tv guide and click, a menu asks 'record' and 'record series' which of course will add a special timer that looks for the show title and schedules all upcomming recordings autatically. You should also be able to 'search' the timeline for a show title. As it is right now, I go to the 'timers' menu and just think, Man I cannot be bothered setting it lol.

Of course, timers are cool... But thy're a little 'old school' because these days tv shows are played at different times of the day and so on. And because of schedules, I also think that xbmc needs it's own pvr power option, which you can configure to wake before recording and go back to sleep afterwards.

[margro]

I guess the error is basicly due to the missing host and a consecutive fault. Does the prebuild version of xbmc with pvr work on ubuntu or is it windows only?

The errors in your log snapshot are not related to the python plugin or rtsp streaming.

See the PVR Development section of this forum for links to Dushmaniac's ppa with Ubuntu XBMC-PVR builds.

[loggio]

Hi margro,

I updated my USB HDTV card to much better quality dual tuner and channel changes using TSreader are much much faster about 2 seconds max.

I have noticed an issue with your 10.1 build that if I resume from a long hibernates state, the channels and epg are missing, I have to quickly disable and then re-enable tv functionality in xbmc and it 're-reads' the channel list and everything comes back to normal.

Have you had this issue happen before?