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RE: WMC as the backend - released - mbecker43 - 2013-09-23

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME I INSTALLED THE WMC BACKEND AND WMC PVR ON XBMC 12.2 I TRIED IT OUT AND ON ALL CHANNELS IT KEEP BUFFING IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG OR IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?

RE: WMC as the backend - released - hoopsdavis - 2013-09-23

(2013-09-23, 04:42)scarecrow420 Wrote:
(2013-09-23, 04:34)svanhess Wrote:
(2013-09-23, 04:10)scarecrow420 Wrote: Hey, ill send you a PM rather than cluttering up the thread with development specific talk

Thanks! I realized that I should be building the client within the xbmc-pvr-addons project (https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons) so hopefully I'm on the right track for compiling a build.

yep thats pretty much all I said in the PM however i did seem to spend alot of words explaining that lol Smile
(2013-09-23, 04:25)hoopsdavis Wrote: About that, when I added the phrase "LogReplyMessages" to the config.xml, the server crashed.

<LogReplyMessages>True</LogReplyMessages> Huh

It should already be in the config file set to false. just set it true. Probably you defined it twice which the server doesnt like very much Smile
(2013-09-23, 04:25)hoopsdavis Wrote: About that, when I added the phrase "LogReplyMessages" to the config.xml, the server crashed.

<LogReplyMessages>True</LogReplyMessages> Huh

It should already be in the config file set to false. just set it true. Probably you defined it twice which the server doesnt like very much Smile

OK

RE: WMC as the backend - released - scarecrow420 - 2013-09-23

(2013-09-23, 05:05)mbecker43 Wrote: I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME I INSTALLED THE WMC BACKEND AND WMC PVR ON XBMC 12.2 I TRIED IT OUT AND ON ALL CHANNELS IT KEEP BUFFING IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG OR IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?

Firstly please refrain from posting in all caps.

Secondly, a reply to your first post was already made, which asked you about your hard drive setup which you havent provided the details to...

Can you try using a different drive for recorded TV to see if there is any improvement?

Is ServerWMC and XBMC all installed on the same PC? What are the specs? If the server is on a different box to XBMC, what is the network connection between the 2 like?
Do things work OK for you in XBMC playing other video files from this drive?

Can you view Live TV in Windows Media Centre OK?

Do things work OK in windows media centre, making a recording and then viewing it afterwards?

How about viewing this recording made in WMC, from XBMC?


We are here to help but you need to provide enough details to help you. You can also post a ServerWMC log file (there is information in the last page or so about where that file lives) and also an XBMC log file perhaps. You can upload these logs to pastebin site and post the link here

RE: WMC as the backend - released - hoopsdavis - 2013-09-23

scarecrow420, there's so much data being pulled from wmc epg data. Now I just have to figure out how to tell the skin to grab sub-title info.

RE: WMC as the backend - released - ferretlegs - 2013-09-23

Hey Krusty and Scarecrow, been doing a bit more testing and things seem to be pretty solid which is fantastic. Only one issue I've since identified relating to the testing of series recording. It seems when I try to record certain shows that are series, they pop up with the second dialog fine and I can record the series. But other series (with no pattern i have seen) return an error when I try to schedule the recording. The unsuccessful process is as follows:

1. Bring up timeline EPG, rclick a show that is series and select record. Do I want to record? Yes.
2. 'PVR backend has errored, check log etc' type message displayed in bottom right corner of xmbc
3. Recording not scheduled, nor series obviously as didn't get that far

Here is the relevant part of a log that shows the two cases. My first guess is that it is a similar thing to the instant record problem about pulling back the correct info, but I obviously don't know:

2013/09/23 16:50:10.431 Received client request: xbmctest-PC|GetShowInfo|-1|210357|1379922287|1379926800|0|Restoration Home|50|2|10|0|552
2013/09/23 16:50:10.431 SetTimer: Multiple entries found in range.
2013/09/23 16:50:10.432 GetShowInfo> Multiple entries found in range for Restoration Home on channel 21 : ABC1 - 335B5 = { (21 : ABC1 - 33594) + [ ] }
2013/09/23 16:50:10.432 Finished request GetShowInfo in 0.00s
2013/09/23 16:50:22.148 Received client request: xbmctest-PC|GetShowInfo|-1|210294|1379925000|1379928600|0|The Project|50|2|10|0|372
2013/09/23 16:50:22.149 Finished request GetShowInfo in 0.00s
2013/09/23 16:50:49.253 Received client request: xbmctest-PC|SetTimer|-1|210294|1379925000|1379928600|0|The Project|50|2|10|0|372|1|0|0|0
2013/09/23 16:50:50.134 GetRequestedProgram> SchedEntry: 23/09/2013 8:30:00 AM - 23/09/2013 9:30:00 AM on TEN Digital -> The Project - Id:0xE00000012078A (3940649675130762)
2013/09/23 16:50:50.134 GetRequestedProgram> Assignment: 23/09/2013 8:30:00 AM-23/09/2013 9:30:00 AM on 10 : TEN Digital - 33576 = { (10 : TEN Digital - 33557) + [ ] }(Device: Digital Antenna (DVB-T) - 1A9 : 0d604e67-49d1-49a4-b1c9-8da242b883bd - 33406 TuningSpace: DVB-T - 33558)
2013/09/23 16:50:50.148 SetTimer> recording scheduled for The Project on channel 10 : TEN Digital - 33576 = { (10 : TEN Digital - 33557) + [ ] }, RecordingState: WillRecordSeries

This shows the first attempt failing (for show 'Restoration') , but working for show 2, ("The Project"). This is the first day I have added the series dialog xml etc files to confluence to test series recording. Up until now I have had no problems with single recordings at all, so new issue must be related to series component. Let me know if you need me to do anything.

RE: WMC as the backend - released - scarecrow420 - 2013-09-23

Yeah its that "multiple entries" message. It expects to only get 1 result for the provided channel/start/finish time (which came from the epg) but gets more than 1 and fails

When this happened to me I had a weird epg entry duplication that I couldn't reproduce. Might need to add logging of what the duplicates are.

In the meantime you could turn on reply logging and post a full server log reproducing the problem. That way I can see your epg contents

RE: WMC as the backend - released - scarecrow420 - 2013-09-23

OK ive been able to reproduce this (or something similar anyhow) and will be working on a fix Smile

In my case it seemed that when I first got EPG data, it had a show that was on later tonight, in a timeslot of 12:00am to 1:00am. however attempting to record this failed, the backend couldnt amtch it to a single EPG entry (it actually found 2 entries that those times covered). The EPG data in the backend and WMC at this point, was now saying the show timeslot was 12:13am to 1:15am but as XBMC had been originally sent 12:00am thats what it sent through on the record request. I closed XBMC and opened it again, it refreshed the EPG data (I have configured my XBMC not to store any EPG data in database and to query it every startup, i would reccomend that users do the same as the last thing we want is cached Epg data) and now the XBMC EPG was also saying 12:13am. Recording the show now worked OK as the backend was able to match the start/end time to a single Epg entry

Need to look into how/why the Epg data changed from when I first ran XBMC to when I restarted it 15 minutes later after the failed recording. It's like it started off more generic at perfect 30 or 60 min time slots, but then became more specific after a little bit of time.

RE: WMC as the backend - released - svanhess - 2013-09-23

Thanks to scarecrow420's help, I was able to compile and install the client on OS X 10.8.5. I'm able to see the channel listings, episode guide, scheduled recordings, etc. The only issue I'm running into is getting an error in the client while trying to view a channel:

Code:
08:16:18 T:140735183597952  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/3.pvr
08:16:18 T:140735183597952 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
08:16:18 T:4661833728  NOTICE: Thread CDVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
08:16:18 T:4661833728  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
08:16:23 T:4661833728   ERROR: AddOnLog: Windows Media Center PVR: Error opening stream file
08:16:23 T:4661833728   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/3.pvr]
08:16:23 T:4661833728  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
08:16:23 T:4661833728  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
08:16:23 T:140735183597952  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
08:16:23 T:140735183597952 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
08:16:23 T:140735183597952  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
08:16:23 T:140735183597952  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

I'll start tinkering around and see what I can find.

RE: WMC as the backend - released - Dilligaf - 2013-09-23

08:16:23 T:4661833728 ERROR: AddOnLog: Windows Media Center PVR: Error opening stream file
08:16:23 T:4661833728 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://channels/tv/All TV channels/3.pvr]

You need to provide credentials to access the Recorded TV share, go to XBMC>settings>file manager then add source and browse to the Recorded TV share, provide credentials when prompted and check save user/pass, after a reboot it should work. I think this is necessary on any/most non Windows installs to access the share. Once you get it working can you post a link to the files for the benefit of others??

RE: WMC as the backend - released - hoopsdavis - 2013-09-23

scarecrow420, below you'll see the full data being pulled from wmc epg to server_wmc during the GetEntries, the bold is the sub-title (sports teams and episode name) This is what I need to figure out how to have xbmc epg to populate that info.

2013/09/22 23:17:49.587 GetEntries Reply 226/396: 21435|NFL Football|1005|1380486300|1380497400|||1380486300|Unknown||0|0|64|3||Washington Redskins at Oakland Raiders

2013/09/23 03:56:04.269 GetEntries Reply 25/388: 256994|Sleepy Hollow|1005|1379984400|1379988000|A vision from Ichabod's former wife leads him and Abbie on a hunt for a witch from the 1700s.|A vision from Ichabod's former wife leads him and Abbie on a hunt for a witch from the 1700s; Andy pursues a questionable mission.|1379894400|UsaTV14||0|3|16|2|http://images.windowsmedia.com/tvcards/org/10183_19.jpg|Blood Moon

RE: WMC as the backend - released - nlitend1 - 2013-09-23

(2013-08-15, 17:50)krustyreturns Wrote:
(2013-08-15, 05:23)surge919 Wrote: my main usage of the client would be from a raspberry pi and usage for testing is a Mac.

what kind of info can I provide to help get this working on them?

thanks

There are a number of questions about porting the client to other platforms. I only have the capability of compiling and testing on windows to date. Another developer worked on the client code to get rid of the windows specific stuff I had originally put in it, so the code SHOULD BE fairly easy to port to other systems.

So we just need someone to take on porting to the desired system, then we will need people to test it - like yourself. I made the client code available on the website. So yeah, tell your coding friends. Like I said, I would love to have it in ras pi myself. And I would like the help.
(2013-08-15, 15:38)trevf Wrote: Hi, do the subtitles work on live tv when wmc is used as the backend?

Also thank you for creating the addon to allow wmc to work with xbmc.

Thanks Trevor

In my testing, sub titles do not work, and for that matter they don't work even when the recorded wtv files are played in xbmc. I assume it is a xbmc/wtv thing. All I can tell you from my end, is that I take the subtitle stream from the wtv file and mux it into the ts stream that is being played in live tv mode. We need somebody more knowledgeable in this stuff than me to enlighten us. Even better to help develop it.

Any updates on subtitles/closed captions? Is this the generic XBMC cannot read ATSC subtitles problem that all PVR addons seem to have or is WMC different making there hope for subtitles with the WMC addon? I sure hope WMC is different. I tried NextPVR and Mediaportal and none of them compare to WMC as a true 'production' PVR.

Thanks,

nlitend1

Linux build instructions - doublea - 2013-09-23

Here are some quick & dirty instructions for those who want to build their own Linux Client:

1. Download & unzip the Frodo branch of XBMC-PVR-addons: https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons/archive/frodo.zip

2. Check out Krusty's client code into the addons directory: xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons/pvr.wmc
install mercurial if you don't already have it
cd xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/krustyreturns/pvr.wmc

3. Edit xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/configure.ac and add the following two lines after this line:
addons/pvr.iptvsimple/Makefile \
addons/pvr.wmc/Makefile \
addons/pvr.wmc/addon/addon.xml

4. Follow the xbmc-addon build instructions
cd xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo
./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/usr #install any required build dependencies
./make
./make zip # you may need to add pvr.wmc to xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons/Makefile.am

5. You should now have a new executable: xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons/pvr.wmc/XBMC_WMC.pvr. Here is mine:
cd xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons/pvr.wmc
file XBMC_WMC.pvr
XBMC_WMC.pvr: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=0x71cee1475182693872ce865a28557e904970c897, not stripped

6. Install new new zip: xbmc-pvr-addons-frodo/addons/pvr.wmc-linux-x86_64.zip
Alternately, copy to your XBMC addons directory (I have two locations on my ubuntu box). I didn't run make install or make zip since I already have an older version of the client:
cp XBMC_WMC.pvr /usr/share/xbmc/addons/pvr.wmc/
cp XBMC_WMC.pvr ~/.xbmc/addons/pvr.wmc/
cp addon.xml /usr/share/xbmc/addons/pvr.wmc/
cp addon.xml ~/.xbmc/addons/pvr.wmc/

RE: WMC as the backend - released - RT-3 - 2013-09-23

(2013-09-22, 18:41)RT-3 Wrote: Ok so I found the addon. But now it keeps telling me the pvr has lost connection. FYI I am running wmc and xbmc on the same machine. Any ideas?
(2013-09-22, 18:26)hoopsdavis Wrote:
(2013-09-22, 17:42)RT-3 Wrote: Sorry for such a basic question. But i added the unzipped wmc.pvr folder to user, username, app data, roaming, xbmc, addons. But when I go to disabled addons it isn't in the list of pvr's. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

Have you checked the "endable" list, it may be listed there. But if you see it there, try disabling / re-enable.

So for all of you slow people like me. If you get any connection issues from XBMC to the WMC Server. make sure you didn't close it like I did. You have to minimize the program. Hopefully there isn't many other idiots like me Smile

RE: WMC as the backend - released - bigwah - 2013-09-23

So I've been a cablecard WMC/mediabrowser user for a long time now. Saw this and its exactly what I've been waiting for.

I installed it and it pulled in the listings and I was able to select the channels. BUT, some of the channels dont look right, scanlines and other video artifacts. Is there something special i have to do in xbmc or this addon to get it to show right? Was clearly evident during football games yesterday (even switched back to make sure i wasnt going crazy).

Forgot to add, I've messed with some of the settings already with no luck.

RE: WMC as the backend - released - hoopsdavis - 2013-09-23

(2013-09-23, 20:41)bigwah Wrote: So I've been a cablecard WMC/mediabrowser user for a long time now. Saw this and its exactly what I've been waiting for.

I installed it and it pulled in the listings and I was able to select the channels. BUT, some of the channels dont look right, scanlines and other video artifacts. Is there something special i have to do in xbmc or this addon to get it to show right? Was clearly evident during football games yesterday (even switched back to make sure i wasnt going crazy).

Forgot to add, I've messed with some of the settings already with no luck.

OK, can you send me a couple screenshots. 1 of the issues you're speaking of while playing live tv, another of "Settings > Video > Playback and one more of:
Select the "Ok" button on remote, you should get a popup go to video settings and send that screenshot also.

Incase you don't know, you can go here to "http://tinypic.com/" to upload pics and get a link.