[RELEASE] EyeTV Parser (Video Plugin) Addon - Adds EyeTV read support to XBMC for Mac

xbmchead,

Is it possible to select a remote (smb) folder as the EyeTV folder? I tried doing so on my AppleTV, which I am trying to use to access the EyeTV recordings on my Mac Mini but I found not way to do so. Is it possible? If not, it would be an amazing feature addition!

Cheers,

Amadawn

xbmchead Wrote:I've been alpha testing the next version of XBMCEyetvParser to include limited library support. I would like to find some knowledgeable users using the current version without any issues to help test the next generation. PM me here to help.
Thanks

ps-version 1.5 attempts to optionally create a new directory and then populate that directory with symbolic links to the actual eyetv files in a directory structure that the XBMC tvshow library can work with. You can then add that (very small) directory as a new source and use the tvshow scrapers on it, or, optionally, build .nfo files from the Eyetv EPG data. You can edit the symbolic link filenames at will to better suit the scrapers then the Eyetv EPG data, or manually edit the .nfo files as needed.

I am an ELGATO 250 Plus hardvare and eyetv software with it. I am looking for any solution how can I see TV with XBMC and use only remote control not keyboard and mouse.
Is there any solution how can I use it?

I'm pleased to announce version 1.38 of XBMCEyetvParser is now available in the add-on SVN. This new version FINALLY fixes the long standing problem many international users have had with unicode thumbnails. It's an ugly hack to get around XBMC's failure to handle utf-8 thumbnails, but it works.
|-<:)

1.40 includes a few small optimizations and is now in the add-on svn. It's easy to install and update with the built-in SVN installer.
|-<:)

amadawn Wrote:xbmchead,

Is it possible to select a remote (smb) folder as the EyeTV folder? I tried doing so on my AppleTV, which I am trying to use to access the EyeTV recordings on my Mac Mini but I found not way to do so. Is it possible? If not, it would be an amazing feature addition!

Cheers,

Amadawn

Ditto.

Strange goings on... I store my EyeTV recordings on an external HD which is connected to my mac mini via firewire. After setting the correct path in the plugin settings I cannot browse the archive and clicking the EyeTV icon does nothing (selecting play from the context menu does play the first file in the list though). When I transferred a recording to my mac HD and placed it in an old EyeTV directory structure, adjusting the settings appropriately, everything worked as it should. Strange thing is that I have numerous TV shows and movies from other sources stored on the external drive which Plex plays nicely with. As I can't find anything online so I was wondering if anybody else has experienced similar issues?

I've been trying to figure out how to change the default location for eyeTV recordings to an SMB share.

I've got XMBCEyetvParser working fine with locally stored stuff, but that means having to copy things over from a Mac to my ATV.

I'd like to be able to point XBMCEyetvParser to something like "SMB://Mac/eyeTVRecordings"

I've tried to set this in the lines in settings.xml in

/Users/frontrow/Library/Application Settings/XBMC/plugins/video/XBMCeyeTVParser/settings.xml

and also in

/Users/frontrow/Library/Application Settings/XBMC/plugins/video/XBMCeyeTVParser/settings.xml

using this line:

<setting id="path" type="folder" option="writeable"
label="30420" default="/Volumes/RAID/Movies/EyeTV/EyeTV Archive"/>

and changing to <setting id="path" type="folder" option="writeable"
label="30420" default=SMB://Mac/eyeTVRecordings/">

but it never seems to stick. Are these the right places to do it? Note -- it can't be changed to an SMB drive through the settings option....or I haven't figured out how to.

I'm not sure if this was just a typo when you were posting, but you left out a quote:
<setting id="path" type="folder" option="writeable"
label="30420" default=SMB://Mac/eyeTVRecordings/">

should be:

<setting id="path" type="folder" option="writeable"
label="30420" default="SMB://Mac/eyeTVRecordings/">



If thats not the problem, you could always try mounting a drive as an alias:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?s...0225855377

When i select
main xbmc menu > videos > video plugins > xbmceyetvparser or xbmceyetvscraper i only get an error message "error: script failed: xbmceyetvparser".

Just opening the EyeTV archive folder in file view will display a normal file view without any information- or content-panels.

xbmc.log:
http://pastebin.ca/1728508

XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X. Built on Dec 23 2009 (SVN:26018),
EyeTV 3
Archive is located on a external HDD via FireWire.

hi all

i've read that xbmc now supports (in alpha) eyetv integration
Is this also the case on the mac ?
any aussie users here have it setup and working ?
any aussie foxtel users ?