[RELEASE] XBMC TV using MediaPortal TVserver (XBMP-TV Script)

Fry7 Wrote:Hi,

So for now I got it up and running with margro's latest PVR-build and his brilliant TSReader, using a locally installed MP-TV-server with a dual-DVB-T-Tuner (Terratec) on a Core i3-Sandybridge-system.
Except the known issues, I wonder why XBMC cannot play my recordings made (ts-files) while timeshifting e.g. works flawlessly.
A known bug?
EDIT: sry, forgot to mention that I'm running Win7x64...

I think I had the same problem on a setup like yours. What I did find out after a bit of trying is that I probably used the ffmpeg from another build. Reading back my own posts in this thread I see that I mixed margo's build with the pvr-build. There was once even a rar archive with fixed ffmpeg dll's.

I think I needed only one or two dll's to be replaced. Just make a backup of margo's and replace with ffmpeg from the alternate build ones and see if the .ts files will play.

See for more info a couple of pages back in this thread. There are a couple of posts about it from me.

Thanx for your hint, but I've tried that "old" patch already, although I'm not facing the problem of missing audio only:

XBMC simply gives an error-message instantly that it is unable to play the given file...

VLC btw. does play those ts-recordings.

Hi I'm running XBMC as a frontend on a low spec atom board most of the time it works well (although I do miss the series record options) but if I delete a recording often but not always the recording is still visible in the list and after that I can't play back any recordings.

Oh and I'm using mediaportal 1.1.3 and the ts reader version on windows XP.

Fry7 Wrote:Except the known issues, I wonder why XBMC cannot play my recordings made (ts-files) while timeshifting e.g. works flawlessly.

Assuming that you are running the latest build (Dharma 10.1-pvr): not a known bug. Are you running XBMC and the TV server on the same machine? If so, enable debug logging and check the xbmc.log file for more hints. If that doesn't help you, post the debug log on pastebin.

jcp2mill Wrote:Hi I'm running XBMC as a frontend on a low spec atom board most of the time it works well (although I do miss the series record options) but if I delete a recording often but not always the recording is still visible in the list and after that I can't play back any recordings.

Oh and I'm using mediaportal 1.1.3 and the ts reader version on windows XP.

Hmm, have to test that one. Thanks for reporting.
Series recording is not possible without an extension/change of the PVR API. Dushmaniac is right now focusing on a stable API, so that won't be added soon (or many people should convince him to add it earlier )

OK thanks for looking into it and as for the series record I can live without it its just a nice feature that you kind of miss in the PVR frontend.

margro Wrote:(...) If so, enable debug logging and check the xbmc.log file for more hints. If that doesn't help you, post the debug log on pastebin.

Mea culpa, no bug. The logfile quickly showed up my misconfiguration...

The MP-TV-Server can handle two differing folders for recordings and timeshifting, so I did config those to D:\TV and D:\Timeshift at the beginning.

Having tested the pvr-rtsp-addon at first, anything went fine 'cause PVR was configured to search for recordings in the same folder as MP was (D:\TV).

But due to the long switching cycles, I turned over to TS-reader, so I had to change PVR's recordings-folder to MP's timeshift-folder to work.

So from now on PVR was looking for recordings inside of the timeshift-folder - which was empty. So the stored path in XBMC's db simply couldn't be found.

Changing MP-TV-Servers differing pathes to the one configured in PVR made the job.

Sorry for any trouble, I just almost forgot about that MP-thingy...

EDIT: ...which makes me think about the possibility of extending your PVR-TS-Reader to be able to handle different folders for recordings and timeshifting the same way MP does?

All,

Haven't been on this tread for a while, maybe because everything works so well atm

However, i got myself a Macbook Pro the other day and was just wondering if someone have managed to compile for Mac and is willing to share. It would really make my new favorite toy even better and i would be so greatful.

Regards

Lengis

@margro

Hi!

This link for MP tvserver plugin doesn't seem to work anymore:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7249985/xbmc/Med..._MP113.rar

Is there any other place to download from?

mmesh, you can always find the latest official-unofficial build of mp->xbmc addon from the link in the sig on one of Margro's posts.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7249985/xbmc/xbmc-10.1-PVR.exe

regards,
Dam0