Can't download kml document
#1
hey, i always had a problem running any scripts with my xbox media center, but i'd like to get it running finally :p

xbmc ver 1.1 final built.
my network is setupfine (can acces thet net, check the weather)
no firewalls.

now from what i read it seems to be important to have a q:\\

in my xbmc i have a q, and i can navigate to scripts, and python.

i downloaded the latest kml file but it's always stuck at "downloading kml document."

lookign at the link from the script it seems to be trying to download the document from;

http://194.192.15.21/webradio2/kml/index...eload=true

which is not pingable or can i browse from here, so i am suspecting it might be down. which is fine.

but then i downloaded another script "launchbrowser" (you can watch videos from launch.com.

i extracted the file in my f:\apps\xbmc1.1\scripts (or q:\\scripts\\ if u prefer) but that doesn't work at all... in fact it does absolutely nothing when i try to launch it. i also moved the launchbrowser.py from it's location;

f:\apps\xbmc1.1\scripts\launchbrowser\launchbrowser.py

to:

f:\apps\xbmc1.1\scripts\launchbrowser.py

and that didn't help either.

i'm sorry for all the details, just want to make sure you all know what i have tried so far.

thanks
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#2
get an updated version of the script that has the kml server already entered.

second, change the network settings from static to dhcp... that fixed my probs.

you using a wifi on your xbox or a router / crossover cable to pc?

i am doing crossover, i know this fixes it on crossover and router... i will be testing it with a d-link bridge soon once it arives.
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#3
hey thanks for the reply, i noticed on the error log that it couldn't resolve the name so i manually added a dns server.

my pc is my router using ics, and my xbox is connected to a switch (straight cable) i can't find a kml file with the latest url (http://webradio.kiss-technology.com/webr...eload=true) but i did change it manually.

i had gotten it working yesterday for about 5 minutes, without changing anything it just stopped. (only webradio and launchbrowser worked, not the movie trailers)

i thought maybe it was a little glitchy so i just upgraded to the newest build (01-15-05) but this didn't fix my problem either (in fact i noticed it had no scripts folder, so i imported the scripts and python folder from ver 1.1)

i honestly don't know what else to try.
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#4
do you know c++?

i had to tweak an older ver of xbmc to work with it... to be honest, i am about to compile a new ver of xbmc (a cvs build - i hope a new one is avaible for today lol)

anyhow... i am aware of your problem.... you should troubleshoot the issue... as i said, i and many people were able to get it working.
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#5
i don't know c++, i can look at a script and try to make some sense out of it but this is out of my league, the only thing i do know is where it tries to log on.

the newest build 1-15-05 doesn't even want to run the script, it's really weird. it acts like there is nothing to do, i don't even hear the xbox running.

it looks so simple, u open the file, it runs a command and it's done. i don't understand why it doesn't even open the file though.

i completely reinstalled python i got from sourceforge (under xbmc/xbmc/python)

and i installed a few scripts including;

tvguide
movie trailers.
game trailer
launch
webradio (kml)

i put the new url for kml.... stilll nada.

i'll keep playing with it, but honestly i can't think of anything else. maybe the version# (of the xbox) has something to do with, i got the first 1.0... but that also doesn't make sense to me.


edit: checking the error log file, i see the following line;

23-01-2005 13:51:13 error python: missing files, unable to execute script
23-01-2005 13:51:14 error python: cannot find 'q:\python\lib\_sre.pyd'

i cannot locate this file anywhere, checked the original python.rar file and there wasn't that file in there or in any of the scripts.

i even checked the scripts with a notepad and none of them call for this file anywhere on the script.

googled it and just got a whole bunch of bittorrent questions, but nowhere to download this file and place it in the directory.
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#6
ah ha

did you know that the rar file from;

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xbmc/xbmc/python/

is missing all the files in the lib directory?

i had no idea, i had to download them all manually and put them in.

well now that we have that corrected, i gotta find me some working scripts.

i'll let you know if i encounter any problems.
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#7
is it corrected? i only see (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xb...ython/lib/):
(file) _sre.pyd 1.1 3 months jwnmulder added python extensions to /python/lib
(file) _ssl.pyd 1.1 3 months jwnmulder added python extensions to /python/lib
(file) _symtable.pyd 1.1 3 months jwnmulder added python extensions to /python/lib
(file) pyexpat.pyd 1.1 3 months jwnmulder added python extensions to /python/lib
(file) unicodedata.pyd 1.1 5 months jwnmulder added: python unicodedata library to cvs (this means no more idna ecoding errors...
(file) zlib.pyd 1.1 3 months jwnmulder added python extensions to /python/lib


is this all that is needed for running scripts like kml....?
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#8
i would suggest from the link i provided you go into the "attic" and download the rar file.

once everything is extracted compare the files and the folders u have to the one on the website. whatever file is missing, just download it manually and put it into the correct folder.
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#9
i downloaded both revision 1.3 and 1.4. in both revisions the lib directories are empty.

it also seems like a strange way to handle revision control, that i need to keep what i already have. i mean you have no idea what i have, so then also no control of what combination i will get...
is not the idea that if i download a package i should use what i get?
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