[Freevo-users] What happened to tvcentric.com?
For the past month or so, this site has been "down for maintenance". Does anyone here know if it's coming back or gone forever? It was really handy for looking up the svn source files to see if there have been changes to a particular file that might have corrected a problem: http://tvcentric.com/viewvc/freevo/ Art S R -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Wintv PVR 150 question
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Evan Hisey wrote: > Art- > Thanks for the headsup. So using the IRblaster has let you keep your > freevo doing your recordings to has it been relegated to DVD, music, > video? > > Evan > Yes, using an IRBlaster and the cable company box has allowed me to continue using my Freevo system for recording TV programs. However, this kludge is not 100% reliable. Sometimes, one of the digits is missed (e.g., 189 becomes 18 or 89) and, although recording starts at the correct time, the wrong channel's program is recorded. Other times, it seems LIRC isn't working correctly and no new channel is tuned via the IRBlaster, so the recording starts at the right time, but for the previously tuned (default) channel so, again, the wrong program is recorded. In the latter situation, I have to reboot my system so LIRC can load correctly. I don't know if the problem is with LIRC, the script, the IRBlaster, or the cable box. Probably each of those at some time or another. That's why I was hoping to eliminate all these variables by getting a new card with clear QAM support so the TV card itself can tune to the correct station without dependency on other devices and software. Unfortunately, my cable company's decision to remove most of the channels on their line-up from clear QAM has thwarted my plans. My rough guess is that it's 95%+ reliable, but it's very frustrating when there's a special program I want (worse yet, a program that my wife really wants) and it's the very one that records incorrectly. Life was much simpler before the cable company switched to digital signals and you could have your TV or TV card tune to the correct channel without being forced to use their box. Art S R -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Wintv PVR 150 question
As Adam had mentioned, the 150 won't work on your cable service now that they've gone digital. I'm on Comcast and they made the switch-over here in March 2009. I was able to continue using my old analog WinTV card by incorporating their converter box. My TV card stayed tuned to Channel 3 and I had to use a serial port IRBlaster (http://www.irblaster.info/) and a script to send signals to the box to change to the correct channel for recording. Initially, Comcast carried all their non-premium channels in clear QAM (e.g., History, TLC, Syfy, TruTV), so I was able to view them on my new flatscreen TV without the Comcast box since the TV supported clear QAM. Recently, I decided to replace my analog TV card with a new Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950Q USB tuner. Since this unit supported clear QAM, I figured I could get rid of the Comcast box and IRBlaster kludge. Although the USB tuner itself works fine, unbeknownst to me at the time of my purchase, Comcast has since dropped most of the channels carried in clear QAM. In other words, if I want to get all the channels included in my cable plan, I have to use one of their cable boxes to tune them in, regardless of the TV card's native capabilities. Unless you want to receive over the air broadcasts in ATSC, I can't think of a good reason to get a "digital" card. Clear QAM, which is supported by the new cards, is beholden to your cable company's largesse... initially, you may get all your channels, but the cable company may switch them around (which will mess up your scheduled recordings) or remove them entirely without notice. By the way, when my cable company made the switch to digital, they offered subscribers a free set-top box (with on-demand capability) and up to two additional limited function "digital transport adapters". I used one of the latter boxes for my Freevo system. So, it's possible your cable company too may not charge an additional fee for a converter box. Art S R 2010/8/6 Adam Charrett : > > > On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Evan Hisey wrote: > >> And as a follow up, if this is a no go as I suspect on the 150 any >> recommendations on a nice video card. The better half will mighty >> upset with me if we are not able to record her shows. >> >> Evan >> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Evan Hisey wrote: >>> >>> Hey gang- >>> I have looked around the Haupauge site but can find an answer to >>> this. What broadcast formats does the 150 support? My local cable >>> compaby is moving to QAM only signal and I am trying to figure out if >>> I am going to have to upgrade my card or not. >>> >>> Evan >>> >> > > The PVR-150 is an analogue only card you're going to need a new digital TV > card. Check out the linuxtv wiki for some suggestions on cards: > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_Devices > The other issue you might find (I don't live in the US so don't know exact > details here) is that the signals are now encrypted rather than in the > clear. So you might find you can keep your PVR-150 but have to shell out to > the cable company for a set top box! > > Good luck! > > Adam > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Schedule recording information for shutdownscript
2009/8/23 : > Unfortunately autoshutdown function doesn't fit my needs. It doesn't > support natively shutting down at specific time but after xx minutes of > idle time (without checking remote connections). > I made some investigation to find, that it is possible to call my bash > script from inside autoshutdown.py to prevent box from being shut down > until my conditions are met. > Thanks for reply. > Maciej > > > > I have a similar requirement where I want my Freevo system to remain up throughout the day but to to have it shutdown after midnight. I picked an innocuous task (e.g., klipper) and added it to my AUTOSHUTDOWN_PROCESS_LIST so that, whenever it is running, autoshutdown will not take effect. I created a simple script that is called by OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP which launches the innocuous task at Freevo startup if the time-of-day is between 06:00 and 24:00. I have a second script that is invoked by crontab at midnight; this script kills the innocuous process so that the autoshutdown function is free to shutdown the system as defined in my autoshutdown configuration. I have AUTOSHUTDOWN_TIMER_TIMEOUT set to 5 minutes, so the system shuts down at 00:05. If a scheduled recording starts up the system in the middle of the night, the system will shutdown automatically 5 minutes after the end of the recording since the innocuous task is not launched by OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP at night. I also have AUTOSHUTDOWN_DEFAULT_WAKEUP set to 08:30 so that my Freevo system always starts in the morning and it will remain up throughout the day and evening (since the innocuous process is running). Art S R -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Schedule recording information for shutdown script
Freevo has a built-in autoshutdown function that can be enabled and configured in your local_conf.py. Look in the AUTOSHUTDOWN CONFIGURATION section. It's pretty well documented in the file itself and there are options to shutdown and startup at various times or based on certain events. There's a PROCESS LIST where you can specify which processes, if active, will prevent autoshuAtdown from initiating even if the designated shutdown interval has elapsed. Art S R 2009/8/20 : > I am currently using Freevo 1.8.1 in set-top-box playing role of > multimedia file server. > I want to keep the box active during all day, and shut it down at > specific time at night - unless there are remote login sessions, any > share is served by samba, or there is same schedule recording. > It would be the easiest way for me to write it as the croned bash script. > Everything I need is information where is located the schedule > recordings data (to process it with bash script). > Any other ideas and tips related to auto-shutdown are welcome. > > Maciej > > > Denzel Washington i John Travolta. > Nowy Jork, porwane metro, zakładnicy, świetna akcja. > Metro Strachu: zobacz zwiastun filmu > http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fcorto.www.wp.pl%2Fas%2Fmetrostrachu.html&sid=841 > > > > -- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] tvtime setup issue
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Evan Hisey wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Art S R wrote: >> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Evan Hisey wrote: >>> Here is the good. Tv time works great for watching TV on my non-ivtv >>> system (it is using an old WinTV card with bt878 chip). The problem is >>> that Freevo keeps setting up a station.xml that is numbered 0-66 and >>> my stations start on 3 and skip numbers till they get to 78. This >>> makes it almost impossible to use the numeric enter to get to teh >>> right channel. Thsi is true with or with out a TV_CHANNEL variable >>> defined. Has any one seen this or have a way around it? >>> >>> Evan >>> >>> -- >>> The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your >>> production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to >>> Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK >>> i700 >>> Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image >>> processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com >>> ___ >>> Freevo-users mailing list >>> Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users >>> >> >> In local_conf.py, include the following statement and this should fix >> the problem: >> >> TV_PAD_CHAN_NUMBERS = 1 >> >> >> Art S R > That was the Magic Variable. Do you know where that is documented so I > can add it to the wiki, along with the rest of the little tricks I > have found this time around. > > Evan > > -- > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > I don't know if it's documented anywhere. I had tried and abandoned using the TVTime plugin years ago because I didn't liked the mismatched channel numbers on the OSD. When I ran into problems watching live TV with the mplayer plugin a couple of months ago, I went back to using TVTime and, after digging through the mail archives more extensively for a solution to the numbering issue, I found out about this variable. Art S R -- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] tvtime setup issue
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Evan Hisey wrote: > Here is the good. Tv time works great for watching TV on my non-ivtv > system (it is using an old WinTV card with bt878 chip). The problem is > that Freevo keeps setting up a station.xml that is numbered 0-66 and > my stations start on 3 and skip numbers till they get to 78. This > makes it almost impossible to use the numeric enter to get to teh > right channel. Thsi is true with or with out a TV_CHANNEL variable > defined. Has any one seen this or have a way around it? > > Evan > > -- > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > In local_conf.py, include the following statement and this should fix the problem: TV_PAD_CHAN_NUMBERS = 1 Art S R -- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] no headlines found
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:39 PM, cornelius wrote:
> Hello freevoers,
>
> I set up a new freevo-box based on ubuntu 8.04 with a 1.8.3 freevo on
> it. Most things are fine so far.
> Only thing is, the headlines are not displayed. I was using the 1.7
> freevo earlier, where the headlines worked out fine.
>
> All rss feeds I was trying are not working.
>
> I boiled it down to the default example.
>
> HEADLINES_LOCATIONS = [
> ("Top Stories", "http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories";),
> ("Most Emailed", "http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostemailed";),
> ("Word of the Day", "http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/wotd.rss";),
> ("Digg", "http://digg.com/rss/index.xml";),
> ("Slashdot", "http://slashdot.org/index.rss";),
> ("Anime BitTorrents", "http://www.downloadanime.org/torrentrss.php";) ]
>
> Does not work either.
>
> How does freevo fetch the headlines?
> I tried to check if python url grabbers that are used in headlines.py
> are installed.
> Looked good.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Kind regards
> Cornelius
>
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I just added those headline locations to my local_conf.py and they
worked for me. Do you have the headlines plugin activated?
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Re: [Freevo-users] [Freevo-devel] Next release of Freevo-1
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:57 PM, John Molohan wrote: > John Molohan wrote: >> Duncan Webb wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm planning the next release of Freevo-1.8.4 for the 26 May 2009. >>> >>> The closing date for enhancement is Sunday 3 May, there is no closing >>> date for bug fixes or translations. >>> >>> If you have some time please will you test the svn version. Most of the >>> command line arguments have changed to use optparse. This means that to >>> get the help for a helper then the -- option needs to be used to stop >>> the argument processing for freevo. i.e: freevo makelircrc -- --help. >>> >>> The --start option has been replaced by --daemon as this is more what it >>> does. >>> >>> album_tree has a new look and genre has been added to the database so a >>> play-list by genre can now be generated. The sqlite database name has >>> been changed to include the major version of sqlite as different >>> versions of sqlite databases are incompatible. >>> >>> Image browsing has changed to use the thumbnails that freevo cache can >>> generate, this is faster and less memory hungry. >>> >>> freevo cache can now run crop detect on directories and files and store >>> the settings in the fxd file. I use a cron job to run this once a day, >>> seems to work for me but you may have different results. >>> >>> If anyone wants an overscan test module, to see if the overscan settings >>> are correctly set-up I'll post the plug-in. >>> >>> There are still a few bugs, that I know about, and these include: >>> - the CD/DVD drive can be locked when at the main menu >>> - the BusyIcon is a but broken, may be due to overscan settings. >>> >>> So if anyone wants to have a go at fixing these then they are welcome. >>> >>> There are still more changes, the current list is in the ChangeLog of a >>> svn checkout. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Duncan >> Could you include some of the skins from megabox? >> >> John > I have the red version on my production machine, I'll submit that. > > I lost my laptop to a hard drive failure so I don't have a copy of the > rest of them. I know someone else on the list had downloaded it, if they > could submit some of the others it'd save me downloading another 1gb. > > John > > -- > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > I have copies of these. Where/how should I upload them? Do we need to get permission from the megabox folks to include their skins for public distribution as part of Freevo or is that not an issue? Art S R -- Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Fix to allow a command to display an image
Hi all, I've always wanted to display an associated image with a command when I scroll through the Commands menu (e.g., Firefox logo when the Commands menu option for launching a browser is selected). Someone had asked the same question back in 2007 but I didn't see a resolution. After digging through the code in command.py and adding a bunch of print statements, I finally found a solution that involves just a one-line change in the code: From: item.image = util.getimage(item.cmd) To: item.image = fxd.childcontent(node, 'image') This change looks for an image tag in the commands fxd file, where you would specify the location and name of the image file you want to display with this command. For example: /path/to/myscript.sh /path/to/logos/mylogo.png Display an image with my command In the original statement, it looks like util.getimage is used to retrieve an image from the location of the command? Maybe there's some trick to getting this to work, but I tried placing an image file in the same directory as my command and util.getimage(item.cmd) just returned "None". Anyway, with the simple change above, I can now specify an image for a command in the same manner as is done for other types of fxd files, such as those for audio and image items. Art S R -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Add image to AlbumTree?
2009/4/13 Duncan Webb : > Art S R wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> All my AUDIO_ITEMS options, except AlbumTree, have an image associated >> with them by way of their respective fxd files. AlbumTree, on the >> other hand, is a plugin. Is there a way to display an image for >> AlbumTree when this option is selected on the "Listen to Music" menu? >> For example, can it be defined in a skin somehow? > > You can try adding the attached tar file to you freevo distribution and > change the plug-in activation to album_tree2. > > If this works as requested then I'll commit it as album_tree. > > Duncan > > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > Thanks, Duncan! This works great and AlbumTree looks much nicer now with a watermark image identifying this function. Art S R -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Add image to AlbumTree?
Hi All, All my AUDIO_ITEMS options, except AlbumTree, have an image associated with them by way of their respective fxd files. AlbumTree, on the other hand, is a plugin. Is there a way to display an image for AlbumTree when this option is selected on the "Listen to Music" menu? For example, can it be defined in a skin somehow? Thanks. Art S R -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer [RESOLVED]
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Duncan Webb wrote:
>>> Art S R wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Art S R wrote:
>
>>>> instead of from a string in a shell.
>>> Changing the debug to print the list instead of the string will help, it
>>> should show something like this:
>>>
>>> ['/usr/bin/mplayer', '-slave', '-vo', 'xv,sdl,x11,', '-ao',
>>> 'oss:/dev/dsp', '-autosync 100', '-nolirc', '-nojoystick', '-autoq',
>>> '100', '-screenw', '800', '-screenh', '600', '-fs', '-nocache', 'tv://',
>>> '-tv',
>>> 'driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2'
>>> ]
>>>
>>> Where each argument is a quoted string separated by a comma. My guess is
>>> that one of the string is like: 'tv:// -tv' so it is treated as a single
>>> argument and so gives a error.
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>>
>>
>> OK, here's the list:
>>
>> ['--prio=-20', '/usr/bin/mplayer', '-slave', '-vo', 'xv,sdl,x11,',
>> '-ao', 'oss:/dev/dsp', '-autosync', '100', '-nolirc', '-nojoystick',
>> '-autoq', '100', '-screenw', '800', '-screenh', '600', '-fs',
>> '-nocache', 'tv:// -tv
>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
>> ']
>
> Thanks Art for all your errors, will you try the following patch as the
> error is now clear; the url is not correctly split up.
>
> ===
> --- src/tv/plugins/mplayer.py (revision 11364)
> +++ src/tv/plugins/mplayer.py (working copy)
> @@ -242,9 +242,10 @@
>
> #command = self.sort_filter(command)
>
> -command += ['%(url)s' % args]
> +url = '%(url)s' % args
> +command += url.split()
>
> -_debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))
> +_debug_('%r' % command)
>
> self.mode = mode
>
> Duncan
>
Hi Duncan,
That did the trick! Thanks for all your help with this problem.
Art S R
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Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer [RESOLVED]
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Art S R wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Duncan Webb wrote:
>>>> Art S R wrote:
>>>>> After much befuddlement and frustration, I've finally resolved this
>>>>> problem. I went back to earlier versions of mplayer.py in svn until I
>>>>> found the latest version that would work displaying live TV (10609)
>>>>> and did a diff with the version I was using from Freevo 1.8.3 to see
>>>>> if I could figure out what's causing the recent versions to not work.
>>>>> After much more tracing, I located the problem here:
>>>>>
>>>>> 240 #command = self.sort_filter(command)
>>>>> 241
>>>>> 242 command += ['%(url)s' % args]
>>>>> 243
>>>>> 244 _debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))
>>>>> 245
>>>>> 246 self.mode = mode
>>>>>
>>>>> Although the debug statement in line 244 was showing the correct
>>>>> mplayer command in my log:
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100
>>>>> -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache
>>>>> tv:// -tv
>>>>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
>>>> Well good work to track down this problem, thanks for this.
>>>>
>>>> All ' '.join(command[1:] does is to convert the command list to a string
>>>> for printing.
>>>>
>>>> You can change the _debug_ statement to:
>>>> _debug_('%r' % (command,))
>>>> and this will be printed exactly and represented as a list.
>>>>
>>>> What is possible is that the arguments are not correct in the list; may
>>>> be one has a space in it when it shouldn't have. Would you please make
>>>> this change and post the resulting command, thanks?
>>>>
>>>> The difference between a list and a string when passed to subprocess is
>>>> that lists are executed directly and strings are executed through a
>>>> sub-shell. With lists there is no need to quote arguments as each
>>>> argument is in a list item. With strings arguments with spaces need to
>>>> be quoted. Lists will start marginally faster and use a bit less memory
>>>> as there is no extra shell being spawned.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan
>>>>
>>> Well, this is interesting. The syntax of the mplayer command is
>>> identical whether it's a string or a list:
>>>
>>> Running (list) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
>>> oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
>>> -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
>>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
>>> ' with pid 19221 priority -20
>>>
>>> Running (str) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
>>> oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
>>> -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
>>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2'
>>> in shell with pid 21625 priority 0
>>>
>>> However, running as a list does not work using either the original
>>> "_debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))" or the revised "_debug_('%r' %
>>> (command,))" statement. On the other hand, when the string is passed
>>> to a shell, the TV program comes in loud and clear.
>>>
>>> Art S R
>>>
>>
>> A couple of other observations, this time from mplayer's perspective.
>> When the watch TV command is passed as a string (the "good" scenario),
>> my mplayer-stdout*.log shows the following entries for the TV program
>> being watched:
>>
>> Playing tv://.
>> TV file format detected.
>> Selected driver: v4l2
>> name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
>> author: Martin Olschewski
>> comment: first try, more to come ;-)
>> Selected device: BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
>> Tuner cap:
>> Tuner rxs: MONO
>> Capabilites: video capture video overlay VBI capture device tuner
>> read/write streaming
>> supported norms: 0 = NTSC; 1 = NTSC-M; 2 = NTSC-M-JP; 3
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer [RESOLVED]
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Art S R wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Duncan Webb wrote:
>> Art S R wrote:
>>> After much befuddlement and frustration, I've finally resolved this
>>> problem. I went back to earlier versions of mplayer.py in svn until I
>>> found the latest version that would work displaying live TV (10609)
>>> and did a diff with the version I was using from Freevo 1.8.3 to see
>>> if I could figure out what's causing the recent versions to not work.
>>> After much more tracing, I located the problem here:
>>>
>>> 240 #command = self.sort_filter(command)
>>> 241
>>> 242 command += ['%(url)s' % args]
>>> 243
>>> 244 _debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))
>>> 245
>>> 246 self.mode = mode
>>>
>>> Although the debug statement in line 244 was showing the correct
>>> mplayer command in my log:
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100
>>> -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache
>>> tv:// -tv
>>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
>>
>> Well good work to track down this problem, thanks for this.
>>
>> All ' '.join(command[1:] does is to convert the command list to a string
>> for printing.
>>
>> You can change the _debug_ statement to:
>> _debug_('%r' % (command,))
>> and this will be printed exactly and represented as a list.
>>
>> What is possible is that the arguments are not correct in the list; may
>> be one has a space in it when it shouldn't have. Would you please make
>> this change and post the resulting command, thanks?
>>
>> The difference between a list and a string when passed to subprocess is
>> that lists are executed directly and strings are executed through a
>> sub-shell. With lists there is no need to quote arguments as each
>> argument is in a list item. With strings arguments with spaces need to
>> be quoted. Lists will start marginally faster and use a bit less memory
>> as there is no extra shell being spawned.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>
> Well, this is interesting. The syntax of the mplayer command is
> identical whether it's a string or a list:
>
> Running (list) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
> oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
> -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
> ' with pid 19221 priority -20
>
> Running (str) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
> oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
> -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2'
> in shell with pid 21625 priority 0
>
> However, running as a list does not work using either the original
> "_debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))" or the revised "_debug_('%r' %
> (command,))" statement. On the other hand, when the string is passed
> to a shell, the TV program comes in loud and clear.
>
> Art S R
>
A couple of other observations, this time from mplayer's perspective.
When the watch TV command is passed as a string (the "good" scenario),
my mplayer-stdout*.log shows the following entries for the TV program
being watched:
Playing tv://.
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: v4l2
name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
author: Martin Olschewski
comment: first try, more to come ;-)
Selected device: BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
Tuner cap:
Tuner rxs: MONO
Capabilites: video capture video overlay VBI capture device tuner
read/write streaming
supported norms: 0 = NTSC; 1 = NTSC-M; 2 = NTSC-M-JP; 3 = NTSC-M-KR;
4 = PAL; 5 = PAL-BG; 6 = PAL-H; 7 = PAL-I; 8 = PAL-DK; 9 = PAL-M; 10 =
PAL-N; 11 = PAL-Nc; 12 = PAL-60; 13 = SECAM; 14 = SECAM-B; 15 =
SECAM-G; 16 = SECAM-H; 17 = SECAM-DK; 18 = SECAM-L; 19 = SECAM-Lc;
inputs: 0 = Television; 1 = Composite1; 2 = S-Video; 3 = Composite3;
Current input: 0
Current format: YVU420
v4l2: current audio mode is : MONO
==
Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
VDec: using Packed YUY2 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Packed YUY2 [fs]
Selected video codec: [rawyuy2] vfm: raw (RAW YUY2)
===
Re: [Freevo-users] Nice skins available from megabox
2009/3/19 John Molohan : > John Molohan wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> If anyone's looking for some nice skins the megabox distro has some, you >> can download it and extract them to your install if you want. >> >> http://www.megalandia.com/es/ >> >> John >> > > Here are some samples. Basically they're there's about 6 different > variations on the same theme using different colours. > > John > > -- > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > These are attractive, clean skins with good selection of graphics for the various function pages. Reminds me of the Panorama skin, but available in 9 different colors (even Elizabeth may find one here that she likes :) ). I think the dark-blue and dark-red work best since they offer the most color contrast with the fonts used. I had trouble untarring the downloaded file. Luckily, the skin files were extracted before ark eventually crashed. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Help freevo - put some screenshots on the wiki
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM, John Molohan wrote: > Art S R wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Stephen Rowles >> wrote: >> >> >>> Nice work - looks much better :) >>> >>> >From my point of view I don't mind if you replace my panorama screenshots >>> with ones from your system to ensure consistency between the pictures from >>> the different skins. >>> >> >> Thanks. I'll go ahead and revise the panorama page to be consistent >> with the rest of the skins. >> >> Art S R >> > I'm going to push my luck here but you did a bloody good job on the > screenshots so here goes :) > > The features http://doc.freevo.org/Features page would be greatly > enhanced if each feature was linked to a page with screenshots showing > off that feature. It would really help give people who've never used > freevo a feel for for it and what it can do. Obviously it doesn't need > to be done for every skin, just one would be fine... > > John > > -- > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > I can start on this, but my Freevo 1.8.3 system that I used to capture my screenshots is still in a state of flux and not all the media options are implemented yet on this box, so I can't really show screenshots of those features yet. My production box has all the bells and whistles, but it's still running Freevo 1.6.x and I'd rather use screenshots from a more current version in case there are differences in the look-and-feel. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer [RESOLVED]
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> After much befuddlement and frustration, I've finally resolved this
>> problem. I went back to earlier versions of mplayer.py in svn until I
>> found the latest version that would work displaying live TV (10609)
>> and did a diff with the version I was using from Freevo 1.8.3 to see
>> if I could figure out what's causing the recent versions to not work.
>> After much more tracing, I located the problem here:
>>
>> 240 #command = self.sort_filter(command)
>> 241
>> 242 command += ['%(url)s' % args]
>> 243
>> 244 _debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))
>> 245
>> 246 self.mode = mode
>>
>> Although the debug statement in line 244 was showing the correct
>> mplayer command in my log:
>>
>> /usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100
>> -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache
>> tv:// -tv
>> driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
>
> Well good work to track down this problem, thanks for this.
>
> All ' '.join(command[1:] does is to convert the command list to a string
> for printing.
>
> You can change the _debug_ statement to:
> _debug_('%r' % (command,))
> and this will be printed exactly and represented as a list.
>
> What is possible is that the arguments are not correct in the list; may
> be one has a space in it when it shouldn't have. Would you please make
> this change and post the resulting command, thanks?
>
> The difference between a list and a string when passed to subprocess is
> that lists are executed directly and strings are executed through a
> sub-shell. With lists there is no need to quote arguments as each
> argument is in a list item. With strings arguments with spaces need to
> be quoted. Lists will start marginally faster and use a bit less memory
> as there is no extra shell being spawned.
>
> Duncan
>
Well, this is interesting. The syntax of the mplayer command is
identical whether it's a string or a list:
Running (list) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
-screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
' with pid 19221 priority -20
Running (str) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao
oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800
-screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv
driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2'
in shell with pid 21625 priority 0
However, running as a list does not work using either the original
"_debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))" or the revised "_debug_('%r' %
(command,))" statement. On the other hand, when the string is passed
to a shell, the TV program comes in loud and clear.
Art S R
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Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer [RESOLVED]
After much befuddlement and frustration, I've finally resolved this
problem. I went back to earlier versions of mplayer.py in svn until I
found the latest version that would work displaying live TV (10609)
and did a diff with the version I was using from Freevo 1.8.3 to see
if I could figure out what's causing the recent versions to not work.
After much more tracing, I located the problem here:
240#command = self.sort_filter(command)
241
242command += ['%(url)s' % args]
243
244_debug_(' '.join(command[1:]))
245
246self.mode = mode
Although the debug statement in line 244 was showing the correct
mplayer command in my log:
/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100
-nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache
tv:// -tv
driver=v4l2:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2
this command is never actually constructed for execution. That's why
when I copied this debug line from my log and pasted it into a
terminal session, it would work correctly. In other works, debug
displays the correct syntax of the mplayer command that is presumed to
be executed, but that's not what is actually executed. So, I just
added the following statement and now the mplayer plug-in displays the
correct channel for watching live TV:
245command = (' '.join(command[1:]))
I don't know if this is the "right" way to fix the problem, but it
works for me and hopefully it may help others.
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb wrote: >> >>> I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the >>> timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can >>> get it from svn with the export command, i.e.: >>> svn export >>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py >>> and you will need freevo_config.py from >>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py >>> >>> You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your >>> local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute. >>> >>> Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a >>> small overlay of two programs. >>> >>> Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not >>> sure if this has been caused by this error. >>> >>> Duncan >> >> Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan. I tried the new recordserver.py and >> freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch >> recordserver: >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py", >> line 1481, in >> main() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py", >> line 1454, in main >> rpc.register(recordserver) >> AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register' >> WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register' >> >> Any idea what may be the problem? > > Ah yes, this is part of the kaa that is only in svn. You will need to > install these kaa packages and freevo-1 from svn. > > Do you know how to do this? If not then use the wiki page > http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation. > > Duncan > Last night, I was looking at an earlier version of recordserver.py that did not have this error and saw that it was using "rpc.connect(recordserver)" instead of "rpc.register(recordserver)". On a whim, I changed that statement in you lastest svn version and, lo and behold, recordserver was able to launch successfully and record programs. However, when I recorded back-to-back programs, the second one was still starting 1 minute late: 2009-03-18 22:29:50,810 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157): Record_Thread::run: mode=idle 2009-03-18 22:29:51,643 DEBUGrecordserver.py (1438): RecordPostProcess.run() finish 2009-03-18 22:30:00,004 DEBUGrecordserver.py (921): overlap_duration=0 2009-03-18 22:30:00,006 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD STOP 1: Wed Mar 18 22:00->22:30 (22:00) I33.28460028.microsoft.com ALF 2009-03-18 22:30:00,007 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30) I47.28458302.microsoft.com The Exterminators 2009-03-18 22:30:00,512 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157): Record_Thread::run: mode=stop 2009-03-18 22:30:01,016 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157): Record_Thread::run: mode=idle 2009-03-18 22:31:00,003 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to record: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30) I47.28458302.microsoft.com The Exterminators 2009-03-18 22:31:00,005 INFO recordserver.py (974): start recording: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30) I47.28458302.microsoft.com The Exterminators Program 1 completed post-processing at 22:29:51,643 with CALLED RECORD STOP at 22:30:00,006 and, even though overlap_duration=0, program 2 did not start recording until a full minute later at 22:31:00,005. Seeing that generic_record.py was involved, I checked svn and saw that you had updated this too for the recording time issue, so I grabbed that file as well to see if it would make any difference. Unfortunately, the 1 minute delay between program recordings was still there. When I get some more time and am feeling more ambitious, I'll install the svn versions of kaa and freevo-1 and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for your help. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb wrote: > I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the > timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can > get it from svn with the export command, i.e.: > svn export > svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py > and you will need freevo_config.py from > svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py > > You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your > local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute. > > Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a > small overlay of two programs. > > Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not > sure if this has been caused by this error. > > Duncan Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan. I tried the new recordserver.py and freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch recordserver: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py", line 1481, in main() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py", line 1454, in main rpc.register(recordserver) AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register' WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register' Any idea what may be the problem? Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Help freevo - put some screenshots on the wiki
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Stephen Rowles wrote: > Nice work - looks much better :) > > >From my point of view I don't mind if you replace my panorama screenshots > with ones from your system to ensure consistency between the pictures from > the different skins. Thanks. I'll go ahead and revise the panorama page to be consistent with the rest of the skins. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] mms
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Haavard Holm wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Yes, I will stream an Internet TV station. I use the solution you
> mention today. I am however looking for
> a solution so that I can start the streaming from the "Watch TV" menu,
> not the "Movies" menu. Is that possible ?
>
> Håvard
Not to my knowledge (which is admittedly limited). You can still use
"Watch TV" to display your TV guide but, without a TV card, you won't
be able to watch or record TV over the air or via a cable/satellite
service. In other words, I don't think you can define a VIDEO_GROUP
to display an Internet TV station. If you don't like having to choose
a menu option labeled "Movies" to watch Internet TV, you can always
rename that option in the skin you are using to something like
"Internet TV / Videos". If you don't plan on using the "Watch TV"
option at all, you can even remove it from your main menu by including
plugin.remove('tv') in your local_conf.py.
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Re: [Freevo-users] What happened to megabox? Any Spanish speakers out there?
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM, John Molohan wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone remember the megabox project? It was freevo running on the PS3 > with a nice looking skin. Seems there's still activity from a quick look > I found lots of english forum posts about it that didn't have much info > but the official site seems to be http://www.megalandia.com/es/ Any > Spanish speaker there to take a look and give a translation about what's > happening with it? > > John Courtesy of Google translation: Megabox v2.1 Final Available: Soon. Here is the new version of Megabox, with great improvements. Added a virtual keyboard on the screen. Added update notification system. Added system to download BitTorrent P2P networks. Added weather application on the bottom bar. Added karaoke application. Repairing errors in the reading of several USB storage. This and more await you in the next version 2.1 of Megabox, Very soon. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] folder.fxd
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Anders Trobäck wrote: > Hi, > > kind of new to Freevo, so bare with me if this is a stupid question! > > I'm trying to use folder.fxd to show some more info for folder so that > my kids can find their way around! I was trying to read about this but > I didn't find to much. I created a folder.fxd and saved it under the > folder that I want to give more info and the text are showing up but > the image are not! Where are the kid-cover.png suppose to be located? > > This is my folder.fxd: > > > > > >Kidz stuff > > > > > > Thanks, and remeber, I'm new to Freevo:-) > > > \\anders Try renaming kid-cover.png to cover.png and place this file in the same directory as your folder.fxd. If that works, then you don't need to use the img-cover="kid-cover.png" parameter in your folder tag. Hope that helps. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] mms
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Haavard Holm wrote: > > Hello, > > I have xml-tv set up for a channel. I want to watch that channel by an > mms-address (not from a tv-card) > > Is that possible ? What should my VIDEO_GROUP look like ? > > Best regards > > Håvard Holm I'm assuming you are referring to streaming an Internet TV station? If so, you can create an fxd file where you would provide the station's URL and description and then add a reference to this fxd file in your VIDEO_ITEMS in your local_conf.py file. See the "Streaming web tv / video" section of this wiki page for details and examples: http://doc.freevo.org/MovieConfig This would then appear as a selection under the "Movies" main menu option. Hope that helps. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Help freevo - put some screenshots on the wiki
Hi John, I've updated the http://doc.freevo.org/FreevoInAction page and created separate pages for each of the skins. From the FreevoInAction page, you can click on a thumbnail for a skin to see the screenshots of various Freevo functions displayed with that skin. For consistency, I moved the existing blurr and panorama screenshots to their own pages as well. Since I'm not familiar with wiki etiquette, I did not know if it would be alright or not to replace the existing screenshots with my own for these two skins, so I played it safe and kept the originals. Art S R -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> Hi Duncan,
>>
>> The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
>> second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute. This occurs even
>> when using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no
>> PRE/POST recording padding values in local_conf.py). In the
>> recordserver log, it shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second
>> recording doesn't start immediately even though the previous program has
>> already ended:
>
> Consecutive recordings are a bit of a problem but looking at the code
> the second recording should start after the first one has stopped.
> However the code must go through the blocks:
>
> - config.VCR_POST_REC
> - config.TV_RECORD_REMOVE_COMMERCIALS and
> - config.TV_REENCODE
>
> before starting the next recording, must admit that this is quite poor
> logic and the post processing should be performed in a thread so as not
> to block the event handler.
>
> If you are using these settings and they take longer that a minute to be
> performed then your next recording will be delayed by a minute.
>
> Duncan
>
Hi Duncan,
I'm not using any of these post-recording functions so, in theory, the
second recording should start immediately after the first has ended.
Can you think of anything else that might delay the second recording?
The delay is exactly 1 minute every time, so I'm inclined to think
it's something inherent in the code rather than due to the process
waiting for an external event to complete (e.g., post-recording
function).
Thanks for your help.
Art S R
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Re: [Freevo-users] TV recordings don't display year on Recorded shows page
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I noticed that when I go to the Recorded shows page, the year >> (date/timestamp) field is not displayed to the left of runtime for any >> of my recordings in Freevo 1.8.3. I verified the fxd files contained >> year info. When I ran debug, I noticed that mediainfo.py was assigning >> userdate as the year. Checking svn, I saw that in revision 10905 of >> mediainfo.py, there's a comment "Fixed missing year item, change to >> userdate in kaa.metadata" and the following statements were added to def >> __getitem__(self, key): >> if key == 'year': >> key = 'userdate' >> Even though the Freevo 1.8.3 version of mediainfo.py includes these >> statements, year is not displayed. However, when I commented out these >> two statements, the year information is now displayed correctly when >> looking at the descriptions of my recorded TV shows. It seems the fix >> is what actually is causing the problem with the year not displaying? >> Or is this dependent on the kaa.metadata version? I'm using >> kaa.metadata-0.7.5 from sourceforge. > > The userdate is really for audio (MP3) files so if you remove the lines > the date from the audio files will be removed. > > Personally I don't think the year of the recording is very useful, > possible the scheduled recording date would be better. Actually, the 'year' variable displays the date/timestamp of the recorded program, such as: "(Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:00:00 PST)" displayed to the left of the recording length (e.g., "59 min"). This entire date/timestamp line was missing underneath the program description, leaving only the recording length. I find it useful to know when a particular recording was made. > May be also the channel that a programme has been recorded on would be a > useful addition too. > > Duncan > > -- > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: >> Hi Duncan, >> >> Here are the relevant lines from my local_conf.py: >> >> NORM = 'ntsc' >> INPUT = 'television' >> CHANLIST = 'us-cable' >> TV_DRIVER = 'v4l2' >> TV_DEVICE = '/dev/video0' >> TV_INPUT = 0 >> TV_SETTINGS = 'NORM INPUT CHANLIST DEVICE' > > This won't work and should never have worked. > > TV_SETTINGS is a string of values and should be something like: > TV_SETTINGS = 'ntsc television us-cable /dev/video0' This produced exactly the same poor results as what I'd set originally. > The more flexible way to do this is to add a TV_VIDEO_GROUPS setting to > you local_conf.py and comment out the TV_SETTINGS. You should be able to > generate the TV_VIDEO_GROUPS with the vg helper and then manually fix > the output from this command (freevo vg). > > Please send me the output from the freevo vg as I want to see if it is > working correctly. Here's my 'freevo vg' output using the svn vg.py you sent me: TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [ VideoGroup( # normal device, group 0 desc='BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))', group_type='normal', vdev='/dev/video0', vvbi='/dev/vbi0', adev=None, input_type='Television', input_num=0, tuner_norm='PAL', tuner_chanlist='FixMe', record_group=None ), ] Looks like it's erroneously using tuner_norm='PAL' (instead of 'NTSC') and it doesn't know what tuner_chanlist should be. By the way, the Freevo 1.8.3 version of vg.py listed all the available tv_norm standards: tuner_norm='SECAM-DK,SECAM-L,NTSC-M,NTSC-M-KR,PAL,SECAM-G,PAL-M,SECAM-H,SECAM,SECAM-B,PAL-DK,SECAM-Lc,PAL-I,PAL-BG,NTSC-M-JP,PAL-60,PAL-N,NTSC,PAL-H,PAL-Nc', but tuner_chanlist also said 'FixMe'. > Attached is the current svn version that should set the tv standard > (tv_norm) you still need to set the channel list. > > HTH > Duncan > >> >> I used the same values in my previous Freevo installations (1.6.x, >> 1.7.x) and did not have problems watching live TV with the mplayer plugin. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Art SR >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Duncan Webb > <mailto:dun...@freevo.org>> wrote: >> >> Art S R wrote: >> > Hi Duncan, >> > >> > I tried 'v4l2-ctl --set-freq=187.250' but nothing changed on the >> Freevo >> > window playing live TV -- it still displayed the ghosted random >> > station. I then issued 'v4l2-ctl --all' and noticed that the Video >> > Standard is set to PAL even though it should have been NTSC as it was >> > passed to the mplayer command in the 'norm=NTSC' parameter. When I >> > issued 'v4l2-ctl --set-standard=ntsc', then the correct station popped >> > up in the Freevo TV window. However, if I hit Esc to return to the >> > Freevo TV guide and select any station, it displays the garbage screen >> > again and 'v4l2-ctl --all' shows that Freevo had changed the Video >> > Standard back to PAL. >> > >> > I even grabbed the svn version of mplayer.py, but it made no >> difference. >> > >> > Any ideas why the exact same command, when issued outside of Freevo, >> > displays the station correctly but, when passed by Freevo to mplayer, >> > the video standard is changed from NTSC to PAL? >> >> Would need to see what TV settings you have in your local_conf.py to see >> what could be causing this problem. Will you post the TV_ settings from >> you local_conf.py? >> >> Duncan >> >> > > -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Help freevo - put some screenshots on the wiki
OK, I've captured screenshots for the atlantice, dark, geexbox, and Tux'n Tosh TV skins. Now, it's just a matter of getting my account setup and adding the screenshots to the wiki page. I've never updated a wiki before, so the results could be interesting. :) If I'm successful, I'll add the remaining skins this weekend. >From a page layout standpoint, should I append my additions to the bottom of the existing page or should I try to integrate them so the skins are listed in alphabetic order? Art S R On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM, John Molohan wrote: > John Molohan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The wiki page with screenshots of freevo is badly in need of some >> attention. Does anyone have 15 minutes to take a few screenshots and >> update it? >> >> http://doc.freevo.org/FreevoInAction >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> > No takers? :( > > John > > -- > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] recordserver padding ignored
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Isom wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Jonathan Isom wrote:
>> Hi list
>
> I think I found "my" problem. I tried this ( * 60).
>
> TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 3 * 60
> TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 2 * 60
>
Did making the change to the padding value expression actually result
in your recordings now starting on time instead of a minute late?
> However from the localconf.py.example
>
> # start every recording X minutes before scheduled,
> # and stop X minutes after scheduled - default to zero minutes.
> # This must be a value in seconds although at the moment only has
> # the percision of one minute.
> # TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0
> # TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 0
>
> Does this mean that we have seconds precision now?
>From my empirical experience, the POST value seems to be precise to
the seconds level. I didn't like my recordings ending 10 seconds
early, so I set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 8 and my recordings then
ended just 2 seconds before the scheduled end time. However, the PRE
value still seems to be precise only down to the minutes level. If I
recall correctly, in my situation, entering a PRE value of 0-14 had no
effect on start time; entering a PRE value of 15-60 started recording
1 minute earlier than the default (not necessarily the scheduled)
start time.
So, if my findings (Freevo 1.8.3) also apply to your situation, your
PRE=3 would have no effect on the default (PRE=0) start time and your
POST=2 would delay the recording end time by 2 seconds compared to
POST=0.
>
> Later
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>>I'm using dvbstreamer to record with svn freevo and the recording
>> starts late
>> ex:
>> set record time 11:30
>> actual start time : 11:31
>>
>> any ideas what is going wrong?
>> - Relevent config options -
>> plugin.remove('tv.generic_record')
>> plugin_record = plugin.activate('tv.dvbstreamer.record')
>>
>> TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 3
>> TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 2
>>
>> Later
>>
>> Jonathan
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[Freevo-users] Fwd: Problem watching live TV with mplayer
-- Forwarded message -- From: Art S R Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer To: dun...@freevo.org Hi Duncan, Here are the relevant lines from my local_conf.py: NORM = 'ntsc' INPUT = 'television' CHANLIST = 'us-cable' TV_DRIVER = 'v4l2' TV_DEVICE = '/dev/video0' TV_INPUT = 0 TV_SETTINGS = 'NORM INPUT CHANLIST DEVICE' I used the same values in my previous Freevo installations (1.6.x, 1.7.x) and did not have problems watching live TV with the mplayer plugin. Thanks, Art SR On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: > > Hi Duncan, > > > > I tried 'v4l2-ctl --set-freq=187.250' but nothing changed on the Freevo > > window playing live TV -- it still displayed the ghosted random > > station. I then issued 'v4l2-ctl --all' and noticed that the Video > > Standard is set to PAL even though it should have been NTSC as it was > > passed to the mplayer command in the 'norm=NTSC' parameter. When I > > issued 'v4l2-ctl --set-standard=ntsc', then the correct station popped > > up in the Freevo TV window. However, if I hit Esc to return to the > > Freevo TV guide and select any station, it displays the garbage screen > > again and 'v4l2-ctl --all' shows that Freevo had changed the Video > > Standard back to PAL. > > > > I even grabbed the svn version of mplayer.py, but it made no difference. > > > > Any ideas why the exact same command, when issued outside of Freevo, > > displays the station correctly but, when passed by Freevo to mplayer, > > the video standard is changed from NTSC to PAL? > > Would need to see what TV settings you have in your local_conf.py to see > what could be causing this problem. Will you post the TV_ settings from > you local_conf.py? > > Duncan > -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
Hi Duncan,
Unfortunately, many US cable stations run their programs back-to-back with
no commercial breaks in-between programs. Indeed, the closing scene and
narrative are broadcast simultaneously with the closing credits. As soon as
the credits end, the next program starts. They put their commercials
(adverts) elsewhere during the program.
Anyway, I found that recordserver.py has the following code to delay the
start of recording until 45 seconds into the minute, so I changed it to
sec=0:
kaa.AtTimer(recordserver.handleAtTimer).start(sec=45)
Now, recording starts at the top of the minute.
The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute. This occurs even when
using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no PRE/POST
recording padding values in local_conf.py). In the recordserver log, it
shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second recording doesn't start
immediately even though the previous program has already ended:
2009-03-09 22:29:50,898 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Mon Mar
09 22:00->22:30 (22:00) I6.28455235.microsoft.com Frasier
2009-03-09 22:30:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (910): overlap_duration=0
2009-03-09 22:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (924): CALLED RECORD STOP
1: Mon Mar 09 22:00->22:30 (22:00) I6.28455235.microsoft.com Frasier
2009-03-09 22:30:45,005 INFO recordserver.py (942): delaying: Mon Mar 09
22:30->23:00 (22:30) I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy
2009-03-09 22:31:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Mon
Mar 09 22:30->23:00 (22:30) I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy
2009-03-09 22:31:45,005 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Mon
Mar 09 22:30->23:00 (22:30) I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy
In my Freevo 1.7.3 installation, the second program starts immediately after
the first program ends, without the 1 minute delay.
Art S R
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Duncan Webb wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
> > I checked my Freevo 1.7.x installation (where recordings start at the
> > correct time) and see that recordserver.py (revision 9844) has some code
> > to check for the "top of the minute" in startMinuteCheck(self) and
> > minuteCheck(self). These aren't in recordserver.py for Freevo 1.8.3.
> > Is there some other routine in the current version that syncs
> > recordserver to start recordings at the beginning of the minute (0
> > seconds) instead of 45 seconds later?
>
> It is quite unusual for a broadcaster to be so punctual with their
> broadcast times. The default should start recording 15 seconds before
> the program is due to start recording, this is intended so that the TV
> card will be fully operational when the program starts. The IVTV cards
> take a few seconds to get the MPEG stream steady.
>
> It is quite possible that the code is incorrect and starts recording 45
> seconds late. Need to test the code for the problem that you have
> described.
>
> The way I get round this is to use the VPS signal (PAL only?) which
> tells a VCR when a programme is really starting and finishing; then
> start recording from this point and stop it when the programme has
> finished. There may well be a similar process to for NTSC.
>
> Duncan
>
> > I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were
> > truncated, so I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that
> > recordserver was starting all recordings 45 seconds *after* the
> > scheduled start time for each program:
> >
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to
> > record: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com
> > <http://I9.28458213.microsoft.com> BBC World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start
> > recording: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)
> > I9.28458213.microsoft.com <http://I9.28458213.microsoft.com> BBC
> > World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329):
> > RECORD_START Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)
> > I9.28458213.microsoft.com <http://I9.28458213.microsoft.com> BBC
> > World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP
> > Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com
> > <http://I9.28458213.microsoft.com> BBC World News
> >
> > In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00,
> > but it started at 17:30:45 instead. My local_conf.py has
> > 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0', so the recordings should be starting at
> > the designated time. Anyway, I decide
Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
I checked my Freevo 1.7.x installation (where recordings start at the correct time) and see that recordserver.py (revision 9844) has some code to check for the "top of the minute" in startMinuteCheck(self) and minuteCheck(self). These aren't in recordserver.py for Freevo 1.8.3. Is there some other routine in the current version that syncs recordserver to start recordings at the beginning of the minute (0 seconds) instead of 45 seconds later? Art S R On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Art S R wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were truncated, so > I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that recordserver was starting all > recordings 45 seconds *after* the scheduled start time for each program: > > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: > Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: > Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Wed > Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Wed > Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News > > In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00, but it > started at 17:30:45 instead. My local_conf.py has 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = > 0', so the recordings should be starting at the designated time. Anyway, I > decided to compensate by changing this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = > 45'. However, this resulted in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before* > the scheduled start time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected > 18:00:00): > > 2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: > Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-05 17:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: > Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-05 17:59:45,520 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Thu > Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News > 2009-03-05 18:29:59,563 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Thu > Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News > > I played around with various values for TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE and found > that if the value is 15 to 45, recordings will start 15 seconds too early. > If the value is less than 15, then recordings will start 45 seconds too > late. I see that there's in comment in local_conf.py that, although the > padding time is designated in seconds, precision is only at the minute > level. This could explain why I couldn't set a start time in between 15 > seconds too early or 45 seconds too late (-15 secs to +45 secs = 60 secs). > However, I am able to set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST to sub-minute precision. > In the first set of log entries above, note that the stop time for the > program was at 51 seconds (9 seconds before the scheduled stop time). I > added some seconds to TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST and you'll note in the second > set of log entries that stop time was at 59 seconds (1 second before the > scheduled stop time). In other words, I was able to tweak the stop time by > a few seconds via TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST, but a similar action with > TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE did not yield any change less than 60 seconds (1 > minute). > > Anyway, I can accept the inprecision of TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE, but how can > I get my recordings to start exactly at the scheduled start time without > trying to compensate via TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE (which doesn't yield good > results anyway -- 15 seconds too early or 45 seconds late are both bad). > What's causing recordings to start 45 seconds too late with the default > settings? > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer. > > Art S R > -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] TV recordings don't display year on Recorded shows page
Hi all, I noticed that when I go to the Recorded shows page, the year (date/timestamp) field is not displayed to the left of runtime for any of my recordings in Freevo 1.8.3. I verified the fxd files contained year info. When I ran debug, I noticed that mediainfo.py was assigning userdate as the year. Checking svn, I saw that in revision 10905 of mediainfo.py, there's a comment "Fixed missing year item, change to userdate in kaa.metadata" and the following statements were added to def __getitem__(self, key): if key == 'year': key = 'userdate' Even though the Freevo 1.8.3 version of mediainfo.py includes these statements, year is not displayed. However, when I commented out these two statements, the year information is now displayed correctly when looking at the descriptions of my recorded TV shows. It seems the fix is what actually is causing the problem with the year not displaying? Or is this dependent on the kaa.metadata version? I'm using kaa.metadata-0.7.5 from sourceforge. Art S R -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)
Hi all, I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were truncated, so I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that recordserver was starting all recordings 45 seconds *after* the scheduled start time for each program: 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00, but it started at 17:30:45 instead. My local_conf.py has 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0', so the recordings should be starting at the designated time. Anyway, I decided to compensate by changing this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 45'. However, this resulted in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before* the scheduled start time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected 18:00:00): 2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-05 17:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-05 17:59:45,520 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News 2009-03-05 18:29:59,563 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News I played around with various values for TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE and found that if the value is 15 to 45, recordings will start 15 seconds too early. If the value is less than 15, then recordings will start 45 seconds too late. I see that there's in comment in local_conf.py that, although the padding time is designated in seconds, precision is only at the minute level. This could explain why I couldn't set a start time in between 15 seconds too early or 45 seconds too late (-15 secs to +45 secs = 60 secs). However, I am able to set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST to sub-minute precision. In the first set of log entries above, note that the stop time for the program was at 51 seconds (9 seconds before the scheduled stop time). I added some seconds to TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST and you'll note in the second set of log entries that stop time was at 59 seconds (1 second before the scheduled stop time). In other words, I was able to tweak the stop time by a few seconds via TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST, but a similar action with TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE did not yield any change less than 60 seconds (1 minute). Anyway, I can accept the inprecision of TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE, but how can I get my recordings to start exactly at the scheduled start time without trying to compensate via TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE (which doesn't yield good results anyway -- 15 seconds too early or 45 seconds late are both bad). What's causing recordings to start 45 seconds too late with the default settings? Thanks for any help anyone can offer. Art S R -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer
Hi Duncan, I tried 'v4l2-ctl --set-freq=187.250' but nothing changed on the Freevo window playing live TV -- it still displayed the ghosted random station. I then issued 'v4l2-ctl --all' and noticed that the Video Standard is set to PAL even though it should have been NTSC as it was passed to the mplayer command in the 'norm=NTSC' parameter. When I issued 'v4l2-ctl --set-standard=ntsc', then the correct station popped up in the Freevo TV window. However, if I hit Esc to return to the Freevo TV guide and select any station, it displays the garbage screen again and 'v4l2-ctl --all' shows that Freevo had changed the Video Standard back to PAL. I even grabbed the svn version of mplayer.py, but it made no difference. Any ideas why the exact same command, when issued outside of Freevo, displays the station correctly but, when passed by Freevo to mplayer, the video standard is changed from NTSC to PAL? Thanks. Art S R On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just installed Freevo 1.8.3 on a box with a Hauppauge BT878 card and > > running Mepis 8. When I watch live TV by selecting a station from the > > TV guide, the image that is displayed is either a green screen with > > video noise and no audio, or a heavily-ghosted video image from a random > > TV station (not the one I picked) with good audio. Here's the relevant > > section from my main-1000.log showing childapp.py and mplayer.py: > > > > 2009-02-27 14:36:02,359 DEBUGchildapp.py (133): Running (list) > > '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 > > -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache > > tv:// -tv > > > driver=v4l2:freq=187.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2 > > ' with pid 15704 priority -20 > > 2009-02-27 14:36:02,361 DEBUGchildapp.py (392): logging stdout child > > to "/var/log/freevo/mplayer-stdout-1000-1235774162.log" > > 2009-02-27 14:36:02,362 DEBUGchildapp.py (392): logging stderr child > > to "/var/log/freevo/mplayer-stderr-1000-1235774162.log" > > 2009-02-27 14:36:02,363 DEBUGchildapp.py (150): /usr/bin/renice -20 > > -p 15704 > > Overlay display enabled (AppTextDisplay) > > 2009-02-27 14:36:02,795 DEBUGmplayer.py (289): 1235774162.8: started > > tv app > > 2009-02-27 14:36:20,112 DEBUGchildapp.py (411): stdout: no data, > > closing log > > 2009-02-27 14:36:20,116 DEBUGchildapp.py (411): stderr: no data, > > closing log > > > > The last two lines are where I manually exited from viewing live TV. I > > included them here to show that no other errors/warnings came up after > > mplayer.py launched the TV app at 14:36:02,795 until the time I stopped > > the app. > > > > If I copy the mplayer command generated by the childapp as shown in the > log: > > > > /usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 > > -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache > > tv:// -tv > > > driver=v4l2:freq=187.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2 > > > > > > and paste it into a terminal session, mplayer has no trouble displaying > > the correct TV station video and audio. > > > > I can record TV programs and play them back back fine. It's only > > watching live TV from the Freevo TV guide that has a problem. > > > > If I switch the TV plugin mplayer to TVTime, then live TV works fine. > > > > I searched the archives and found a couple of others who reported > > similar problems in the past, but it doesn't appear their problems were > > ever resolved. One person reported this problem occurred while changing > > channels on live TV, but I didn't even have to change channels to > > encounter this problem. > > > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer. > > Everything that you have done is correct but why you should be getting > ghosting when starting mplayer from freevo is a bit difficult to guess. > Freevo should simply run mplayer on top of Freevo's OSD. > > It is possible that the channel tuning has been changed after starting > mplayer. If you can try watching TV and then tuning that station > manually from a different xterm session (running freevo in a window may > help here) The v4l2-ctl --set-freq= program that is part of the > ivtv driver will allow you to tune the channel while the tv is being > displayed. > > Duncan > > > > > ---
Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo 1.8.3: Webserver shutdown error
Thanks, Duncan. Changing that one statement did the trick. I had already tried the svn copy of /usr/bin/freevo but when I launched 'freevo webserver start', it did not return control of the terminal session to me, so there are probably other changes in that version that are not compatible with my installation. I reverted to the copy of /usr/bin/freevo that came with 1.8.3 and I just made the one-line change to it and it's fine now on shutdown. Thanks again for your help. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Duncan Webb wrote: > Art S R wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > When I shutdown Freevo and the webserver plugin is stopped, I get the > > following messages in webserver-1000.log: > > > > 2009-03-03 00:21:32,420 DEBUGwebserver.py (113): main() starting > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/webserver.py", > > line 114, in > > main() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/webserver.py", > > line 108, in main > > reactor.run() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line > > 1048, in run > > self.mainLoop() > > --- --- > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line > > 1060, in mainLoop > > self.doIteration(t) > > File > > "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/selectreactor.py", > > line 104, in doSelect > > [], timeout) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/kaa/notifier/main.py", line > > 258, in signal_handler > > notifier.shutdown() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/kaa/notifier/nf_wrapper.py", > > line 131, in shutdown > > sys.exit(0) > > exceptions.SystemExit: 0 > > 2009-03-03 00:22:19,514 DEBUGwebserver.py (115): main() finished > > > > As you can see above, the webserver was started successfully at > > 00:21:32,420. When the Freevo menu is displayed, I select the Shutdown > > option immediately and the ensuing traceback messages are displayed. I > > don't see anything to indicate what may have caused the exception > > condition. The webserver appears to be functioning correctly other than > > for this error when the webserver is stopped. > > > > Any ideas what may be causing this? Thanks. > > Yes, it is because Twisted does not like being stopped with a SIGINT. In > the stop function /usr/bin/freevo the line that says: > > for signal in (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGKILL): > > should be changed to: > > for signal in (SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGKILL): > > Then the webserver will close down cleanly. > > BTW This is already in svn. > > Duncan > > > -- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Freevo 1.8.3: Webserver shutdown error
Hi all, When I shutdown Freevo and the webserver plugin is stopped, I get the following messages in webserver-1000.log: 2009-03-03 00:21:32,420 DEBUGwebserver.py (113): main() starting Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/webserver.py", line 114, in main() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/webserver.py", line 108, in main reactor.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 1048, in run self.mainLoop() --- --- File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 1060, in mainLoop self.doIteration(t) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/internet/selectreactor.py", line 104, in doSelect [], timeout) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/kaa/notifier/main.py", line 258, in signal_handler notifier.shutdown() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/kaa/notifier/nf_wrapper.py", line 131, in shutdown sys.exit(0) exceptions.SystemExit: 0 2009-03-03 00:22:19,514 DEBUGwebserver.py (115): main() finished As you can see above, the webserver was started successfully at 00:21:32,420. When the Freevo menu is displayed, I select the Shutdown option immediately and the ensuing traceback messages are displayed. I don't see anything to indicate what may have caused the exception condition. The webserver appears to be functioning correctly other than for this error when the webserver is stopped. Any ideas what may be causing this? Thanks. Art S R -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Problem watching live TV with mplayer
Hi all, I just installed Freevo 1.8.3 on a box with a Hauppauge BT878 card and running Mepis 8. When I watch live TV by selecting a station from the TV guide, the image that is displayed is either a green screen with video noise and no audio, or a heavily-ghosted video image from a random TV station (not the one I picked) with good audio. Here's the relevant section from my main-1000.log showing childapp.py and mplayer.py: 2009-02-27 14:36:02,359 DEBUGchildapp.py (133): Running (list) '/usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:freq=187.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2 ' with pid 15704 priority -20 2009-02-27 14:36:02,361 DEBUGchildapp.py (392): logging stdout child to "/var/log/freevo/mplayer-stdout-1000-1235774162.log" 2009-02-27 14:36:02,362 DEBUGchildapp.py (392): logging stderr child to "/var/log/freevo/mplayer-stderr-1000-1235774162.log" 2009-02-27 14:36:02,363 DEBUGchildapp.py (150): /usr/bin/renice -20 -p 15704 Overlay display enabled (AppTextDisplay) 2009-02-27 14:36:02,795 DEBUGmplayer.py (289): 1235774162.8: started tv app 2009-02-27 14:36:20,112 DEBUGchildapp.py (411): stdout: no data, closing log 2009-02-27 14:36:20,116 DEBUGchildapp.py (411): stderr: no data, closing log The last two lines are where I manually exited from viewing live TV. I included them here to show that no other errors/warnings came up after mplayer.py launched the TV app at 14:36:02,795 until the time I stopped the app. If I copy the mplayer command generated by the childapp as shown in the log: /usr/bin/mplayer -slave -vo xv,sdl,x11, -ao oss:/dev/dsp -autosync 100 -nolirc -nojoystick -autoq 100 -screenw 800 -screenh 600 -fs -nocache tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:freq=187.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yuy2 and paste it into a terminal session, mplayer has no trouble displaying the correct TV station video and audio. I can record TV programs and play them back back fine. It's only watching live TV from the Freevo TV guide that has a problem. If I switch the TV plugin mplayer to TVTime, then live TV works fine. I searched the archives and found a couple of others who reported similar problems in the past, but it doesn't appear their problems were ever resolved. One person reported this problem occurred while changing channels on live TV, but I didn't even have to change channels to encounter this problem. Thanks for any help anyone can offer. Art S R -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Scanning Apple for trailers crashes Freevo
On 9/26/07, Art S R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I select Apple Trailers, the pop-up window appears > with the progress bar and message saying that it's "Scanning Apple for > trailers". After about 30-60 seconds, Freevo will crash. Here's the traceback: > (snip) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 646, in send > self.connect() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 614, in connect > socket.SOCK_STREAM): > IOError: [Errno socket error] (-2, 'Name or service not known') > > I did a little more research and this error apparently is due to a problem resolving the URL. So, as a test, I modified applelib.py and changed the _DEFAULT_URL from "www.apple.com" to the IP address (17.112.152.32) and that worked! I am able to download and view the trailers now. I don't know why it's (urllib.py? httplib.py?) not able to resolve www.apple.com in the URL but, until I get this figured out, this workaround will suffice. Just in case the IP address may change, I added a couple of lines at the beginning of applelib.py to ping www.apple.com to acquire the current IP address and assign it to _DEFAULT_URL. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] TV_DRIVER in local_conf.py does not override freevo_config.py
On 9/27/07, Art S R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is anybody else having a problem with the TV_DRIVER entry in > local_conf.py not overriding the corresponding value in freevo_config.py > for TV recordings? I have TV_DRIVER='v4l2' in my local_conf.py but, > looking in my recordserver log, I see that it's still using driver=v4l > in the mencoder command. > OK, after some debugging, I found out what I was doing wrong. Since I wasn't making any changes to the VCR_CMD options, I just left VCR_CMD commented out so it would default to what's in freevo_config.py. I didn't realize I had to enable VCR_CMD in my local_conf.py in order for it to pick up my override TV_DRIVER='v4l2' and other VCR_CMD settings in local_conf.py. With VCR_CMD uncommented in my local_conf.py, I was able to undo my change in freevo_config.py, and mencorder now correctly uses the v4l2 driver as defined in local_conf.py. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] oxine
On 9/28/07, Bastian Farkas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 18:02 +0200, vlad wrote: > > hello list, > > > > i've just discovered this application: > > http://oxine.sourceforge.net/ > > this seems to be a good replacement for xine. > > > > vlad > > > looks more like a replacement for freevo. o_O > > This looks interesting from the screenshots, but I just looked at the mailing list and it's overrun with spammers and has very few legitimate posts. Without an active community, I'm a bit reluctant to spend a lot of time trying to get this working. I'll stick with Freevo for now. :) Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] TV_DRIVER in local_conf.py does not override freevo_config.py
Hi all, Is anybody else having a problem with the TV_DRIVER entry in local_conf.py not overriding the corresponding value in freevo_config.py for TV recordings? I have TV_DRIVER='v4l2' in my local_conf.py but, looking in my recordserver log, I see that it's still using driver=v4l in the mencoder command. Also, the debug entries in the recordserver log list the local_conf.py overrides in effect, but TV driver is not among them. I know my local_conf.py is otherwise working correctly because my other settings (including other TV settings) are getting picked up. I had to change the TV_DRIVERS setting in freevo_config.py from v4l to v4l2 in order for the correct driver to be used for mencoder, but I would prefer to have the local_conf.py override work correctly instead. I'm running Freevo 1.6.3 and 1.7.3. Thanks. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Scanning Apple for trailers crashes Freevo
Hi all,
With all the recent discussion about Apple Trailers on the list, I
decided to try it for myself. I was able to get it installed without
any problems. When I select Apple Trailers, the pop-up window appears
with the progress bar and message saying that it's "Scanning Apple for
trailers". After about 30-60 seconds, Freevo will crash. I'm running
Freevo 1.7.3 and using the version of applelib.py and appletrailers.py
that came with it. I also tried the latest svn version, but the files
appear to be identical to the ones from 1.7.3, and the results are the same.
Here's the traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/main.py", line 288, in
eventhandler
app.eventhandler(event)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/menu.py", line 680, in
eventhandler
action( arg=arg, menuw=self )
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/appletrailers.py",
line 262, in make_menu
[ BrowseByGenre(self),
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/appletrailers.py",
line 211, in __init__
AppleItem.__init__(self, parent)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/appletrailers.py",
line 85, in __init__
self.__load()
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/appletrailers.py",
line 100, in __load
self.trailers.parse(self.__progress)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 127, in parse
self.parse_title(title, feed[1])
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 174, in parse_title
self.add_trailer(t, trailer["postdate"], trailer["url"], category)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 179, in add_trailer
self._parse_trailer_page(t, url, date, category)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 214, in _parse_trailer_page
substreams = self._parse_stream_page(suburl)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 271, in _parse_stream_page
lines = self._dl(url).split("\n")
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/applelib.py",
line 321, in _dl
f = urllib.urlopen(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 82, in urlopen
return opener.open(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 190, in open
return getattr(self, name)(url)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 313, in open_http
h.endheaders()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 798, in endheaders
self._send_output()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 679, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 646, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 614, in connect
socket.SOCK_STREAM):
IOError: [Errno socket error] (-2, 'Name or service not known')
I tried Googling the error message, but found nothing definitive, other
than perhaps a firewall issue. So, I temporarily disabled my firewall,
but the error still occurred. Does anyone have any ideas what may be wrong?
Thanks.
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Re: [Freevo-users] Problems loading plugins in 1.7.3
On 9/26/07, Sandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry I made a mistake previously; I already used this folder for the
> plugins:
> "/usr/share/pycentral/python-freevo/site-packages/freevo/plugins"
> However, when I change
> "plugin.activate('video.appletrailers')"
> to
> "plugin.activate('appletrailers')"
> I get
> "can't locate plugin appletrailers"
> in stead of
> "ImportError: No module named appletrailers"
>
> freevo plugins -l sais:
> "video.appletrailers (active)A freevo interface to
> http://www.apple.c...";
>
> Are you using Freevo 1.7.3 too?
>
> ~Sander
>
>
Did you also try John's suggestion of placing the files in:
/usr/share/pycentral/python-freevo/site-packages/freevo/video/plugins/
(note that it's video/plugins)
and leaving the local_conf.py entry as:
plugin.activate('video.appletrailers')
This should place the Apple Trailers option under the Freevo Movies menu.
Yes, I'm running Freevo 1.7. However, even though I am able to get the
plugin loaded, I am not able to successfully download the trailers. After
running for a minute or so, the plugin crashes Freevo. I'll report this in
another thread.
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Re: [Freevo-users] Problems loading plugins in 1.7.3
On 9/25/07, Sandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I copied the two files to:
> /usr/share/pycentral/python-freevo/site-packages/freevo/
>
> Added:
> plugin.activate('video.appletrailers')
> to local_conf.py
>
> But it still sais:
> failed to load plugin video.appletrailers
>
>
Copy the two files to:
/usr/share/pycentral/python-freevo/site-packages/freevo/plugins
In local_conf.py:
plugin.activate('appletrailers')
Restart Freevo and you should now see an "Apple Trailers" option on the main
menu.
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Re: [Freevo-users] AlbumTree navigation
John Molohan wrote: > > Hi Art S R, > > Would you mind submitting a bug report for this? > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=46652 > Done. When I started using Freevo casually less than 2 years ago, I never imagined I would get to the point where I would be reporting bugs formally. :) Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] local_conf.py.example not found
Teus wrote: > I installed Freevo 1.7.3 using Yum (kwizart repo) on a Fedora Core 6 > machine, but local_conf.py.example is nowhere to be found. Freevo > Wiki tells me it should be in the Freevo install dir, or perhaps under > usr/doc somewhere, but I can't find it in either location. Is the > example file available online somewhere? Here's the latest (5.21) local_conf.py.example: http://tvcentric.com/viewvc/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/local_conf.py.example?revision=9826 Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo 1.7.3 on Via EPIA MII/Zenwalk linux wont start, no (?) errors
I understand it will probably yield unacceptable performance on your rig, but have you tried dropping back to the vesa driver to see if Freevo will at least come up? Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] AlbumTree clears screen after first track
Duncan Webb wrote: > > Strange, the AUDIO_LOG event is only to update the statistics in the > sqlite data base. Wonder why this should cause the menu to be skipped. > > Duncan > Actually, the skipped menu level problem was in my other thread and I fixed that in album_tree.py. This particular problem has to do with osd.py getting executed a second time after Album Tree finishes playing the first track. The screen is cleared and displays mostly black except for the portions that get updated. However, if I hit the Esc key to go back to the track listing page and start playing again, osd.py is not executed again and the screen does not go black again when the first track ends. Even if I switch to other Freevo functions (such as TV, movies) and go back to Album Tree later, the black screen problem does not recur. It only happens when I restart Freevo and the first time I play a track in Album Tree for that Freevo session. Commenting out the AUDIO_LOG event somehow stops Album Tree from calling osd.py again after it plays the first track. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] AlbumTree clears screen after first track
It took me awhile and going down several false trails, but I finally found where the problem lies -- it's in playlist.py. After some tracing and noting the comment that says, "That doesn't belong here! It should be part of the player!!!", I commented out the following lines in the eventhandler section: #if event == PLAY_END: #if self.current_item and self.current_item.type == 'audio': #rc.post_event(Event(AUDIO_LOG, arg=self.current_item.filename)) After making this change, AlbumTree no longer restarts the OSD after playing the first track, so I don't get the black screen anymore. So far, I haven't encountered any ill-effects from removing this code. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Manually adding Favorites?
Justin Wetherell wrote: > Hello All, > > With the zap2it service going away, I was wondering if there is anyway > to add a Favorite Manually? I know you can schedule a single recording > via web interface. > > -Justin I don't think there's a way of doing this currently in Freevo. However, it would be nice if there's another selection field in Manual Record where, in addition to Name, Channel, Start date/time, Stop date/time, you could also specify Once, Daily (weekdays), Daily (all days), or Weekly. By the way, in case you didn't already know, the SchedulesDirect service (which has stepped in the fill the void left by labs.zap2it.com's departure) just announced a price reduction from $15 for 3 months to $15 for 6 months. So, for a little more that 8 cents a day, we can still have the convenience of on-line TV schedules for our Freevo boxes. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Eject crashes freevo
Andreas Dick wrote:
> hei
> I installed a Feisty on my AMD64 and set up freevo 1.7.3 on it. if I now use
> the eject button on the CD drive or if I use the eject button on the remote,
> freevo crashes with a message and with the attaced log file...
> any suggestions?
> Andreas
>
I get the same crash condition on my Freevo 1.7.3 installation (was fine
in 1.6.x); however, in my situation, the crash occurs when I use the
period key on my keyboard. Using the eject button on the CD drive works
fine. Also, the problem only occurs if I hit the period key to eject
the tray when there's no media in the drive or if I hit the period key
to close the tray and there's no media.
Digging around in rom_drives.py, I noticed that the logic used for
"open" differs from that used for "close". So, I modified the "dir ==
'open'" section along the lines of "dir == 'close'" as follows:
296,303c296,305
< if os.uname()[0] == 'FreeBSD':
< s = ioctl(fd, CDIOCEJECT, 0)
< else:
< s = ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT)
< self.tray_open = 1
< finally:
< os.close(fd)
<
---
> try:
> if os.uname()[0] == 'FreeBSD':
> s = ioctl(fd, CDIOCEJECT, 0)
> else:
> s = ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT)
> self.tray_open = 1
> finally:
> os.close(fd)
> except Exception, e:
> _debug_('Cannot open "%s": %s"' % (self.devicename,
e), config.DWARNING)
I'm not a programmer, so I don't know if the above is the "right" way to
fix the problem or not, but Freevo no longer crashes when I use the
period key to open/close the CD drive and there's no media in the tray;
instead, a warning message is written to the log.
Hope that helps.
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Re: [Freevo-users] AlbumTree navigation
I've found the problem in album_tree.py. I commented out the
reload_func parameter for myobjectmenu in the onchoose_main definition
thusly:
def onchoose_main(self,arg=None, menuw=None):
"""
main menu
"""
#
items = []
for tree in self.album_tree_list:
items.append(menu.MenuItem(tree.name
,action=self.onchoose_node,arg=[tree,[]]) )
myobjectmenu = menu.Menu(_('Album Tree'), items)
#reload_func=menuw.back_one_menu )
This is similar to what's already done in the onchoose_node definition.
Now, the tree listing menu is not skipped when I back out of the
lower-level (node) menus.
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Re: [Freevo-users] AlbumTree clears screen after first track
Patrick Carey wrote: > > Yeah i've noticed this problem, i only recently started using the > albumtree plugin and figured it was just something messed up with my > installation but obviously not if it's happening other people. > > Paddy > > Well, I'm glad to learn I'm not the only one seeing this problem. I did some more testing by having OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP execute a script to simply echo a message. As expected, this message is displayed when I launch Freevo. However, when I use AlbumTree to play an album, this message is displayed again when the first track ends and the second track begins playing. This appears to confirm that, for some reason, the OSD is restarted at this point. If I hit Esc and replay the album, this message is not displayed. Nor is it redisplayed on subsequent invocations of AlbumTree. However, as noted in my original post, this problem recurs whenever I restart Freevo. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] commands.fxd in freevo 1.7.2
Stephen Rowles wrote: > Hi all, > > What am I doing wrong? I cannot get a command.fxd file to launch firefox > properly. I know it will all work as if I launch ratpoison then firefox > from a SSH shell (with display set) it launches and works just fine. > > Initially I had problems because I did not spawn my window manager into > the background, so it just hung on that, but did correctly launch the > window manager. > > After adding an ampersand it now briefly flashes an X screen then just > drops straight back to freevo. > > My fxd is similar to yours and it works correctly either with or without the statement. However, I do not define COMMAND_SPAWN_WM or COMMAND_KILL_WM in my local_conf.py. ?xml version="1.0" ?> /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox Browse the Internet with Mozilla Firefox Hope that helps. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] AlbumTree clears screen after first track
Hi all, Has anyone else encountered the following problem with Album Tree? 1. Select "Album Tree" from the Freevo Music menu 2. Select an album 3. Select the first track of the album to play 4. When the first track completes playing and the next track commences, the screen is cleared and displays black except for the portions that get updated, such as elapsed time (for the second track that is now playing) and idlebar data such as procstats and clock. 5. If I hit Esc to return to the track listing page and then select any track to play, this "blanking" problem doesn't occur again when the player goes from one track to the next. In fact, the problem doesn't occur again until the next time I restart Freevo and use Album Tree. 6. This problem does not occur when I use the standard Freevo "Music Collection" option, defined in AUDIO_ITEMS, to play an album. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'm running Freevo 1.6.5 and 1.7.3. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] AlbumTree navigation
Hi all, The AlbumTree plug-in seems to skip a menu level when regressing back to the main menu with the various AlbumTree choices. Starting from the Freevo menu option for Music, when I drill down, the sequence is: Music > AlbumTree > List of trees (select "Artist/Album/Track") > List of Artists > List of Albums > List of tracks When I regress by hitting the Escape key, the sequence is: List Tracks > List of Albums > List of Artists > AlbumTree > Music The menu level for the list of trees is skipped. This happens with all the AlbumTree choices. Is this a bug? I'm running Freevo 1.6.5 and 1.7.3 on separate boxes and the problem occurs on both. Art S R - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] For the site: What hardware (tv/graphics/sound) card do you use?
John Molohan wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to update the recommended hardware section for the new site. Can > you reply here with the make and model of your; > > * TV card - analogue, dvb-t/s/c, atsc > * Sound card - with output used > * Graphics card - with output used > * Motherboard > * Case > > TV card: Hauppauge WinTV-Radio 401 - analog (BT878) Sound card: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) - Line out to speakers Graphics card: GeForce4 MX (onboard) - VGA out to 9" LCD monitor; S-video to TV Motherboard: Biostar M7NCG 400 rev. 7.2 Case: Antec NSK1300 (updated version of "Aria") Additional info: CPU: AMD Geode NX1750 RAM: 1GB PC3200 DDR Disk: 160GB internal notebook drive for TV recordings; 320GB NAS drive for music, photos and archived recordings Optical: DVD-RW notebook slot-load drive (using adapter to mount in 5.25" bay) Input: IR wireless keyboard; Hauppauge and All-in-One remote controls Art - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] htpc case
Christian Lyra wrote: > Hi there, > > I´m about to build a new freevo box, and I´m thinking about a new case. > I´m looking for a quiet and small machine. It seems that shuttle makes > nice cases (and expensive). Zalman also make nice (and bigger) cases. > Does anyone has experience with these? Or has a recommendation for > something else? > > My current requirements are: if the case comes with a motherboard it has > to accept a intel core 2 duo. Remote control (or a place to put the > sensor), a quiet PSU, and a VFD. > > > I'm using an Antec NSK1300 for my Freevo box. It accepts a standard mATX motherboard, so you have your choice of CPUs, on-board video, sound, etc. It's not as elegant as cases designed specifically for HTPC purposes, but it's less expensive and more flexible for my needs. The biggest problem with most cases is that they are too deep for my bookcase. The NSK1300 is only about 13" (33cm) deep. The power supply uses a 120mm fan and is relatively quiet. One caveat is that the design of the power supply limits the height of the CPU cooler. I had to remove the fan from my Thermaltake Silent Boost in order for the heat sink to fit. The case provides a bracket that mounts on the power supply and you can attach your CPU fan to it and position it over the heat sink. I'm using a low-noise 120mm Scythe fan to cool the CPU and promote overall airflow within the case. Another caveat is that there' only one 5.25" external bay on the case, so you will have to get creative in order to mount a VFD unit. I'm using a slim notebook DVD drive installed in a 5.25" bay converter that also has room for a 3.5" device, which could be used for a floppy drive, card reader or VFD unit. In addition to the Scythe fan and notebook DVD drive, I'm also using a notebook hard drive and an AMD Geode NX1750 CPU, since my goal is low power, heat and noise. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Filename sort of TV recordings
Duncan Webb wrote: > > IIRC freevo uses mtime, if freevo used ctime then the timestamps would not > change after an edit, asuming that the editor does not create a new file. > As a test, I created 3 sets of files about 1 minute apart: xx_Able and xx_Able.fxd. The fxd files have of "Able xx" and of "xx_Able". As expected, these files initially have the same mtime and ctime values: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -l total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -lc total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd When I display the directory in Freevo, the files are listed in chronological sequence, as expected: Able 01 Able 02 Able 03 Next I renamed "02_Able" to "02_Alpha" and "02_Able.fxd" to "02_Alpha.fxd". I also updated the contents of 02_Alpha.fxd so the tag now refers to the "02_Alpha" file, but left the as "Able 02". As shown below, the mtime for 02_Alpha remains unchanged since it was renamed but not modified. The mtime for 02_Alpha.fxd has been updated since it was modified as well as renamed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -l total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Alpha -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 185 2007-07-31 02:01 02_Alpha.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd However, note that the ctime for both 02_Alpha and 02_Alpha.fxd have been updated: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -lc total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 02:01 02_Alpha -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 185 2007-07-31 02:01 02_Alpha.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd When I display the directory in Freevo, the renamed/updated "Able 02" item (which is associated with 02_Alpha and 02_Alpha.fxd) is now listed last since it's the newest item: Able 01 Able 03 Able 02 I use touch to set the timestamp back to 01:56 for the two renamed/updated files: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ touch -t 200707310156 02_Alpha.fxd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ touch -t 200707310156 02_Alpha The mtime for these two files now show 01:56: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -l total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Alpha -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 185 2007-07-31 01:56 02_Alpha.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd However, the ctime for these two files is now 02:04 instead of the previous 02:01, because that's when the touch command was used on these files. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Travel]$ ls -lc total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:55 01_Able.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 02:04 02_Alpha -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 185 2007-07-31 02:04 02_Alpha.fxd -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 0 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able -rw-r--r-- 1 freevo users 184 2007-07-31 01:57 03_Able.fxd When I display the directory in Freevo, it still shows "Able 02" as the newest item: Able 01 Able 03 Able 02 If Freevo sorts by mtime, shouldn't "Able 02" return to its original position between "Able 01" and "Able 03"? Thanks for any insight you can offer. Art - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Filename sort of TV recordings
Hi all, There are times I've had to rename the avi and fxd files (and revise the contents of the fxd so it points to the renamed avi) of certain recordings due to errors in the TV guide or if I want to archive a recording to a network drive that does not allow the colon character in filenames (recordings made prior to availability of TV_RECORDFILE_OKLETTERS). Unfortunately, this updates the date/timestamp of the renamed/updated files so it no longer displays in the original recording date/time sequence in Freevo; instead, it shows up at the bottom of list as if it were the newest recording. I've tried using touch to set the date/timestamp back to the original value, but it seems Freevo is using ctime instead of atime/mtime for date sorting. As an alternative, I tried changing DIRECTORY_SORT_BY_DATE = 0 to sort by filename instead of date. Since I use the default TV_RECORDFILE_MASK = '%%m-%%d %%H:%%M %(progname)s - %(title)s', I figured this would allow the programs to sort by record date/time sequence since mm-dd_HH_MM are the high end of the filenames themselves. However, it appears Freevo is using the in the fxd files for sorting and, since all program episodes in a TV series have the same , the sort order is a bit unpredictable. I've tried enabling and disabling DIRECTORY_SMART_SORT, but the results are the same; namely, programs are sorted by instead of filename. Am I missing some other option or is the comment in local_conf.py incorrect when it says setting DIRECTORY_SORT_BY_DATE = 0 means "No, always sort by filename"? I'm running Freevo 1.6.3. Art - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Recordings of TV series have program titles truncated
Duncan Webb wrote: > See: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=46652&atid=446898&aid=1602952 > it was changed in freevo-1.7.0 > > For other changes see: > http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/ChangeLog > > Duncan > I wasn't ready to upgrade to 1.7.x yet, so I just added the patch manually to my 1.6.3 setup and it worked like a charm! I especially liked the ability to set this globally and at the directory level. Thanks for your help! Art - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Recordings of TV series have program titles truncated
Hi all,
I've searched the archives but did not find any mention of the following
problem. I also looked in local_conf.py and freevo_config.py to see if
there might be something I could tweak there, but came up empty. I'm
running Freevo 1.6.3.
Under certain conditions, when all the recorded programs in a directory
have the same title (such as with a TV series), the names displayed in
Freevo are truncated and only the last word of the program title is
displayed. For example, "Samantha Brown Passport to Latin America"
displays as "America" for each of the recorded episodes. Here's what I
found:
1) The program titles are retrieved from the tag in the
fxd file that's created along with the avi recording.
2) If there are four or fewer recordings in the directory that have the
same program title in their respective fxd files, then the complete
title, as specified in , is displayed for all recordings
3) If there are more than four recordings that have the same title,
then only the last word in the title is displayed.
4) If the recordings have the same title, but the title is no more than
two words, then the truncation problem does not occur. For example,
"Globe Trekker" displays correctly even when there are more than four
programs with the same title. If the title consists of three or more
words, then only the last word is displayed.
5) If there is at least one other recording in the directory that has a
different title in its fxd file, then all recordings will display their
respective titles properly.
6) I tried varying the title in one of the fxd files to make it
slightly different so that it would allow the titles for the other
recordings to display properly. For example, I changed the title in one
fxd file to each of the following: "Samantha Brown_Passport...",
"Samantha BrownPassport...", "samantha brown Passport...", and
"SamanthaBrown Passport...". However, Freevo seems to ignore certain
characters, case and spacing when analyzing the titles, so these title
variations are still deemed to be identical and the problem still occurs.
7) I finally determined that if I pad a space at the beginning of the
title in one fxd file (" Samantha Brown Passport..."), Freevo treats it
as a unique title and thus allows all the programs to display their
complete titles. However, the title of the program with the modfied fxd
entry displays its title shifted over one space due to the leading blank.
I didn't notice this problem in the default recording directory since
there were a mix of program titles stored there. However, when I
organized my recordings into separate directories for each TV series,
that's when I ran this problem, since all the programs in a given
directory would have the same in their fxd files.
Does anyone have any ideas how to avoid/fix this problem? I know I can
manually alter a title (as noted in #7) or add a dummy fxd file to the
directory with a dummy or blank (which, unfortunately,
creates a dummy line entry when viewing the program list in Freevo), but
I'm looking for a cleaner solution.
Thank you.
Art
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