XBMC Script for SageTV Released 3/1/2006

[kricker]

-David81
I looked at your log. Did you even try to play anything? I saw no errors or attempts to play a file.

[jhh]

Kricker,

In Davids log you see:

21:17:53 M: 24760320 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:17:53 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:17:53 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:17:54 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7

I think that is 3x down and a select item - so there is some navigation and the select action is likely on the 'watch' button but that's about all I can tell from the log. There is a couple of times an action 10 which would go back to previous menu. So then you would effectively go out of the script.

To me this seems to be a different problem than the tp_compare you saw and even different from the "Keymapping error: no such action 'q:\scripts\sagetv\sagetv.py' defined" I'm struggling with.

Jan

[David81]

I believe the steps showing in my log are as follows...

21:17:44 M: 24907776 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
*select "recorded shows"
21:17:50 M: 24903680 DEBUG: Activating window ID: 13001
21:17:50 M: 24903680 DEBUG: Checking if window ID 13001 is locked.
21:17:52 M: 24907776 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 273 pressed, action is 2
*move right into the list of shows
21:17:53 M: 24760320 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:17:53 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:17:53 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
*move down 3 to highlight a show
21:17:54 M: 24653824 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
*select said show
21:17:54 M: 24600576 DEBUG: Activating window ID: 13002
21:17:54 M: 24600576 DEBUG: Checking if window ID 13002 is locked.
21:17:55 M: 24731648 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
*attempt to "watch" show
21:18:00 M: 24682496 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
*attempt to "watch show again
21:18:04 M: 24662016 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 275 pressed, action is 10
*exit to previous screen

[jhh]

hi,

Gave up and started cheating - on my server I have SageTV running as a service with Webserver 2.8 for XBMC SageTV script on port 8080. On the same machine I have SageTV running which now thinks it is a client so in the SageTV.Client.Properties I have the webserver 2.11 running on port 8081.

Root for 2.8 is webserver_old while for 2.11 it is webserver - they share the JAR folder which is part of the webserver install but it seems there is no conflict for now. So just by changing the webserver root you can have 2 independent versions of the webserver living happily together - Sagetv client is in standby in the taskbar.

Jan

[kricker]

For those wanting to test here is a new script with the changes mentioned in the xbox-scene forums.

[jhh]

hi Kricker,

Did some testing:

On a 15/02 build I noticed that I can navigate with the script but not play video. On a late november final build it works but only with webserver 2.8 (my old problem). On both setups I noticed that Recorded tv overview is broken - only the one on the initial screen is there.

Only message in the log when it fails is: ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

Hope it helps.

[Glennvc]

Hi guys,

New to this forum and the XBOX world but am very interested in this tread. Just finished soft modding my XBOX and will build a PVR with sauge TV very soon.

Before I continue I'm hoping you guys can answer a few questions. To have the most chance of getting everything working which verions of XBMC and the Web server should I be using? In this combination, what can I expect? What will work and what won't?

Which SageTV version do I need at a minimum?

I'm living in Belgium and have Prime PayTV (Belgian C+), can I make this work with SageTV (including switching channels)? I'm planning on buying a PVR150.

Keep up the good work!

Best,
Glenn

[kricker]

XBMC-CVS-11-13-2006-T3CH
updated script from post #190
SageTV 6.1.3 w/ webserver 2.8

With this setup the only thing that does not work is the guide.

I know nothing about Python, so I am just barely able to keep sane while working on this. I am getting zero help on the XBMC forums. If we don't find a python developer to help out soon it'll most likely die.

-Glennvc
You'll need to look around the forums a bit more to find answers to your Prime PayTV question, as I know nothing about it.

[jhh]

kricker,

I'm surprised I have the same setup as you have - I thought you had 2.11 running. For me it's a challenge to understand why others find Python so easy and the XBMC forum is very different to this one when it comes to getting answers.

What are the points that you are working on then? Only concern I had was that watching a show being recorded did not work but that seems to be ok now. Guide works for me but I don't use it.

Glenn,

First get the Sage setup in order and if you use the above setup you should be fine. Not sure how your prime tv gets in so I'm assuming it is an additional kind of tuner box and that goes in the s-video of the PVR150. I think you should be able to use antenna input as well but you can of course record from 1 source only. Then when you get recording conflicts you will want to put additional PVR cards in - I find that I have no recording conflicts with three cards.

You can control the box with infrared from USB or from the PVR card but that is really for the SageTV section.

Good luck,
Jan

[kricker]

-Jan
What I am working on is being able to playback with newer builds of XBMC. I also do not use the guide. But I'd love to be able to implement the myTV guide already used in the XBMC scripts.

[Glennvc]

Jan, Kricker thanks for the info and for keeping this script up and running!
When I get it all together I'll try to make some contributions.

Cheers,
Glenn

Ps: Jan, no conflicts with 3 PVR's! You are a TV junky ;-)

[Armondole]

I am attempting to try this script out right now...
I'd love to be able to contribute, but I'm not much of a programmer. I'll give it a shot regardless.

Thanks for keeping this going!

[Armondole]

I got it working. Looks pretty good! Too bad about not being able to view an EPG properly...

Do you guys mostly use this for watching recorded shows? If not, what do you use it to do?

[jhh]

I use it only for watching - although I have scheduled an occasional recording with it as well. For organising I use the webserver: cleaning up recordings, checking the guide, scheduling recordings. As you can guess I hardly ever watch live.

Kricker pointed me to the MyTV guide which looks quite nice - it would be great if we could use the webserver as a datasource for MyTV (that would cover xmltv, tvtv and all other datasources SageTV can use). Next step would be to then allow you to schedule recordings from MyTV and integrate it better with the script.

If you dive in the script it is not so difficult to understand what it does but to move to actual development is a bit above my head.

Jan

[kricker]

I just installed webserver 2.13 and the script seems to function properly with it.

[Armondole]

Originally Posted by kricker

I just installed webserver 2.13 and the script seems to function properly with it.

What is the latest version of XBMC you're able to use with 2.13? I can't watch any video with the newer versions of XMBC... I'd like to make sure it's not just my setup.

[kricker]

Sorry, no. I was just referring to the version of XBMC that does work, works well the webserver 2.13.

[kricker]

I am not sure how or why, but the script is now working with XBMC-SVN_2007-05-27_rev9113-T3CH. Here is the latest script I am using. I removed the guide because it didn't work at all. 'cancel recording' doesn't work atm, but I hope to get it working again soon.

[Armondole]

Originally Posted by kricker

I am not sure how or why, but the script is now working with XBMC-SVN_2007-05-27_rev9113-T3CH. Here is the latest script I am using. I removed the guide because it didn't work at all. 'cancel recording' doesn't work atm, but I hope to get it working again soon.

Thanks Kricker, I had given up on this script... I'll give it a shot this evening. Are you still trying to modify code to make it work better or just testing as new T3CH versions are being released?

[kricker]

Originally Posted by Armondole

Thanks Kricker, I had given up on this script... I'll give it a shot this evening. Are you still trying to modify code to make it work better or just testing as new T3CH versions are being released?

I am trying to modify it to be as fully functional as possible. Unfortunately I lack any python abilities, so it is really difficult for me. I am just so happy it is working for the most part again.