Plugin: Web User Interface for SageTV 2.2-6.6 (V2.25 18 Sep 2009)

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by dkatchalov

Hey Guys

Recently, I've started getting a HTTP 400 error when trying to access the web server - the error text in the browser is "Bad Request (Invalid hostname)" and the WS interface does not load. The same problem occurs when trying to access the WS from the server itself.

Can anyone help? I do not remember changing any settings, it just stopped working. I have also tried uninstalling (delete) the WS files in the SageTV directory and re-installing, did not help.

Many thanks in advance.

Did your server's IP address change? What is the value for the nielm/webserver/bind_address property in Sage.properties? Most of the time this will not have a value unless you have multiple NICs and only want it listening on a specific one. If that value is invalid you will have problems.

Change the following properties to 'true', then try accessing the webserver again. Post sagetv_0.txt along with the latest file from the webserver/log folder.

• nielm/webserver/log_access=false
• nielm/webserver/log_referrer=false
• nielm/webserver/log_user_agent=false

Jason

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by markley268

A lot of times i can't view the main webserver page....it just hangs when i try to load the /sage/Home URL. Every once in a while it works, but most of the time it doesn't. I have no problems at all w/ any of the other pages at any time.

Anybody see something like this?

I'm running the server on a 8.10 Ubuntu 64 linux box and accessing the page from both windows and linux hosts, same result.

Using java 1.6.0_07 (32bit) on the linux server

Can you follow the instructions I just gave dkatchalov for setting the logging properties, reproducing the problem, and posting sagetv_0.txt and the latest file from the webserver/log folder?

[infocus13]

Originally Posted by jreichen

Did your server's IP address change? What is the value for the nielm/webserver/bind_address property in Sage.properties? Most of the time this will not have a value unless you have multiple NICs and only want it listening on a specific one. If that value is invalid you will have problems.

Change the following properties to 'true', then try accessing the webserver again. Post sagetv_0.txt along with the latest file from the webserver/log folder.

• nielm/webserver/log_access=false
• nielm/webserver/log_referrer=false
• nielm/webserver/log_user_agent=false

Jason

Thanks for your reply Jason.

I can't find sagetv_0.txt, where should it be located?

I didn't have a value in the bind field. I've put my server IP in there and still not luck - same result.

I'm attaching the latest file from the webserver/logs folder. There seems to be an error with JVM bind - not sure if that is an issue?

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

[jreichen]

Something is already using the port. Try specifying a new port in the nielm/webserver/port setting in Sage.properties.

sagetv_0.txt is in the SageTV directory.

[infocus13]

Originally Posted by jreichen

Something is already using the port. Try specifying a new port in the nielm/webserver/port setting in Sage.properties.

sagetv_0.txt is in the SageTV directory.

Worked like a treat, many thanks! I missed have the web interface!

[bjkiller]

have some strange issue related to webserver and SetChannelViewabilityForChannelNumberOnLineup. i contacted to Sage support they told me the problem with webserver. anybody can advice?
when i delete wiz.bin (15Mb) and re-import xml, the problem disappears, but i lose all recording info and etc.
my wiz.bin file http://www.sendspace.com/file/67il9x

http://localhost:8080/sage/EpgChannel

Exception while processing servlet:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Array index out of range: 0
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Array index out of range: 0
at java.util.Vector.get(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.EpgChannelServlet.doServletGet(EpgChannelServlet.java:70)
at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.SageServlet.doGet(SageServlet.java:82)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.runServlet(Serve.java:1501)
at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.parseRequest(Serve.java:1476)
at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.run(Serve.java:1363)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

here the log information:

Fri 11/28 15:37:39.351 Mpeg2Reader seeking to pos=3907392 time=0:00:12.764
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 java.lang.NullPointerException
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at sage.d.h$21.new(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at sage.av.a(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at sage.e.a(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at sage.SageTV.api(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at net.sf.sageplugins.sageutils.SageApi.Api(SageApi.java:17)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.GlobalCommandServlet.doServletGet(GlobalCommandServlet.java:64)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.SageServlet.doGet(SageServlet.java:82)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.runServlet(Serve.java:1501)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.402 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.parseRequest(Serve.java:1476)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.403 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.run(Serve.java:1363)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.403 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.419 MPEG2 seek targetPts=5832434071 length=2545740712 durationMsec=7439634 parsedPTS=5832194177 lastPos=4165899 firstPTS=5830974271 mux_rate=0 estimBitrate=307344
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.419 Mpeg2Reader seeking to pos=4844196 time=0:00:16.220
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.475 MPEG2 seek targetPts=5832719191 length=2545740712 durationMsec=7439634 parsedPTS=5832479297 lastPos=5047431 firstPTS=5830974271 mux_rate=0 estimBitrate=301834
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.475 Mpeg2Reader seeking to pos=5551076 time=0:00:19.388
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.528 MPEG2 seek targetPts=5832913591 length=2545740712 durationMsec=7439634 parsedPTS=5832673697 lastPos=5750175 firstPTS=5830974271 mux_rate=0 estimBitrate=304523
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.528 Mpeg2Reader seeking to pos=6226936 time=0:00:21.548
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.551 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: Exception while executing SageApi: "SetChannelViewabilityForChannelNumberOnLineup" numargs=4
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: Exception while executing SageApi: "SetChannelViewabilityForChannelNumberOnLineup" numargs=4
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at net.sf.sageplugins.sageutils.SageApi.Api(SageApi.java:20)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.GlobalCommandServlet.doServletGet(GlobalCommandServlet.java:64)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.SageServlet.doGet(SageServlet.java:82)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.runServlet(Serve.java:1501)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.parseRequest(Serve.java:1476)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.run(Serve.java:1363)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at sage.SageTV.api(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.552 at net.sf.sageplugins.sageutils.SageApi.Api(SageApi.java:17)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.553 ... 8 more
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.553 Caused by: sage.a.e: Error in method reflection of SetChannelViewabilityForChannelNumberOnLineup of java.lang.NullPointerException
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.553 at sage.av.a(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.553 at sage.e.a(Unknown Source)
Fri 11/28 15:37:39.553 ... 10 more

[thecgmguy]

Hi there,

Couple Questions:

1) Is this compatible with 6.4?

2) How much system resources (memory, cpu, etc) does this take up? My sage tv system is a little under-powered (

3) Is access password protected?

Thank you,

-M

[madas]

Originally Posted by jreichen

What version of the webserver are you using? Nielm made a fix for favorite channels in version 2.21 back in December. (It had nothing to do with supporting multi-channel faves, though).

Was there ever a fix to allow multi channel favorites? The favorite screen only seems to allow a favorite to record on "All" or one particular channel. Through the client/placeshifter you can select multiple channels from a list.

[jreichen]

bjkiller,

This looks like another channel lineup problem. Did you ever get the one on the previous page resolved? Just from looking at the web server code it looks like there aren't any channels enabled but I didn't get a chance to load your wiz.bin to look at it.

Also, what version of SageTV are you running?

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by thecgmguy

1) Is this compatible with 6.4?

Yes

Originally Posted by thecgmguy

2) How much system resources (memory, cpu, etc) does this take up? My sage tv system is a little under-powered (

I doesn't take a lot. I don't think you'll have a problem running it.

Originally Posted by thecgmguy

3) Is access password protected?

Yes. Well mostly There are a few things that are unprotected. Can't name them off the top of my head, but if the URL has /sagepublic in it then it's unprotected. Mostly that's to deal with resources (playlists are one example) that are opened in external applications that can't handle authentication. There is documentation on setting up the security on the webserver wiki pages.

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by madas

Was there ever a fix to allow multi channel favorites? The favorite screen only seems to allow a favorite to record on "All" or one particular channel. Through the client/placeshifter you can select multiple channels from a list.

No. Nielm doesn't have time to work on it and my Sage-related efforts have been focused mainly on the mobile web interface and a few other things like supporting developers who are writing apps that run on the Jetty server and stuckless' remote apis.

I don't see that changing in the immediate future but I'll still try to support users in this thread.

[bjkiller]

Originally Posted by jreichen

bjkiller,

This looks like another channel lineup problem. Did you ever get the one on the previous page resolved? Just from looking at the web server code it looks like there aren't any channels enabled but I didn't get a chance to load your wiz.bin to look at it.

Also, what version of SageTV are you running?

jreichen,

previus problem was resolved by deleting wiz.bin
from point of user interface, when issue happend - no channels in the program guide. nothing work. crash on webserver access to epg.
xml import also not working.

i contacted to George from support, he telling me that issue with webserver.

so i posted it here. the initial issue happend with latest stable, the current issue with latest beta(i upgraded week ago). i think it's not related to beta or not. becouse with regular stable version it's happend for me at least 3 times.

thank you in advance.

[popechild]

I've been running webserver for a few years on my previous server, but haven't set it up in so long that apparently I'm missing something on my new install on Vista.

I've got the webserver installed and can access it from http://localhost:8080/sage/Home. However, I can't seem to get to it using http://ip:8080/sage/Home, which of course prevents me from being able to use something like No-Ip.org, which is what I've always used before.

Other than the upgrade to Vista, this is a setup that I've always used, with no changes to my network, or router, or anything else, so I'm having trouble figuring out what would prevent me from being able to access it from online.

Thanks for any suggestions!

EDIT: Nevermind. I didn't realize my IP had changed when I upgraded to Vista, so I just had to change the port forwarding on the router...

[nstocke]

I figure I'm doing something wrong or I'm not doing something right. I haven't been able to get the Streaming to work. I also believe what ever it is, it is my fault. What I have installed:
Server:
Software Version: SageTV V6.4.8.184
Java Version: 1.6.0_07
SageMC STV version: 6.3.8
SageMC JAR Version: 6.3.8
Web Access: 2.22
VLC: 0.9.8a

On the client machine: I've tried both IE and Firefox.
I also have VLC: 0.9.8a installed.

I can see the options for streaming a video file in the web interface but when I click on the different suggestions I am unable to get anything to show up. When I try to use Firefox I get the R6034 runtime error.

Are there types of Video Files that can't be streamed? Any suggestions for where to start trouble shooting would be appreciated.

[MarkV]

Does anyone use WatchNow with the MediaFileId for mounted dvds on an extender? It's rather iffy for me with it working sometimes and other times it chooses a channel on the TV and starts trying to play it back (possibly it's trying to watch live tv?)

[Xsabre]

Originally Posted by nstocke

I figure I'm doing something wrong or I'm not doing something right. I haven't been able to get the Streaming to work. I also believe what ever it is, it is my fault. What I have installed:
Server:
Software Version: SageTV V6.4.8.184
Java Version: 1.6.0_07
SageMC STV version: 6.3.8
SageMC JAR Version: 6.3.8
Web Access: 2.22
VLC: 0.9.8a

On the client machine: I've tried both IE and Firefox.
I also have VLC: 0.9.8a installed.

Are there types of Video Files that can't be streamed? Any suggestions for where to start trouble shooting would be appreciated.

I was having the same problem. I am very new to the Web User Interface. (Just installed it two days ago)

You need to have the VLC plugin for IE and Firefox installed. If you are on the LAN then the web player will work (high bandwidth required). If you want to view over the internet, you need to transcode the file before you can view it.

Webserver Media Player

Webserver Transcode

The other option is Orb. You can stream without trancoding first.

Good luck...

[MarkV]

I turned on logging (set the three values to true mentioned in a recent post).

One thing that seems to be missing - the logs don't seem to contain the entire string received by the webserver.

I send http://192.168.1.111:8080/sage/Media...FileId=6884891

but the log just says
[Sat Dec 20 22:58:07 EST 2008] /192.168.1.111 GET /sage/MediaFileCommand 401| null| Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; Media Center PC 5.0)
[Sat Dec 20 22:58:11 EST 2008] /192.168.1.111 GET /sage/MediaFileCommand 200| null| Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; Media Center PC 5.0)

[hemicuda]

Seems in the last day or so I've been getting

Server socket: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind

errors from the web server logs. And

"The system cannot find the file specified."

when trying to access

http://127.0.0.1:8080/sage/home

The only thing I've changed in the last week is adding TiVo Desktop so I could move recordings off the wife's TiVo before she drops the sub on it in favor of the Comcast DVR. Could that be the problem?

Edit: just stumbled across some posts referencing port 8080 for Tivo. if I can't move it guess I'll have to move the web server.

[motobarsteward]

I have just purchased CorePlayer1.2.5 and I am running it on my Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia. I can play all formats of stream from the the Web Interface.

No mucking around with moving MediaPlayer dlls!

[pawn]

Originally Posted by Xsabre

The other option is Orb. You can stream without trancoding first.

I have to second this. I don't post very often, but I only recently set this up and I can't believe I waited this long. Orb streams all of my Sage media to my Blackberry Bold, including a nice search/browse front end. I can even watch a live TV show by using the Sage web interface (or the mobile interface) to start a recording, then switching to the orb browser to watch it while it's being recorded. My Blackberry is on a 3G network (or WiFi) so your mileage may vary. Nothing like having a Terrabyte or so of media to make watching my 5 year old at a McDonald's playroom less mindless.