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

[emverham]

The webserver is an awesome tool. I hope the IT guys at my work don't notice all of our company bandwidth being lost to streaming video from my house! BTW the DVD streaming functionality is awesome. Keep up the good work.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by nielm

* added ToonGal's Full webremote (and ability to switch between them)
* added ability to name extenders using 'extenders.properties' file

Naming extenders works a treat, thanks! And you've got to love the artwork on the new webremote buttons...

The updated look is good too. Would be nice if the background graphic stretched to fit the screen, but it's not a biggie. I guess I could just resize the graphic to my requirements anyway.

[jreichen]

I get the following error in DetailedInfoServlet. The remainder of the page, including all the commands and the menu, is not displayed. Sage 6.1.7 , Webserver 2.14 Linux.

Exception while processing servlet:
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.readProperties(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:325)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:76)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.getInstance(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:85)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.DetailedInfoServlet.doServletGet(DetailedInfoServlet.java:614)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.SageServlet.doGet(SageServlet.java:75)
   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:1567)
   at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.parseRequest(Serve.java:1542)
   at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.run(Serve.java:1429)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

[emok]

Originally Posted by jreichen

I get the following error in DetailedInfoServlet. The remainder of the page, including all the commands and the menu, is not displayed. Sage 6.1.7 , Webserver 2.14 Linux.

Exception while processing servlet:
java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.readProperties(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:325)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:76)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.VlcTranscodeMgr.getInstance(VlcTranscodeMgr.java:85)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.DetailedInfoServlet.doServletGet(DetailedInfoServlet.java:614)
   at net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.SageServlet.doGet(SageServlet.java:75)
   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:1567)
   at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.parseRequest(Serve.java:1542)
   at Acme.Serve.ServeConnection.run(Serve.java:1429)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Can you verify that the transcode.properties file exists in the <sage home>/webserver directory?

It also looks like there's may be an inconsistency in the properties file.

For the two properties:
LinuxVlcCmd=/usr/bin/vlc
LinuxVlcWkDir=

Replace "Linux" with "Unix".

Try that.

E

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by emok

It also looks like there's may be an inconsistency in the properties file.

For the two properties:
LinuxVlcCmd=/usr/bin/vlc
LinuxVlcWkDir=

Replace "Linux" with "Unix".

Try that.

E

That's it! I love an easy fix

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Using the DVD playback, I am only able to get a few of the profiles to work.

I am at the inlaws, here's the speedtest.

Current Throughput
KiloBits/Sec : 709.2
KiloBytes/Sec : 88.7

The profiles which work are:

# 128kbit deinterlaced quarter-res

* [Play in Web-player]
* Play in External Player: [wvx] [m3u] [pls]

# 256kbit deinterlaced third-res

* [Play in Web-player]
* Play in External Player: [wvx] [m3u] [pls]

# 352kbit deinterlaced third-res

* [Play in Web-player]
* Play in External Player: [wvx] [m3u] [pls]

If I play

# 480kbit deinterlaced half-res

* [Play in Web-player]
* Play in External Player: [wvx] [m3u] [pls]

I get a strip of video in the web browser window and audio. I would like to bump up the bits to clean up the picture.

Any suggestions? I am using the VLC plugin on OS X.

B

Anything?

[emok]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Anything?

Sorry, didn't see this.

I'm not sure what could be causing the problem you're seeing. It could also be related to buffering on the webserver, but I can't be sure. I've seen it before as well and for me, it doesn't happen consistently with all recordings and each time I try to play. Sometimes, I'll try a different profile and it'll work fine. Kinda strange like that.

What you can try is the custom command line at the bottom of the page. Just specify the parameters you want to try. It may be easier to copy/paste an existing profile link and then just change the "ab" (audio bitrate) and "vb" (video bitrate) parameters.

For example:
http://<server>:8080/sagepublic/Play...3Dmp4v%26vb%3D384%26ac%3Dmp3%26ab%3D96%26scale%3D0.5%26mux%3Dts%26deint%3D1

[Polypro]

Finally decided to give this a shot using SSL. If you're using Java 6, here is the keytool documentation...some switches have changed:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/te...s/keytool.html

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[eruji]

Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: MediaFileTranscodeServlet.doServletGet(): Retrieveing Airing Info
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Retrieveing transcoding parameters
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): File to play: Y:\Media\SageTV\TheOffice-HealthCare-2033987-0.mpg
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Starting the transcode process.
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --dummy-quiet --quiet --no-sub-autodetect-file  "Y:\Media\SageTV\TheOffice-HealthCare-2033987-0.mpg" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=768,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,threads=2,deinterlace}:duplicate{dst=std{access=http,mux=asf,dst=127.0.0.1:8000}}
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:51 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:52 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:53 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:54 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:55 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:56 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:57 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:58 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:59 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:00 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] Returning InputStream: net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.TranscodeInputStream@1d41bfd
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Copying transcode stream to outputstream
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:23 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Stopping transcode due: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error

any ideas what the connection refused means, i have the latest version of Java. i tried changing the port in the transcode.properties thinking i had something on the same port but still no luck.

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by emok

Sorry, didn't see this.

I'm not sure what could be causing the problem you're seeing. It could also be related to buffering on the webserver, but I can't be sure. I've seen it before as well and for me, it doesn't happen consistently with all recordings and each time I try to play. Sometimes, I'll try a different profile and it'll work fine. Kinda strange like that.

What you can try is the custom command line at the bottom of the page. Just specify the parameters you want to try. It may be easier to copy/paste an existing profile link and then just change the "ab" (audio bitrate) and "vb" (video bitrate) parameters.

For example:
http://<server>:8080/sagepublic/Play...3Dmp4v%26vb%3D384%26ac%3Dmp3%26ab%3D96%26scale%3D0.5%26mux%3Dts%26deint%3D1

Thank you. I can reproduce this. Is there anything I can do to increase memory allocation? Any info I can provide? This is running on 2K3 with 3GB RAM.

TIA

B

[bcjenkins]

Has anyone else set this server up to run in a proxy configuration with Apache?

Streaming video seems to be broken. When I generate a playlist it is passing localhost:8080 as the server instead of the fqdn.

Any thoughts?

B

[emok]

Originally Posted by eruji

Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: MediaFileTranscodeServlet.doServletGet(): Retrieveing Airing Info
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Retrieveing transcoding parameters
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): File to play: Y:\Media\SageTV\TheOffice-HealthCare-2033987-0.mpg
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Starting the transcode process.
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:49 PDT 2007] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --dummy-quiet --quiet --no-sub-autodetect-file  "Y:\Media\SageTV\TheOffice-HealthCare-2033987-0.mpg" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=768,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,threads=2,deinterlace}:duplicate{dst=std{access=http,mux=asf,dst=127.0.0.1:8000}}
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:51 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:52 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:53 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:54 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:55 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:56 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:57 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:58 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:14:59 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:00 PDT 2007] Unable to connect, retrying. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] Connected to sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...127.0.0.1:8000
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] Returning InputStream: net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.TranscodeInputStream@1d41bfd
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:01 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Copying transcode stream to outputstream
[Thu Apr 05 08:15:23 PDT 2007] /sagepublic/MediaFileTranscode: doServletGet(): Stopping transcode due: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error

any ideas what the connection refused means, i have the latest version of Java. i tried changing the port in the transcode.properties thinking i had something on the same port but still no luck.

What OS are you running on? Could it be possible that you have some active firewall software that's restricting access? Are you running JRE1.5 or 1.6?

E

[emok]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Thank you. I can reproduce this. Is there anything I can do to increase memory allocation? Any info I can provide? This is running on 2K3 with 3GB RAM.

TIA

B

With the current release of the webserver, there's no additional buffering happening in the webserver, so the short answer is "no". I'll try to add it in a future release and hopefully it'll solve the problem you're seeing.

E

[emok]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Has anyone else set this server up to run in a proxy configuration with Apache?

Streaming video seems to be broken. When I generate a playlist it is passing localhost:8080 as the server instead of the fqdn.

Any thoughts?

B

Haven't tried with Apache. Is apache running on the same machine as the sage webserver? It sounds like when apache receives the request, it's rewriting it such that the request url looks like http://localhost:8080/sage/Home to sage.

I'm not completely familiar with it, but you may need to adjust some of these config parameters for the mod_proxy in apache:

ProxyPass
ProxyPassReverse
ProxyPreserveHost

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html

[eruji]

Originally Posted by emok

What OS are you running on? Could it be possible that you have some active firewall software that's restricting access? Are you running JRE1.5 or 1.6?

E

Running on winxp pro latest updates, latest java 1.6. I can stream video to my client pc using vlc and the command line interface, but have not been able to do it from the webserver.

I have firewalls disabled on the client im trying to stream to.

[bcjenkins]

Emok,

Thank you, I followed the instructions on the Sage wiki for setting this up. I am thinking they were written prior to media streaming as they were also missing the forward for sagepublic too.

I'll give the preserve host function a whirl.

B

[bcjenkins]

Thank you, that did the trick. I'll update the wiki.

http://tools.assembla.com/sageplugin...ebserverApache

B

[Polypro]

Instead of SSL I went with Hamachi...working like a champ! Thank you to all involved with this plug-in.

P

[garyellis]

Help please...

My older version of the webserver plugin worked great with sage 6.0.

When I installed the latest version of sage 6.1, I also updated several of the customizations and plugins with the latest versions.

I installed the latest version of the webserver and am having problems..

When I access it via the web, and go to any video, I press on watch streamed video. it now takes me to the bottom of the screen where there is something about low bandwidth and can not find VLC... When I press the play in external player, it opens up VLC and I get picture and sound, but stuttering and generally playing slowly.

with the prior version of webserver, when I press watch streamed video, I went right to the next page and the video opened in VLC and played just fine.

What am I missing? I'll be glad to read through the 76 pages of notes if somebody can just get me started..

Thanks,

Gary Ellis

[MTuckman]

Has anyone seen this before? When I look at the main page for the web server, it shows the 2 shows that are currently being recorded correctly. But when you look at the "Next Upcoming Recordings", it lists the shows it recorded in the previous hour.