[addon] MediaMVP for BTV 4.8.1

[Dave Gestens]

I am having a problem with Recorded Shows by Series or Folder. It displays the series name and the folder names, but when you click into them it just returns up to the top item on the list. It never drills into the series or folder and lets you select an episode to watch.

Is this just me? Any thoughts?

Thanks again.

[romanoj]

Originally Posted by Dave Gestens

I am having a problem with Recorded Shows by Series or Folder. It displays the series name and the folder names, but when you click into them it just returns up to the top item on the list. It never drills into the series or folder and lets you select an episode to watch.

Is this just me? Any thoughts?

Thanks again.

I haven't finished updating the full functionality of the Recorded Shows page.. That's why it's not working for you. It will be functional with the next drop hopefully with the Program Guide, LiveTV and such.

[carteriii]

With respect to the 3.2 vs. 3.4 version, I'm desperate to fix my problem, but not necessarily with 3.4 if there is another way. Are others having the same problem with 3.2 that I am having, in which the MediaMVP reboots when you try to power-off the MediaMVP after watching a video? If I don't watch a video, the MediaMVP powers down just fine, but after watching a video, it reboots. This means I either leave it on, or have to wait about a minute or two to actually turn it off.

I was hopeful that I could run 3.4 when I read in the comment in the shspvr forums that the latest 3.4 appears to have fixed that problem. However, I don't see people here mentioning that problem with 3.2.x, so perhaps there's another way to eliminate that problem. So has anyone else experienced this problem and been able to fix it? For what it's worth, the behavior is consistent on two different MediaMVP's.

[nanook105]

Originally Posted by romanoj

All,

How badly do people want this Hauppauge firmware 3.4 version to work with the BTV skin?

I think I know what needs to be done for it but it's getting messy. I might be able to do it but it will take time. I'm wondering if folks really want it that badly. Personally, I'm content with Firmware 3.2. Please respond if you want a 3.4 compatible version. It's going to be alot of work and I don't want to pursue it unless there are folks who are desparate for that version. Also, a donation would go a long way in convincing me its worth the work.

Otherwise, I'm going back to focusing on LiveTV and program guide for version 3.2.

As long as this works - I could care less about the MVP firmware version. I'm also running IE6 so that should take care of my recorded shows problem

[romanoj]

Originally Posted by nanook105

As long as this works - I could care less about the MVP firmware version. I'm also running IE6 so that should take care of my recorded shows problem

I actually have a fix for the IE6 problem. I used to have the installer ask you which version of IE you have and it set a special variable in your user_config.js file. Recently, I began checking if the "window.XMLHttpRequest" comes back positive. If it does, the program assumes you have IE7. Maybe that doesn't work now and it's always defaulting to IE7 mode.

If you want to hardcode it to IE6, in the recorded shows file, look for line 891 and remove the line:
" strFullName = strFullName.replace(/[\\]/g, 'zxyxz'); "

In your RecordedShowsDetails.html file, remove the line 32:

currentFile = currentFile.replace(/zxyxz/g, '\\');

and replace it with:

currentFile = unescape(currentFile);
currentFile = currentFile.replace(/[/]/g, '\\');

[romanoj]

More good news!

I got LiveTV and Program Guide working. But there's a catch. I had to go back to an older version where you select LiveTV by just choosing the channel number (without the guide). It was a list of channel numbers and call signs and you select the channel press okay and Voila!, you get LiveTV (which you can pause). This may be desirable for some folks who have alot of channels. We need some people to chime in and give me their opinion.

The Program Guide was the old style which didn't allow record setting or watching, it just listed the Guide info. This is a start! I will work on the update version next but I wanted to announce my progress.

I burned a couple of hours today and yesterday learning about Firmware version 3.4. I learned alot. I think I know what it's doing but as I said, it's too much work to do it right now. It seems to throw off more than just the path names. It messes with user priviledge which messes up the weather page and such.

Anyway, I'll update the project with another Beta (beta 3) in the next day or two.

[Mr.X]

I'm using an older firmware than 3.2, since every recent firmware in the last 3 years breaks playlist functionality. I've asked and asked and asked for it to be fixed but it never does, so I think I'm on 2.9 or something like that... (I'll have to check)

Will the MediaMVP mod for 4.8.1 work on firmware older than 3.2?

Also, obviously, I am definitely voting for not putting any effort into supporting 3.4 firmware. Just having my MediaMVP back and working will save me from having to learn how to get Sage working. Not something I really want to do!

Thanks so much for your hard work on this!

-Andy.

P.S. I'm running Win2k on the server and I think it only has IE6 since there's no IE7 for Win2k... Oh - I see there's a fix for IE6... so "never mind!"

[Joe Labonte]

[quote=romanoj;286488] More good news!

I got LiveTV and Program Guide working. But there's a catch. I had to go back to an older version where you select LiveTV by just choosing the channel number (without the guide). It was a list of channel numbers and call signs and you select the channel press okay and Voila!, you get LiveTV (which you can pause). This may be desirable for some folks who have alot of channels. We need some people to chime in and give me their opinion.

The Program Guide was the old style which didn't allow record setting or watching, it just listed the Guide info. This is a start! I will work on the update version next but I wanted to announce my progress.

jl>
This old style would work great for me! I don't need to wait for a full guide to watch on the remote MVP station. Next I would vote for a what's playing this hour, shorttened quick load list of preselected limited channels.

Great work Jack. We are all looking forward to this.

Regards,
Joe

[romanoj]

Originally Posted by Mr.X

I'm using an older firmware than 3.2, since every recent firmware in the last 3 years breaks playlist functionality. I've asked and asked and asked for it to be fixed but it never does, so I think I'm on 2.9 or something like that... (I'll have to check)

Will the MediaMVP mod for 4.8.1 work on firmware older than 3.2?

MediaMVP mod should work with older versions.

I assume you're talking about the ability to play a playlist file? I modified this project at one time to make a work around. I added the on the fly playlist maker. That works well for me.

[Junior]

Originally Posted by romanoj

All,

How badly do people want this Hauppauge firmware 3.4 version to work with the BTV skin?

I think I know what needs to be done for it but it's getting messy. I might be able to do it but it will take time. I'm wondering if folks really want it that badly. Personally, I'm content with Firmware 3.2. Please respond if you want a 3.4 compatible version. It's going to be alot of work and I don't want to pursue it unless there are folks who are desparate for that version. Also, a donation would go a long way in convincing me its worth the work.

Otherwise, I'm going back to focusing on LiveTV and program guide for version 3.2.

I would like to see a version supporting firmware 3.4 with the BTV skin. I am using Windows Vista and it's the only firmware I could get working.

Thanks for all your hard work on this.

[nanook105]

Originally Posted by nanook105

As long as this works - I could care less about the MVP firmware version. I'm also running IE6 so that should take care of my recorded shows problem

Upgrading to IE7 did not resolve the recorded shows problem. This BTV server is running in service mode, so that may be causing a problem. I'll move it to a different server and try again

[romanoj]

All,

I went ahead and released another Beta version. This version 3 now supports LiveTV. Try it out. You get to it from the Main Screen. (I changed the menu options slightly).

1) Upcoming Recordings should now work but Upcoming Episodes menu subselection does not. View details will work however.
2) Recording Priorities screen should now be functional. You should be able to change priority but not stop recordings yet.
3) Program Guide now displays data but you can't do anything with the shows yet.
4) LiveTV has it's own page and you can now select it. I've shown that it works with two tuners and a single tuner. It may not work with system if you have more tuners. Let me know. Also, sometimes it doesn't stay playing at first. I'm not sure why but 8 out of 10 times, it works fine but once in a while, it will just start and then quit. You basically select LiveTV from the main screen then choose the channel you want to watch and press okay. It will take it up to a minute to start but it should work mostly.
5) I fixed the formating on the RecordedShows details.
6) I fixed the Recorded Shows list by series so that you can select a series and it shows the episodes for that series. I could not get the folder view to work when you select a folder. I will be writing Snapstream for help on that one.
7) I fixed a bug here and there.

Let me know how it goes for folks. I will be pressing forward fixing and adding functionality such as scheduling a recording, view upcoming and searching for programs, etc.

You can find the release at the sourceforge website: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=107497

[bpsmicro]

The Series view is now working perfectly for me! My next test will be to upgrade to the v3.4 firmware again and see what happens.

Brad.

[Joe Labonte]

Great work Jack!!! All works as you say and better!
LiveTv loads in less than 1 minute. The Program Guide also loads in less than aminute which is a big improvmenfrom the last 4.7 version.

I had one error while finishing Setup.exe. error 70 ... denied. It does not appear to have affected anything.

Way to go! We look forward to more!


Joe

[romanoj]

Originally Posted by bpsmicro

The Series view is now working perfectly for me! My next test will be to upgrade to the v3.4 firmware again and see what happens.

Brad.

Hauppauge V3.4 Firmware will not work with this Beta 3 update! This Beta version will only work with firmware version 3.2 and below.

Like I said, someday I may release a version for Firmware v3.4 but it will be alot of work and I'm not sure it's worth it right now. If you really want it sooner than later, you might to want to buy me a drink.