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david at spurgeonwoods

Apr 4, 2006, 5:47 PM

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TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV

> > Greetings.
> >
> > I have updated TapeWorm, a parasitic MythTV front end for Windows,
> > based on feedback provided by users of this list. My thanks to
> > all who have contributed to the discussion.
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I'm trying TapeWorm Beta 2, with my MythTV 0.19 installation, but I'm
> > having no luck getting it to work. I've shared my video directory
> > using Samba and mounted it on the Win PC. I've also configured the
> > correct IP address and mysql username/password for my backend.
> > However, I always get the message "Database Error" and
> > "TapeWorm is unable to connect to the MySQL database.
> > Please check TapeWorm's configuration and your MythTV Server's status."
> >
> > Is there any way to turn on more debugging messages so I can try and
> > track down the problem?
> >
> > There's nothing unusual about my setup - I've a combined
> > frontend/backend, but I haven't changed any of the ports that the
> > servers listen onand both the myth box and the PC are on the same
> > network so there shouldn't be any issue with the port being blocked.
> > The only messages in the log files are:
> >
> I got that message when I forgot to put anything in the video directory
> box. If you don't put something there it doesn't save the database
> settings, apparently.

Okay, I've released Beta 3, which fixes this problem. Thanks for making me
aware of it.

The new version is available at: http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm

David
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fox.michael at gmail

Apr 4, 2006, 6:19 PM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

On 4/5/06, David Woods <david [at] spurgeonwoods> wrote:
>
> Okay, I've released Beta 3, which fixes this problem. Thanks for making me
> aware of it.
>
> The new version is available at: http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm

Just as a suggestion

When I select a program from the top window, the info associated with
that show is displayed in the bottom section (however the information
in this box with program info is displayed and scrolled to the end
automatically, so for me to see the item description first few lines I
must scroll this dialog up) IS that normal behaviour?

Also is it possible to make the box with the programs and the box with
the description (have the line between them) used to extend/shrink
either box, so that I get description box bigger then it is and reduce
the program list etc.

Thanks
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stevehodge at gmail

Apr 4, 2006, 6:29 PM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

Nice work, David.

I have one suggestion. It looks like you're displaying chanid-1000 in
the "channel" column. That makes no sense on my system, especially for
tuners after the first one (where chanid's are in the 2000's). Could
you instead or also display either callsign or channum? Even better
would be the ability to choose which columns to display.

Steve
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bradallenfuller at yahoo

Apr 4, 2006, 6:32 PM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

Michael Fox wrote:
> On 4/5/06, David Woods <david [at] spurgeonwoods> wrote:
>
>> Okay, I've released Beta 3, which fixes this problem. Thanks for making me
>> aware of it.
>>
>> The new version is available at: http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm
>>
>
> Just as a suggestion
>
> When I select a program from the top window, the info associated with
> that show is displayed in the bottom section (however the information
> in this box with program info is displayed and scrolled to the end
> automatically, so for me to see the item description first few lines I
> must scroll this dialog up) IS that normal behaviour?
>
> Also is it possible to make the box with the programs and the box with
> the description (have the line between them) used to extend/shrink
> either box, so that I get description box bigger then it is and reduce
> the program list etc.
>
>
In version 2 I also noticed PM and AM times reversed from what was
listed in MythWeb. For instance, the program said 5:00PM in MythWeb but
5:00AM in TapeWorm.

I didn't think I was seeing things, but... you never know...

brad

fox.michael at gmail

Apr 4, 2006, 6:40 PM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

On 4/5/06, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller [at] yahoo> wrote:
> In version 2 I also noticed PM and AM times reversed from what was listed
> in MythWeb. For instance, the program said 5:00PM in MythWeb but 5:00AM in
> TapeWorm.
>
> I didn't think I was seeing things, but... you never know...

This is still evident in Beta 3.

My shows recorded @ 20:20pm (show 08:20am in the list).
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paul at wilsononline

Apr 5, 2006, 1:57 AM

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I can't get VLC Player to work, I use the following settings and it
won't even launch

ie
Player: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
args: --intf wx

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wmunson at rochester

Apr 5, 2006, 5:19 AM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

>
> The new version is available at:
> http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm
>
> David

Tried this version. Upgraded from beta1. Two things I see right away. The
configure dialog box will not come up. The other problem is unchanged from
b1. Windows recognizes the mpg files and plays them fine however the
transcoded nuv files are not recognized by windows and although they do play
its very jerky with frequent pauses. Any thoughts?

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david.whyte at gmail

Apr 5, 2006, 5:40 AM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

On 4/5/06, William <wmunson [at] rochester> wrote:
> Windows recognizes the mpg files and plays them fine however the
> transcoded nuv files are not recognized by windows and although they do play
> its very jerky with frequent pauses. Any thoughts?
>

I think you will still need to dsmyth windows filters which are a
sourceforge project. I think you do anyways!

Whytey
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david at spurgeonwoods

Apr 5, 2006, 5:58 AM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows frontend for MythTV [In reply to]

> Subject: [mythtv-users] TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows
> frontend for MythTV
>
> I can't get VLC Player to work, I use the following settings and it
> won't even launch
>
> ie
> Player: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
> args: --intf wx
>

Nope. I can't get VideoLan to launch at all from within Python either.
(Well, it'll launch if I don't send any parameters, but adding the video
file name pretty much kills it.)

I'm in the process of putting together the sample code to demonstrate the
problem, which I will post to both VideoLan and Python communities to see if
anyone can help figure it out.

David
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david at spurgeonwoods

Apr 5, 2006, 6:09 AM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windowsfront end for MythTV [In reply to]

> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic
> Windowsfront end for MythTV
>
> >
> > The new version is available at:
> > http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm
> >
> > David
>
> Tried this version. Upgraded from beta1. Two things I see right away. The
> configure dialog box will not come up. The other problem is unchanged from
> b1. Windows recognizes the mpg files and plays them fine however the
> transcoded nuv files are not recognized by windows and although they do
> play
> its very jerky with frequent pauses. Any thoughts?
>

The configure dialog comes up fine for me. I wonder if there's something in
your data values that's causing it to fail -- a Unicode character in your
video path maybe? Look for a file called TapeWorm.exe.log, and let me know
what the error traceback in that file says.

As for *.nuv files, all TapeWorm does is spawn a process to load a media
player. It's the media player's job to play the video. I'm betting you get
the same behavior if you call up your media player and try to play a *.nuv
file without TapeWorm running. There's nothing I can do to fix that. The
solution might be to upgrade your network, or to avoid *.nuv files in favor
of *.mpg files that do work.

(I hypothesize that WinMyth uses *.nuv under the hood and that's why it
never worked for me, giving the same choppy video performance you describe.
That's why I wrote TapeWorm in the first place.)

David
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nick at rout

Apr 5, 2006, 9:38 PM

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Re: TapeWorm Beta 3 release - a parasitic Windows front end for MythTV [In reply to]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 08:19:38 -0400
William wrote:

> >
> > The new version is available at:
> > http://david.spurgeonwoods.com/tapeworm
> >
> > David
>
> Tried this version. Upgraded from beta1. Two things I see right away. The
> configure dialog box will not come up. The other problem is unchanged from
> b1. Windows recognizes the mpg files and plays them fine however the
> transcoded nuv files are not recognized by windows and although they do play
> its very jerky with frequent pauses. Any thoughts?

Try uninstalling then installing again

I believe the old version's config file was creating problems (edcuated
guess only)

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