XBMC SageTv Plugin

[mikwilli]

jreichen,
Yes I updated stuckless' code in a new handler to use the sagexmlinfo package that Nielm made. In testing that out it is nice and fast even for the xbox. Thanks for the SAX info. Once I get this stabilized I will check it out. Like the start of the post mentioned I am new with Python, but have used Java and Perl for quite a few years. I don't actively code much any more though so am behind the times

[dimento]

I just wanted to say that this thread alone has turned me on to SageTV.

I'm a longtime user of XBMC. Currently the only thing I don't use it for is watching live TV. While so far this plugin does not allow me to do that, I have high hopes for where it seems to be heading. Just playing around with it a few minutes ago, I noticed there is a program guide (which although i have cable, i do not have) and the ability to record and all that. Once the live tv streaming works for me this is going to be beaaaaaaautiful.

Right now I'm just using the trial to see how it works, but if and when I actually am able to stream live tv to my xbox down stairs, from my sagetv server upstairs, and change the channels.....I'll quickly be purchasing SageTV. Might sound like a stupid reason with all the tivo stuff out there, but I'm a hardcore xbmc fanboy.

Anyway, I just thought I would provide you guys some moral support in your efforts.

[w84no1]

Originally Posted by dimento

I just wanted to say that this thread alone has turned me on to SageTV.

I'm a longtime user of XBMC. Currently the only thing I don't use it for is watching live TV. While so far this plugin does not allow me to do that, I have high hopes for where it seems to be heading. Just playing around with it a few minutes ago, I noticed there is a program guide (which although i have cable, i do not have) and the ability to record and all that. Once the live tv streaming works for me this is going to be beaaaaaaautiful.

Right now I'm just using the trial to see how it works, but if and when I actually am able to stream live tv to my xbox down stairs, from my sagetv server upstairs, and change the channels.....I'll quickly be purchasing SageTV. Might sound like a stupid reason with all the tivo stuff out there, but I'm a hardcore xbmc fanboy.

Anyway, I just thought I would provide you guys some moral support in your efforts.

I stopped using XBMC and have been using Sage for a couple of months. If I could watch Live TV on my Xbox that would be great. I have 2 MVPs, 1 HD-200, and 3 xboxes. Once the script allows Live TV, I will be able to hook up the kids rooms as I have xboxes in there. I just want to be able to use stuff I already have.

Looks good so far, keep up the good work!

[aaronb]

I'm having a few problems with this script. I'm running it in Plex, the OSX port of XBMC.

First off, I can't seem to tell it to record a single show, only a series. If I click the "Record Options" button I get a screen with options for quality, etc, but no way to actually tell it to record. The "Record Series" button works fine.

Second, I can only play shows recorded with my HDHomeRun, trying to play a show recorded with the HDPVR nothing happens. Plex plays those shows just fine through SMB.

TIA for any help.

[mikwilli]

Sorry all, I've been taking a break. I just downloaded the latest version of the sagex.api and will test out what I've got so far. If it works I will post it. There is no liveTV support yet. I will look into it. I think I'd need to add in some way to check if its 1080i or p and ignore those as the xbox can only handle up to 720p. I think there are some other threads on this also so I'll see what I can dig up.

For the other questions, I'll start looking at them once I do this next test.

[Cazador]

I am getting the following error? Any one know what this means?

07:43:58 M: 40902656 NOTICE: -->Python Initialized<--
07:43:58 M: 40902656 NOTICE:
07:44:00 M: 35893248 NOTICE: Traceback (most recent call last):
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: File "Q:\scripts\SageTV\SageTV.py", line 83, in ?
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE:
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: s = Setting("Connection", "Ipaddress")
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: File "Q:\scripts\SageTV\SageTV.py", line 57, in __init__
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE:
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(XMLData)
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: File "Q:\system\python\python24.zlib\xml\dom\minidom.py", line 1925, in parseString
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: File "Q:\system\python\python24.zlib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 940, in parseString
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: File "Q:\system\python\python24.zlib\xml\dom\expatbuilder.py", line 223, in parseString
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: xml.parsers.expat
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: .
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: ExpatError
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: :
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE: mismatched tag: line 38, column 2
07:44:00 M: 35872768 NOTICE:
07:44:00 M: 35872768 ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

[Cazador]

I was missing a / in my settings.xml file. All is good.

Though now I have a problem, when I go to watch the show, it shows me a dialog box w/ the "title and address" of the file to play.
Then another dialog box saying "info and address"

[jimwhite]

Originally Posted by mikwilli

Sorry all, I've been taking a break. I just downloaded the latest version of the sagex.api and will test out what I've got so far. If it works I will post it. There is no liveTV support yet. I will look into it. I think I'd need to add in some way to check if its 1080i or p and ignore those as the xbox can only handle up to 720p. I think there are some other threads on this also so I'll see what I can dig up.

For the other questions, I'll start looking at them once I do this next test.

Maybe you can make that an option for those who are running XBMC on an HTPC...

[LehighBri]

I recently got this script working and it works pretty well so far. Have any of you tried putting a SageTV option on the Main Menu in XBMC? Or maybe within the TV Shows menu? Any info on how to launch that script from a menu (other than the scripts menu) would be much appreciated.

[kricker]

Yes you can. You can add it to the home menu. How depends on the skin you are using. Go check out the XBMC forums. If you are still confused PM me. But please try it yourself before hand

[mikwilli]

I've been making some headway. Sorry about the dialog box that is just left over debugging I'll try to make sure and remove those more carfully. With luck I'll have the next version out this week. Testing is ok and things are faster than before which is nice for the traditional Xbox. I'll try to keep in mind the XBMC running on faster systems also and not assume that the hardware is an Xbox. Thanks all for your patience.

[zetronboy]

Thank you to all for the work you have done on this script.

I found through experimentation that the settings.xml entry
<System RecordingPath="" XBMCPath="" />
is case sensitive. The RecordingPath is used to find the smb named path for the recording so if you don't get all of your paths in there with the exact case that sage uses, it will not know what file to playback. Check the web server program/showing info to check the case because the script searches the HTML page for a matching recording path to recognize the mpeg name for this recording. My system records to "G:\RECORDINGS\,\\sagetv\recordings\". These paths MUST end in the slash. The XBMCPath will translate the G:\RECORDINGS\ folder to a samba path that the XBMC can get to. My XBMCPath is "smb://192.168.1.100/recordings/,smb://192.168.1.100/recordings/". I think the matched RecordingPath determines which XMBCPath is used to replace it so I used the same path twice.

This may be a non-issue in the future if the script is updated to use XML or the API discussed here.

[mikwilli]

Zetronboy,
Thanks for finding these. I will make some notes in the example settings file when I distribute the next release. I am much closer but didn't hit getting it all done today. Hopefully next week

[mikwilli]

I started a google project since I think it will take some time to get this stable. I will wait until its relatively stable to post a new version here. In the mean time you can get the alpha at http://code.google.com/p/sagetvxbmcscript/

[swift_gti]

Thanks for your hard work Mike, look forward to trying this out later on.

Can you just clarify - This doesn't presently allow watching LiveTV inside XBMC, Only Recordings ?

I'm on the hunt for a LiveTV solution within XBMC so I can ditch Mediaportal..

[mikwilli]

You are correct it doesn't support live right now. I hope to have this at some point though. Right now its mostly bug fixing the new version and trying to stabilize it so I can release it. Thanks for your support

[kricker]

Has anything changed from the download and what's on the google code page? I haven't looked at it since very early on.

[himay]

Just a quick note -- this is awesome, and easily the most exciting development in the SageTV world I've seen in a while! I can't wait to be able to access LIVE TV from xbmc, that's huge! (the lack of liveTV in xbmc has always been that project's achilles heel, imho...)

Is there a donation link where one might contribute?

[Alfiegerner]

Does anybody know where I can get the latest code for this? Would quite like to have a tinker if that's okay.

[Slack]

Originally Posted by Alfiegerner

Does anybody know where I can get the latest code for this? Would quite like to have a tinker if that's okay.

+1