Plugin :: PlayOn for SageTV v1.5

[xred]

Originally Posted by SWKerr

It appears that the Playon menu is next to the Online menu normally but once I turn on Diamond it goes to the bottom just below the exit. In the Demo it appears to be in the right place. Is this an option I have missed or is that just the way it works right now.

I also would be for having the option to it under Online. Since you can access both Netfix and Hulu ques in the normal Movies and TV shows view in Diamond I seldom have a need to go directly into the Play on Menu.

Great plugin by the way.

Bump on this. I see the same issue re: the position of PlayOn under Diamond.

I would also prefer to have the "old" option to integrate the Online and PlayOn menus if possible.

[craig33761]

Originally Posted by craig33761

For the time being I'm still humming along with a 4x3 TV.

Adjusting the overscan settings fixed the problem, although it's also pushed the menus further out to the edges of the screen, in a week I probably won't even notice it anymore.

Evilpenguin said, "The line is probably in the video itself" so, I'm curious why more people aren't seeing it, is there something different about our Playon/system setup?

In any case, it's fixed, and I'm glad, it really was ruining Playon for me.

-Craig

Ok, it appears I spoke too soon about having this fixed. Even after playing with the overscan settings the blue line still appears, the best I've been able to do is adjust the vertical offset by 15. I now have a smaller blue line on the top and bottom of the picture. I've also noticed a line of video distortion running along the bottom of the picture just above the blue line. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them.
-Craig

[vhm9ks]

I've done some searching and haven't found anything on this. When I use the playon plugin with Netflic on the MVP, the video is at the top of the screen, with one large black bar on the bottom. Other Sagetv video plays fine.

[wheelrandolph]

Hi All,
Recently signed up for mlb.tv and Playon works great; also used with Netflix and Amazon Vod. Only problem is on my HD-200 when I go to Today's games it actually shows yesterday's games marked Final. I have to go into the back room to Sage Server and turn Playon OFF and then ON again to refresh it. Is there any solution to this or a way I can Refresh Playon from the HD-200 and the SageTV screen?

Thanks for any help.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by vhm9ks

I've done some searching and haven't found anything on this. When I use the playon plugin with Netflic on the MVP, the video is at the top of the screen, with one large black bar on the bottom. Other Sagetv video plays fine.

While I have not noticed this with either Netflix or Hulu, I do notice it with other Sources from PLayon... TVLinks in particular.

In the 'old' thread, someone mentioned that this issue was solved in the Plugin version, but no so much...

The videos play fine, but between all the transcoding/'stuff' going on (Web Source -> TVLinks -> Playon -> Playon Plugin for SageTV -> SageTV - MediaMVP), I do not know where to look.... I think it is in the final transcode to mgp for the MediaMVP, but that is a Sage issue.

I will turn on debug logging in Sage to see if it shows anything...

-Jason

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Jason

.... I think it is in the final transcode to mgp for the MediaMVP, but that is a Sage issue.

-Jason

Wow... talk about resurrecting a zombie thread! I went on a 'hunt' through the forums and found this... It is the SageTVTranscoder and the way it views' the input video.

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...06&postcount=9

-Jason

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Jason

It is the SageTVTranscoder and the way it views' the input video.

Well that did not work as intended... Viewing the debug logging, the file format is detected as :

Sat 6/11 13:25:25.070 [AsyncWatch@bec7f5] AV Format:Ret:0 Program:1 Duration:299b1a4a Format:AV-INF|f=MPEG2-PS;br=524000;[bf=vid;f=MPEG2-Video;fps=29.970030;fpsn=30000;fpsd=1001;ar=2.352941;arn=40;ard=17;w=640;h=272;lace=0;cs=yuv420p;main=yes;tag=e0;index=0;];[bf=aud;f=MP2;sr=44100;ch=2;br=192000;main=yes;tag=c0;index=1;];(0:01:09.803'066.6)
Sat 6/11 13:25:25.071 [AsyncWatch@bec7f5] File Format Parsed-2a C:\Users\Jason\AppData\Local\Temp\OnlineVideo3615325806140870444.flv=MPEG2-PS 0:01:09 524 kbps [#0 Video[MPEG2-Video 29.97003 fps 640x272 40:17 progressive id=e0]#1 Audio[MP2 44100 Hz 2 channels 192 kbps MAIN idx=1 id=c0]]
Sat 6/11 13:25:25.088 [AsyncWatch@bec7f5] File Format Parsed-2b C:\Users\Jason\AppData\Local\Temp\OnlineVideo3615325806140870444.flv=MPEG2-PS 0:01:09 524 kbps [#0 Video[MPEG2-Video 29.97003 fps 640x272 40:17 progressive id=e0]#1 Audio[MP2 44100 Hz 2 channels 192 kbps MAIN idx=1 id=c0]]

For most files, the MVP detects and displays the AR/Size correctly. For this file (and quite a few others...) the MVP displays the "bottom black bar" syndrome.

Is there anyone here who can enlighten me as to how to have this auto-magically display on the MVP correctly? For reference here are the transcode qualities listed in sage.properties:

media_server/transcode_quality/DVD=-f dvd -b 4000 -s 720x480 -acodec mp2 -r 29.97 -ab 128 -ar 48000 -ac 2
media_server/transcode_quality/DVD6Ch=-f dvd -b 4000 -s 720x480 -acodec ac3 -r 29.97 -ab 384 -ar 48000 -ac 6
media_server/transcode_quality/DVDAudioOnly=-f dvd -vcodec copy -acodec mp2 -ab 384 -ar 48000 -ac 2
media_server/transcode_quality/DVDP=-f dvd -b 4000 -s 720x576 -acodec mp2 -r 29.97 -ab 128 -ar 48000 -ac 2
media_server/transcode_quality/DVDS=-f dvd -b 4000 -aspect 4\:3 -padtop 30 -padbottom 60 -g 3 -bf 0 -acodec mp2 -ab 128 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -s 640x360 -r 25
media_server/transcode_quality/SVCD=-f dvd -b 2000 -g 3 -bf 0 -acodec mp2 -ab 128 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -s 352x240 -r 29.97
media_server/transcode_quality/SVCD6Ch=-f dvd -b 2000 -g 3 -bf 0 -acodec ac3 -ab 384 -ar 48000 -ac 6 -s 352x240 -r 29.97

-Jason

[Jason]

OK... It is a combination of Playon AND the way that Sage serves up files to the MVP...

For starters, Playon has not seen fit to implement proper aspect ratios... Check here for documentation:

http://www.playon.tv/forum/media-dev...ased-transcode

and the relevant Gspot screen captures:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...-aka-dar-2.png.

In addition, Sage should be able to overcome this through the use of the media_server/transcode_quality setting in the properties file. However, as set, it does not implement the '-aspect 1.3333' (at least for the SD MediaMVP) flag when SageTVTranscoder.exe (FFmpeg in sheeps clothing...) takes over.

I tried to add in the following to the properties file:

media_server/transcode_quality/DVD2=-f -target ntsc-dvd -b 4000k -acodec mp2 -ab 128k -ar 48000 -aspect 1.3333

and then change the following line in the subsequent client properties file:

miniclient/transcode_mode=DVD2

but it never seemed to 'work' as I thought... Does anyone know what I may have missed?

-Jason

[craig33761]

Originally Posted by craig33761

Ok, it appears I spoke too soon about having this fixed. Even after playing with the overscan settings the blue line still appears, the best I've been able to do is adjust the vertical offset by 15. I now have a smaller blue line on the top and bottom of the picture. I've also noticed a line of video distortion running along the bottom of the picture just above the blue line. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them.
-Craig

Update: On a hunch I decided to mess with the video rendering under detailed settings. With it set to "VMR9", finally success! (and this time I double checked ).

Now for the bad news, unfortunately VMR9 is causing some jerkiness with recorded TV, and the picture appears washed-out. I'm guessing the performance problem could be caused by the on-board video, I need to throw a graphics card in to test, but I'm reluctant for this to be a permanent fix because I already have concerns about heat.

For right now I've set rendering back to "overlay" as TV is the priority. When I get some more time I'll throw in a spare gaming card which I know has plenty of horsepower, and see about getting VMR9 working properly.

-Craig

[patja]

Love this plugin. Thank you for all of the work on it. I've been using it for months with no problems that weren't solved by either a plugin or playon version update, until now...

If I do "Playon / Netflix / Netflix Queue" I get no videos found

If I do "Playon / Netflix / New movies to watch... / Page 1" I get videos and can play them

If I do "Playon / Playon / Browse Playon / Netflix / Instant Queue / Date Added" all of my instant queue entries show up and can be played (but oh the navigation tedium that entails!)

What should I try to get "Playon / Netflix / Netflix Queue" working again?

Log file attached.

[evilpenguin]

Sounds like PlayOn's broken and they just don't have the fix out yet. Go ahead and try to pull up your Queue and then once it fails, go into the PlayOn control panel and send them a bug report.

[tonysathre]

Can you host PlayOn on a separate box from SageTV?

[robind]

Originally Posted by tonysathre

Can you host PlayOn on a separate box from SageTV?

Yes, as long as they are on the same LAN it should work fine.

[tonysathre]

Originally Posted by robind

Yes, as long as they are on the same LAN it should work fine.

Awesome! Thanks man.

[bialio]

EP - is there a known issue with the Queue Importer - I'm having trouble with a few shows. Stargate SG-1 ends up with files that appear to think the title of the show is "1" (appears to be looking after the - only).

Then 'The IT Crowd' looks like it has an extra level of folders - The IT Crowd -> Series 1 -> Season 1 -> *.m4v - so BMT isn't having any luck with these.

[wayner]

I have run into the issue once again where I don't have any Fanart for my Netflix movies. And, similar to when I had the issue in the past, the year appears to be appended to the movie title. Note that this is not the case for non-Netflix movies.

Example - Movie Title (according to BMT) "The Hunt for Red October (1990)". With BMT I can go in and manually reload the Fanart by using the Find Metadata function.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Can you think of any reason why this issue would have reappeared?

[wayner]

Bump - is no one else seeing this? I was having problems with Playon - I updated it today and once again I have no Fanart for my Netflix movies. The wierd thing is that they do have metadata - just no Fanart. And when I use the Find Metadata button of BMT it does bring in the Fanart.

[gplasky]

You recently couldn't log into Netflix from Playon. The test button for login would fail. A Playon patch has been released. Maybe this will help.

Gerry

[wayner]

I applied the PlayOn patch and I was able to play but there is still the weirdness with the Fanart that I had to fix manually.

[MitchSchaft]

Guys, I ran the "playon server reset" option from inside Sage the other night. Now none of my presets show up under the main menu Playon link. I have to navigate to the UPnPBrowser link and manually choose the PC to get my links to show up. Did I break something? Here's my log file:

Welcome to UPnPBrowser v1.6 (Built on 16:41:30.71 05-01-2011 )! (Tue Aug  9 13:39:57 2011
  + Path: C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\SageOnlineServicesEXEs
  + Checking: (C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\SageOnlineServicesEXEs)
  + Checking: (C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV)
  + Found SageTV Dir: (C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV)
    - SageTV Version: (SageTV V7.1.9.256)
    - STV Version   : (2011080501)
  + Reading Presets (20110320)
    - PlayOn :  ("/search" "PlayON:+1")
    - Browse_PlayOn :  ("/search" "PlayON:+1")
    - Hulu :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:+1")
    - Hulu_Options :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:Playback Options:+1")
    - Hulu_Queue :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:User Queue:Sort By Date:+1")
    - Popular_TV :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:Popular:Popular Shows:+1")
    - Popular_Movies :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:Popular:Popular Feature Films:+1")
    - Browse_Movies :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:Movies:+1")
    - Browse_TV_Shows :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Shows:+1")
    - Browse_TV_Networks :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:+1")
    - Netflix :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:+1")
    - Netflix_Queue :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:Instant Queue:Queue Top 50:+1")
    - Browse_Genres :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:Browse Genres:+1")
    - New_Arrivals :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:New Arrivals:+1")
    - FOX :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:^FOX$:Popular Titles:+1")
    - CBS :  ("/search" "PlayON:CBS:Primetime:+1")
    - ABC :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:^ABC$:Popular Titles:+1")
    - NBC :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:^NBC$:Popular Titles:+1")
    - USA :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:^USA$:Popular Titles:+1")
    - FX :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Networks:^FX$:Popular Titles:+1")
    - Comedy_Central :  ("/search" "PlayON:Comedy Central:Full Episodes:+1")
    - TBS :  ("/search" "PlayON:TBS:Full Episodes:+1")
    - SpikeTV :  ("/search" "PlayON:Spike TV:+1")
    - MTV :  ("/search" "PlayON:MTV:Shows:Popular:+1")
    - Amazon_VOD :  ("/search" "PlayON:Amazon VOD:Video Library:+1")
    - MTV_Music_Videos :  ("/search" "PlayON:MTV:Music:+1")
    - Vevo :  ("/search" "PlayON:Vevo:+1")
    - Nick :  ("/search" "PlayON:Nick:^Nick$:+1")
    - Nick_Toons :  ("/search" "PlayON:Nick:^NickToons$:+1")
    - PBS_Kids :  ("/search" "PlayON:PBS Kids:Go:+1")
    - PBS_PreSchool :  ("/search" "PlayON:PBS Kids:Pre.School:+1")
    - PBS :  ("/search" "PlayON:^PBS$:Programs:+1")
    - CNN :  ("/search" "PlayON:CNN:+1")
    - NHL :  ("/search" "PlayON:NHL:+1")
    - MLB :  ("/search" "PlayON:MLB:+1")
    - NFL_Rewind :  ("/search" "PlayON:NFL Game Rewind:+1")
    - ESPN_TV_Shows :  ("/search" "PlayON:^ESPN$:TV Shows:+1")
    - ESPN_Sports :  ("/search" "PlayON:^ESPN$:Categories:+1")
    - ESPN3 :  ("/search" "PlayON:ESPN3:+1")
    - Fox_News :  ("/search" "PlayON:Fox News:+1")
    - Pandora_Radio :  ("/search" "PlayON:Pandora:My Stations:+1")
    - Cartoon_Network :  ("/search" "PlayON:Cartoon Network:+1")
    - Adult_Swim :  ("/search" "PlayON:Adult Swim:Comedy:+1")
    - Syfy :  ("/search" "PlayON:Syfy Rewind:+1")
    - TV.com :  ("/search" "PlayON:TV.com:+1")
    - Oprah_Network :  ("/search" "PlayON:Oprah Winfrey Network:+1")
    - BET :  ("/search" "PlayON:BET:Alphabetical:+1")
    - March_Madness :  ("/search" "PlayON:NCAA March Madness:+1" )
    - Lost :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:Instant Queue:Queue Top 50:Lost. Season 3:+1" )
    - Check_Comedy :  ("/search" "PlayON:Netflix:Instant Queue:Genres:Comedy:+1")
    - Check_Naruto :  ("/search" "PlayON:Hulu:TV Genres:Animation and Cartoons:All:Naruto Shippuden:Full Episodes:+1")
  + Parsing switches
    - optionsString: "/search" "PlayON:+1" 
          + Original ("/search" "PlayON:+1" )
          + Quoted (quote0 quote1 )
          + Split (quote0 quote1)
        - Replacing quote0: /search
        - Replacing quote1: PlayON:+1
    - Adding to to options Hash
      + Key: search ()
      + Value: PlayON:+1
  + /serverSearchTimeout : (1)
  + Breaking up /search into options
    - /device : (PlayON)
    - /depth : (0)
    - /path  : (PlayON/)
  + Looking for UPnP Server: PlayON
    - Found Cache (UPnPBrowser.PlayOn (BedroomPC).cache)
       - Checking if cache is valid...
LOOPING: PlayON/
  + GetContent from: PlayON ()
    - Found UID (0), outputing directory
      / Hulu
      / Amazon VOD
      / CBS
      / Comedy Central
      / TV.com
      / TBS
      / Syfy Rewind
      / Adult Swim
      / Spike TV
      / NFL Game Rewind
      / Fox Soccer
      / National Geographic
      / PBS
      / Cartoon Network
      / YouTube
      / Vevo
      / PlayLater Recordings
      / PlayOn Info
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