pyTivo Discussion Forum

zigmo · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 24

Thanks for the help - here's the file.
I'll download another zip client and see if that makes a difference, too.

rdian06 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 463

Wow. That directory listing is weird.

I'm not sure how, but I suspect Zip Genius has a bug with extracting tar gz files.

Specifically, the __init__.py files in plugins and each of the sub directories should be 0 bytes. However, your directory listing is showing them as 9,871,360 bytes each.

Definitely find a different extraction utility.

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 157 Location: St. Pete, FL

Try 7Zip.

zigmo · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 24

Hello 7zip, goodbye zipgenius. It looks like it did have a bug.
I re-extracted the archive, copied over the four files and ... it kinda works now.
When I run pyTivo console I get a new error message:

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 157 Location: St. Pete, FL

That warning about Cheetah is normal, you can ignore it.

Once you add the tivo_username and tivo_password to your config, it should work.

zigmo · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 24

Okay - I'll ignore it.
I added my Tivo username and password to the admin section, which didn't work. Next I moved it to the server section, which seemed to work, until I got the browser error message:

rdian06 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 463

Double check your tivo username and password.

I think from looking at the code, it's trying to log into Tivo and not getting back the information that it's requesting.

wmcbrine · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 514

Two things:

1. There seem to be a lot of transient errors with TiVo Inc.'s "mind" server (which is where it's trying to connect). If you try again later, with no changes, it may work.

2. It's not entirely clear whether the push feature will work for those who haven't bought a license for TiVo Desktop Plus, and/or used it to initially connect to the mind server -- the only people who I've seen report that push definitely works are those who already had TD+.

wgw · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 261

FYI, I've never purchased TD+. The pytivo push feature works well for me when I push 1-2 files at a time. But if I try to queue up several files one after another it fails.

zigmo · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 24

I was making a stupid mistake on the last step - I had my password wrong. One simple correction, and it's working fine.
I had TD+ already, so I don't know if that's helping or not.
Thank you all who helped me. I truly appreciate it.

baggsey · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 3

Having followed previous instructions to install WMCBRINE's fork of pytivo, with the intent of using the push feature, I get the following text returned when I select "My Videos" from the "Video Shares" item on the first page of the web configurator.

I have previously added by tivo_username and tivo_password into the Admin section. All help gratefully received.

Text returned in Internet Explorer :

FAMILY ROOM 0 1 x-container/tivo-videos x-container/folder 1 -884514289 video/x-tivo-mpeg video/x-ms-wmv 1553843520 2682200 0 0x48cd919f video/x-tivo-mpeg No /My%20Videos/Big%20Apple%20-%20Episode%20One%20remux.mpg video/* No urn:tivo:image:save-until-i-delete-recording text/xml No /TiVoConnect?Command=TVBusQuery&Container=My%20Videos&File=/Big%20Apple%20-%20Episode%20One%20remux.mpg My Videos \Big Apple - Episode One remux.mpg

rdian06 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 463

baggsey · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 3

Sorry for the confusion - I meant to say that tivo_username and tivo_password are in the Server Section - my typo. I have no problem either pulling video from the PC to the Tivo with pytivo console running, or pulling content from TiVo to PC using pytivo.........the problem is the raw XML code which is displayed when I choose Share Videos from the main page.
I'll try Firefox as you suggest.

baggsey · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 3

I installed Firefox and the "Share Videos" page came up fine...must have been an Internet Explorer configuration problem. Thanks rdian06!