pyTivo Discussion Forum

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

windracer,

Once you downloaded pyTivo for Linux, what steps did you take to get it to operate under Ubuntu?> I've had it running under Windows for a while and wanted to change it to Linux, but have been having issues with it working.

Thanks,

MuddBuddha

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 160 Location: St. Pete, FL

I don't think I did anything special. Basically:

- created /usr/local/tivo (I have other stuff in that folder)
- unzipped latest pyTiVo snapshot under /usr/local/tivo/pyTivo
- created pytivo init script under /etc/init.d (see attachment)
- ran 'sudo update-rc.d pytivo defaults' to add to startup runlevels

The harder part was building ffmpeg (with DivX/Xvid support):

- sudo apt-get install liblame-dev libxvidcore4-dev libx264-dev libfaac-dev libfaad2-dev
- sudo apt-get build-dep ffmpeg (which installed a TON of other packages including the gcc compiler and libraries)
- sudo apt-get source ffmpeg
- sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-pthreads --enable-dc1394 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-shared --disable-debug
- make, then make install

Finally, if you want to use the photo module you'll need:

- sudo apt-get install python-imaging

Hope that helps.

wmcbrine · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 514

I also use pyTivo under Ubuntu... when I first got it working, all I did was:

1. Unzip (to my home directory)
2. Edit pyTivo.conf
3. ./pyTivo.py

I already had Python and ffmpeg installed, and I didn't set up pyTivo to run at startup.

So, what issues are you having?

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

When I try to run pytivo.py I get PERMISSION DENIED. I tried sudo and got back, unknown command.

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 160 Location: St. Pete, FL

Make sure to set all the .py files as executable:

$ sudo chmod 755 *.py

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

Okay. Got pyTivo up and going. Amazing what you forget when you stop using Linux for a few years. I've had pyTivo running in XP for some time and once I worked around the sub shares issues, it has been flawless and can stream to up to three Tivo's without interruption.

The movies show up in their respective shares, but everything sits still during transfer. No video, just, "Please wait while..."

I don't see ffmpeg running in the system monitor and receive this text in the console:

192.168.0.187 - - [06/Apr/2008 14:23:14] "GET /Action%20Movies/300.avi HTTP/1.1" 200 -
----------------------------------------
Exception happened during processing of request from ('192.168.0.187', 33186)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "SocketServer.py", line 464, in process_request_thread
self.finish_request(request, client_address)
File "SocketServer.py", line 254, in finish_request
self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
File "SocketServer.py", line 522, in __init__
self.handle()
File "BaseHTTPServer.py", line 316, in handle
self.handle_one_request()
File "BaseHTTPServer.py", line 310, in handle_one_request
method()
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/httpserver.py", line 55, in do_GET
plugin.send_file(self, container, name)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/video.py", line 210, in send_file
handler.wfile, tsn)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/transcode.py", line 35, in output_video
transcode(inFile, outFile, tsn)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/transcode.py", line 53, in transcode
cmd_string = config.getFFmpegTemplate(tsn) % settings
KeyError: 'fmpeg_prams'
----------------------------------------
192.168.0.146 - - [06/Apr/2008 14:23:28] "GET /TiVoConnect?Command=QueryContainer&Container=%2F HTTP/1.0" 200 -
192.168.0.187 - - [06/Apr/2008 14:23:28] "GET /TiVoConnect?Command=QueryContainer&Container=%2F HTTP/1.0" 200 -
192.168.0.197 - - [06/Apr/2008 14:23:28] "GET /TiVoConnect?Command=QueryContainer&Container=%2F HTTP/1.0" 200 -
192.168.0.187 - - [06/Apr/2008 14:23:44] "GET /Action%20Movies/300.avi HTTP/1.1" 200 -
----------------------------------------
Exception happened during processing of request from ('192.168.0.187', 33188)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "SocketServer.py", line 464, in process_request_thread
self.finish_request(request, client_address)
File "SocketServer.py", line 254, in finish_request
self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
File "SocketServer.py", line 522, in __init__
self.handle()
File "BaseHTTPServer.py", line 316, in handle
self.handle_one_request()
File "BaseHTTPServer.py", line 310, in handle_one_request
method()
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/httpserver.py", line 55, in do_GET
plugin.send_file(self, container, name)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/video.py", line 210, in send_file
handler.wfile, tsn)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/transcode.py", line 35, in output_video
transcode(inFile, outFile, tsn)
File "/home/thomas/pyTivo/plugins/video/transcode.py", line 53, in transcode
cmd_string = config.getFFmpegTemplate(tsn) % settings
KeyError: 'fmpeg_prams'
----------------------------------------

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 160 Location: St. Pete, FL

You can turn on debugging in your pyTivo.conf, that might provide more detail. Looks like something with ffmpeg parameters?

krkeegan · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

Your ffmpeg_tmpl setting in your pyTivo.conf file has an error. fmpeg_prams is not a valid setting.

You should leave ffmpeg_tmpl blank unless you really need to tinker with it.

Kevin

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

Checked it. It's blank.

I'll revert back to the WinXP side for the week and start again next weekend.

Thanks for the input, Kevin.

krkeegan · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject:

hmm, odd. Where did your linux version of pyTivo come from?

This line seems to suggest that the template setting is using a bad key:

windracer · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 160 Location: St. Pete, FL

ffmpeg_prams shouldn't even be in your pyTivo.conf file unless you're using it, right?

If it's "blank" wouldn't that override the default? Try removing the line altogether.

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

I'm using: pyTivo-2008-04-02-master-09404894dadcfbd297e3090f843766b2f305e6d4.zip

from ~armooo/pyTivo/downloads

Here's what's in my pyTivo.conf

[Admin]
video shares =
type = admin

[Server]
ffmpeg = /home/thomas/ffmpeg-0.cvs20070307/ffmpeg
video_br = 4096k
optres = true
max_video_br = 17408k
ffmpeg_tmpl = %(video_codec)s %(video_fps)s %(video_br)s %(max_video_br)s %(buff_size)s %(aspect_ratio)s -comment pyTivo.py %(audio_br)s %(audio_fr)s %(audio_ch)s %(audio_codec)s %(fmpeg_pram)s %(format)s
beacon = 255.255.255.255
max_audio_br = 448k
debug = false
audio_br = 384k
bufsize = 1024
port = 9032

[Romance Movies]
type = video
path = /media/MOVIES1/Romance_Movies

[Misc Shows]
type = video
path = /media/MOVIES1/Misc_Shows

[Horror Movies]
type = video
path = /media/MOVIES2/Horror_Movies

[Drama Movies]
type = video
path = /media/MOVIES1/Drama_Movies

I tried: pyTivo-2008-04-06-master-098d6b5be13dbaf0931f4989b9e2c05e01d8a9f7.zip

and got the same result.

krkeegan · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject:

I don't know what the "video shares" setting is under your [Admin]. Also in pyTivo.conf less is better. Don't just add settings that mimic the default settings, if you leave them blank you will get the default and will be less likely to have errors. I would clean up the [Server] section, you have a lot in there that doesn't need to be there. i.e. ffmpeg_tmpl, beacon, debug, bufsize and possibly more depending on if you have an S2 or S3.

As I said in my last post DELETE your ffmpeg_tmpl line.

This line is bad:
ffmpeg_tmpl = %(video_codec)s %(video_fps)s %(video_br)s %(max_video_br)s %(buff_size)s %(aspect_ratio)s -comment pyTivo.py %(audio_br)s %(audio_fr)s %(audio_ch)s %(audio_codec)s %(fmpeg_pram)s %(format)s

As the instructions say ffmpeg_tmpl is for very advanced users and most ppl should leave this blank.

MuddBuddha · Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Indianapolis

I have both S2 and S3 Tivo's.

Most of the server section I did not add, particularly the ffmpeg_tmpl section. That was auto generated post saving changes in the port 9032 configuration.

My original file had very little in it other than the shares and port number, etc.

I'll tidy this up and try again.

Thanks for the reply, Kevin. I'll let you know how it goes.

krkeegan · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: