pyTivo Discussion Forum

felciano · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 3

Hi --

About a week ago my pyTivo files stopped showing up on the NPL. I've been trying to debug it and am stumped. The only network configuration changes are the addition of a Mac to the network and reboot of the router. I've removed the Mac and rebooted the router several times, to no avail.

pyTivo is running on 192.168.1.10 and the Tivo is on 192.168.1.2. I see the GET /TiVoConnect command from 192.168.1.2 coming through regularly. I went through all the steps at http://pytivo.armooo.net/wiki/TroubleShoot and have verified that the firewall is open and the pyTivo web interface is accessible from other machines.

I tried manually adding the 192.168.1.10 server on the Tivo Photos page, and it CANNOT see 192.168.1.10. I can't tell whether this is because I don't have Tivo Desktop running or not. I assume that I should turn off all Tivo Desktop software in order to debug this, including the Tivo Beacon service -- correct?

Tivo Series 2, using the default Windows pyTivo install (not sure where to find the version number, but I definitely didn't download a version from the git servers).

Any suggestions?

Ramon

wmcbrine · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 444

If you see the GET commands, then I doubt the problem is one of network configuration. Maybe your shares are messed up in pyTivo.conf?

Manually adding a server only works if you have "beacon: listen" (or "beacon: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx listen"; the point is, it has to have "listen") in your pyTivo.conf; and if, yes, TiVo Desktop is not running on the same machine (since it grabs the same port 2190 that "beacon: listen" wants to use). I wouldn't worry about it, since the requests are already coming through.

felciano · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 3

Well, I'm at a loss. Now I am not able to reliably see the GET commands.

Here are some other things I've done to debug this:

- Set up static addresses on the router so that the Tivo, PCs, etc always get the same IP addresses.
- Rebooted everything.
- Reconfirmed the previous findings (e.g. I can log in to pyTivo from a different machine).
- Turned the firewall OFF completely.
- Created a simple test directory with one video file in it to serve up.

My config file, minus access key, is below:

---------------------------------------------
[Admin]
tivo_mak = 5260XXXXXX
type = admin

[Video Test]
type = video

[Music Test]
type = music

[My Videos]
type = video
auto_subshares = True
path = D:\VideoTest

[Server]
beacon = 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.255
port = 9032
ffmpeg = C:\Program Files\pyTivo\plugins\video\ffmpeg_mp2.exe

---------------------------------------------

Any suggestions? Is there a way to verify that the Tivo can see the pyTivo installation (given that other PCs can see it)?

Ramon

wmcbrine · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 444

Your beacon line is wrong, although I don't think it will help you to fix it. Take out the "192.168.1.20". Only broadcast addresses should be listed there.

felciano · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 3

Not sure if anyone is still tracking this thread, but I just got back from 10 days of vacation and it seems we had a power outtage while we were gone. Everything has rebooted now and pyTivo seems to be working now. Not a solution approach I'd recommend in general, but... Smile