New Plugin: DboxRecorder Plugin

[alibert]

Hi,

I suspect it will probably be a case of give it a try and see what happens!

Thanks
CJ

yes, I think so. If it uses neutrino or enigma, it should work, as the plugin supports both http interfaces.

-alibert

[TinUK]

Hi,

I installed this software today, so far, i have successfully connected to dbox, and got channel list. channels are mapped ok. when i select a channel to watch, the box changes channel, i get message about timeshifting then get dumped out to previous screen. recording works.

any help is appreciated.

thankyou.

tin.

[alibert]

Hi,

Hi,

I installed this software today, so far, i have successfully connected to dbox, and got channel list. channels are mapped ok. when i select a channel to watch, the box changes channel, i get message about timeshifting then get dumped out to previous screen. recording works.

any help is appreciated.

thankyou.

tin.

in the gbpvr config application on the "Misc" tab, is "Use Live Preview Mode if possible" checked (mustn't be checked to work with the plugin)?

If not, zip and attach your logs and I'll have a look.

-alibert

[TinUK]

thanks for the reply, yes that option is unchecked.
I have v0.96 on another pc working perfectly. 0.99 is the version i'm having trouble with.
i have attached logs.

thanks.

[alibert]

Hi,

thanks for the reply, yes that option is unchecked.
I have v0.96 on another pc working perfectly. 0.99 is the version i'm having trouble with.
i have attached logs.

thanks.

strange - it's working here also in the latest build.

Are the files actually created when you start a timeshifted live-tv session?
I saw that there are requests sent to the plugin some seconds after the recording has started, and then the plugin stops the recording again.

-alibert

[TinUK]

Thanks for haqving a look at this for me, I have sorted it now, it was because I had no mpeg codecs on this pc, as it has no dvd drive there was no software mpeg decoder. That is why i couldnt play my recording. I installed a codec and now works like a charm.
Tin.

[Rayman]

over the past while - i've posted numerous times
trying to pin down the source of my streaming problems with a dreambox 500si.

A RESOLUTION IS AT HAND !!
the 500s / si and at least the 7020 also - prob the 5620 and the 7000 as well i might guess all have what might be described as a "weak" network interface.

Consultation of the actual chip aplication note and the circuit o nthe dreambox reveals that the filter capacitiors on the rails and in particular the supply to the phase locked loop are too small - tha application note indicates 4.7uF tantalum capacitors, the ones fitted are either 0.1 or at best 0.47 uF.

The modification to fix this has been seen on units that have been returned to dreambox for repair in europe.

I have modified my dreambox, adding 4.7uf Tantalums and a bigger filter cap - works like a dream.

It seems that short cables and slow connections 10Bt are enough to be able to limp through enough traffic, but put it on a 25m cable to a 100BT switch and you are lucky to be able to acheive throughputs beyond 0.5MB /s - somewhat low for streaming.

Attactched please find details of the modification - appologies that its in spanish but its the best i could find.

I have no idea if this is an issue with the dbox2 but would guess not.
for those of you with a dreambox - i strongly suggest you get the mod done - even if you are able to stream successfully, the bad packets and retransmissions can't be helping on your networks - unless its a completely dedicated connection.

http://www.users.on.net/~rdekens/500s_Hardware_mod.pdf

Hope this helps someone else.
Alibert - its finally solved !

Link fixed

Regards
Rayman

[pt-1]

@Alibert

Did you know that the latest YWeb/Tuxbox changes now allow to get EPG in XML Format out of the Dbox ..?

Example:

Code:

http://192.168.178.7/control/epg?xml=true&channelid=7fd0002189d&details=true&max=2

Result (BBC1 Sat)

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
- <epglist>
  <channel_id>7fd0002189d</channel_id>
- <channel_name>
- <![CDATA[ BBC 1 London
  ]]>
  </channel_name>
- <prog>
  <eventid>575616336376187351</eventid>
  <eventid_hex>7fd0002189d49d7</eventid_hex>
  <start_sec>1177045200</start_sec>
  <start_t>06:00</start_t>
  <date>20.04.2007</date>
  <stop_sec>1177056900</stop_sec>
  <stop_t>09:15</stop_t>
  <duration_min>195</duration_min>
- <description>
- <![CDATA[ †Breakfast‡
  ]]>
  </description>
- <info1>
- <![CDATA[ Start your day with all the latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. Includes regional news at 25 and 55 minutes past each hour. [S]
  ]]>
  </info1>
- <info2>
- <![CDATA[
  ]]>
  </info2>
  </prog>
- <prog>
  <eventid>575616336376187365</eventid>
  <eventid_hex>7fd0002189d49e5</eventid_hex>
  <start_sec>1177056900</start_sec>
  <start_t>09:15</start_t>
  <date>20.04.2007</date>
  <stop_sec>1177059600</stop_sec>
  <stop_t>10:00</stop_t>
  <duration_min>45</duration_min>
- <description>
- <![CDATA[ †Missing‡
  ]]>
  </description>
- <info1>
- <![CDATA[ Behind the scenes at Missing Persons Units. In August 2004 Brian Watson walked out of a Derby hospital and disappeared without a trace. [S]
  ]]>
  </info1>
- <info2>
- <![CDATA[
  ]]>
  </info2>
  </prog>
  </epglist>

Would this be any good for you ..?

Source: http://cvs.tuxbox.org/tuxbox/apps/tuxbox...ev=1.2#epg

[alibert]

Hi,

Would this be any good for you ..?

Source: http://cvs.tuxbox.org/tuxbox/apps/tuxbox...ev=1.2#epg

epg data has always been available through the nhttp api (http://dbox/control/epg), but it can't be used by the plugin directly. One would have to implement a tool that would "harvest" the epg data from each transponder and then exports it into the xmltv format so that gbpvr can read it.

-alibert

[dweeb4]

Hi Alibert,

I have this working on a Dreambox 500C - brilliant plugin & great PVR

Is there a way to record from the the 500C into a native transport stream file on the PC i.e do no processing of the grabbed file just save it to disk.

This is the format when using direct recording on the Dreambox and would allow you to look at the list of recordings directly from the Dreambox & play them directly without the need for GB-PVR.