Using MVP + GBPVR to navigate cable on demand menus.

[jksmurf]

You can check the http connection info from a browser http://mvpip/connect.log

Hmm I don't get a http://mediamvp.lounge/connect.log . http://mediamvp.lounge gives me the GUI ok though :confused:

Then, use mvpmc's filesystem to go to /etc/mvpmc and hit enter on the file and the event should be triggered.

Well the file is there, I hit enter, it says 0%...but nothing in EG is triggered? Tried with Windows FW off too... :confused:

Any um....hints?

k.

[mvallevand]

Hmm I don't get a http://mediamvp.lounge/connect.log . http://mediamvp.lounge gives me the GUI ok though :confused:

Well the file is there, I hit enter, it says 0%...but nothing in EG is triggered? Tried with Windows FW off too... :confused:

Any um....hints?

k.

It sounds like the m3u is wrong. Could you pass the line here. If your server isn't registered in the dns you might need an ip and not a name.

Martin

[jksmurf]

It sounds like the m3u is wrong. Could you pass the line here. If your server isn't registered in the dns you might need an ip and not a name.

Martin

The file EventGhost.m3u is in the share C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Dongle\mvpmc

In EventGhost.m3u I tried (seperately)

http://localhost/emptypage.html?MyEvent
http://192.168.1.10/emptypage.html?MyEvent

Both of these trigger the EG event when run from an IE Browser.

k.

[mvallevand]

The file EventGhost.m3u is in the share C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Dongle\mvpmc

In EventGhost.m3u I tried (seperately)

http://localhost/emptypage.html?MyEvent
http://192.168.1.10/emptypage.html?MyEvent

Both of these trigger the EG event when run from an IE Browser.

k.

For sure localhost will fail, that is truly the "local" host which would be the mvp itself.

Are there any onscreen message on mvpmc when you open
EventGhost.m3u? I'm thinking that EventGhost isn't returning an http response like 200 after doing its action which might also explain the freeze.

Martin

[jksmurf]

:o Sorry, you said test it works on the browser...it did :-)
No message in MVP just stays at 0%
No message in EG either.

k.

[mvallevand]

:o Sorry, you said test it works on the browser...it did :-)
No message in MVP just stays at 0%
No message in EG either.

k.

I had a thought of another test. Change the ip to 127.0.0.1 and see what happens. The connect.log should look like this

Connecting to http://127.0.0.1/emptypage.html?MyEvent
HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found

If that works something is wrong with the EventGhost webserver. Maybe it is being blocked by a firewall, something else is on port 80 or you need to configure it to allow external connections.

Martin

[mvallevand]

It must be misconfiguration at your end. I realized I could install EventGhost on one of my virtual machines with no risk and here is what my mvp connect.log looks like:

Code:

Connecting to http://172.16.3.9/emptypage.html?MyEvent
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Server: SimpleHTTP/0.6 Python/2.5
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:03:41 GMT
Content-type: text/html
Content-Length: 21
Last-Modified: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:03:35 GMT

The Event is just a Show OSD Action but that works just fine and I can get one after another without any errors that I can see.

Martin

[jksmurf]

It must be misconfiguration at your end. I realized I could install EventGhost on one of my virtual machines with no risk ... the Event is just a Show OSD Action but that works just fine and I can get one after another without any errors that I can see. Martin

Yeah, I'm guessing you're correct. Like I said way above though, I did try it with Windows Firewall (FW) off. So I thought I'd covered that. I'll play around with it a little while. Thanks for going to the extent of installing EG and having a crack at it, I really appreciate that. It's frustrating, I'm "this close", I know the webpage fires it up, just the MVP script.

btw

1. Should it give me a connect.log regardless of whether I run the Evneghost.m3u? I get the HTTP 404 error file not found error when I try accessing connect.log. (but I CAN access the mvpmc GUI) http://mediamvp.lounge/connect.log = NG while http://mediamvp.lounge=OK.
2. Does yours say "palying, 0%" when you trigger an event? That seems odd, like it thinks it's an audio file.
3.


k.

[mvallevand]

1. Should it give me a connect.log regardless of whether I run the Evneghost.m3u?

Could you zip your m3u and attach it? You should always get a connect.log and not the 404

2. Does yours say "palying, 0%" when you trigger an event? That seems odd, like it thinks it's an audio file.

Inititally but that clears when it loads. You will see this occasionally on the mpvmc main menu to its a remnant of the filesystem that I use for both http and a/v in emulation mode.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Here it is.

Can I check for a connect.log using putty (what an odd name). Where should it reside?

k.

btw, in files that are accessed by linux, should that be a single / or a double //?
IIRC I think we had discussion about these earlier and was wondering if it was different when mvpmc invokes it or when IE invokes it?