Using R5000-HD with Network Recorder Plugin

[mvallevand]

I see the error on connect

File "opendct.py", line 69, in sendMessage
sock.connect(server_address)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused

Could you try VERSION again?

I do expect PROPERTIES could fail and I see it it got past the connect line.

Martin

[checkbin99]

Testing from my SageTV Ubuntu Linux server, where SageTV connects to the R5000 fine:

root@sagetv-linux:/home/sagetv# python3 opendct.py VERSION
VERSION
2

Exit


root@sagetv-linux:/home/sagetv# python3 opendct.py PROPERTIES
PROPERTIES
Exit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "opendct.py", line 188, in <module>
main(sys.argv)
File "opendct.py", line 41, in main
payload = sendMessage(message)
File "opendct.py", line 74, in sendMessage
data = sock.recv(1024)
socket.timeout: timed out

[mvallevand]

Ok that is better it is connecting now. It must have been the windows linefeed. We just don't know if we need the property or not.

Try

python3 opendct.py START R5ooo-HD channel-number filename-on-the-r5000 server

run for 10 seconds or so and check if it is recording to the file on the r5000 box

this should stop it

python3 opendct.py STOP R5ooo-HD

Martin

[checkbin99]

OK, the NextCom app indicates its recording and when I run the second command it stops. The only thing is I can't find the file that it seems to be creating. :-) Doing a search of the C drive but haven't found it.... yet.

[mvallevand]

Sounds really positive, if you didn't give a path it will like be with the server. That is what OpenDCT did.

Martin

[checkbin99]

Yes it does.  I tried giving it a c:\<filename> but it changed it to c:<filename> (without the slash).  Found it!  It was saved in C:\Program Files (x86)\R5000HD.  Played the file with VLC and it looks great!

[mvallevand]

Best to use the slash since windows and linux accept it and you don't need to escape it.

Does your r5000 server support direct streaming back to SageTV without needing the intermediate file? If so we can try the final test

python3 opendct.py START R5ooo-HD channel-number | ffplay -i pipe: -v panic

you can pipe it to file if you prefer.

You shouldn't need the stop, when the pipe is broken it will stop automatically.

If streaming doesn't work the results are unknown.

Martin

[checkbin99]

I'm not sure if the R5000 supports streaming directly back to SageTV.  I suspect not, since when I set up SageTV with the R5000 it has to record to a shared drive with the same path on both the R5000 and SageTV servers.  I tried the command you suggested with this result:

desktop:~/Downloads$ python3 opendct.py START R5ooo-HD 190 | ffplay -i pipe: -v panic
START R5ooo-HD|8888|190|12345678|stdout|Great
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 916, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 864, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "opendct.py", line 92, in media_server
    sockMediaServer.bind((host, port))  # bind host address and port together
OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

OK

Exit

[mvallevand]

That error looks like you can't open the ,server on port 7818. It might need sudo. You did get an ok back but that might mine it was recording. Check for the file stdout on the server

Martin

[checkbin99]

still error using sudo:

desktop:~/Downloads$ sudo python3 opendct.py START R5ooo-HD 190 | ffplay -i pipe: -v panic
START R5ooo-HD|8888|190|12345678|stdout|Great
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 916, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 864, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "opendct.py", line 92, in media_server
    sockMediaServer.bind((host, port))  # bind host address and port together
OSError: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

OK

Exit


Yes, I see in the NetxCom app that the R5000 is recording and in the R5000 base directory I see a file being created called 12345678