UbuStream plugin not working

[Gort10]

Thanks. I have been away for a week - will try this tomorrow and report back. Thanks again for your prompt response.

[ubu]

The second one wouldn't work anyway since {fullname} gets replaced by the URL, not the station name.

I must have been tired when I wrote this. Actually, {fullname} will be replaced by the name of the file (full directory path and file name - ie: your GBBPVR directory\recording name.mpg) that isl created by the recorder (VLC) so that GBPVR can find it for playback, etc. You should not hard code this value because External Recorder is expecting to build this name itself.

Also, rather than hard code {channel} just look in the UbuStreamCmd.log file to see what channel number UbuStream replaced it with. The log file can be quite useful for diagnosing problems. It gets reinitialised once a day, but if you want to start with a clean copy, just delete it and UbuStream will create a fresh one next time it runs.

[Gort10]

It is definitely an external recorder problem, not a Ubustream problem.

External Recorder does not appear as an option in the "Create Capture Sources" dialog box.

Config.exe.log contains the following entries
5/21/2006 11:47:23 AM.265 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/PluginsEnabled : true
5/21/2006 11:47:23 AM.328 ERROR [1] Error initializing plugin (ReflectionTypeLoadException): C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\plugins\ExternalRecorder.dll
5/21/2006 11:47:23 AM.359 ERROR [1] System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.
at System.Reflection.Module.GetTypesInternal(StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.xc4f12ec3a8a4c96b.xb77fa95273e0c228()
5/21/2006 11:47:23 AM.359 ERROR [1] Loader Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'Save' in type 'ExternalRecorder.ExternalRecorder' from assembly 'ExternalRecorder, Version=0.9.2272.26559, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.
5/21/2006 11:47:23 AM.359 ERROR [1] Loader Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Method 'Save' in type 'ExternalRecorder.ExternalRecorderConfig' from assembly 'ExternalRecorder, Version=0.9.2272.26559, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' does not have an implementation.

I am using Ver 0.9 of External Recorder and 0.97.7 of GBPVR. All External Recorder files are in the correct locations. Ubustream works well in list mode.
The config.exe.log messages are, I am afraid, over my head.

[ubu]

I am using Ver 0.9 of External Recorder and 0.97.7 of GBPVR. All External Recorder files are in the correct locations. Ubustream works well in list mode.

Since you have upgraded to 97.7, the version of ExternalRecorder you have is not going to work.

To find out which plugins are working with 97.7, you should check the "plugins that work under 97.7 and specifically Weather plugin" thread, specifically this post, in which I provide a "temporary" patch to ExternalRecorder to make it work with UbuStream.

A new version of ExternalRecorder has not yet been released but I have talked to NormanR, who is busy with other plugins, and have agreed to do the conversion work. I am currently testing it with SQLite and will release a fully 97.7 compliant version shortly.

UbuStream is already 97.7 compliant in list mode (as you have found) and should work in channel mode if you copy the patched ExternalRecorder dll into your plugins directory. However, I will also be releasing a fully 97.7 compliant version of UbuStream, with SQLite support, in the near future.

This new release of GBPVR has made some fairly fundamental changes to the infrastructure so it will take a little time before all the plugins catch up.

[Gort10]

Thanks again for the prompt response. I was fortunate in that all of my plugins worked flawlessly with 97.7 as did the SQL database conversion. Sub did a great job. I will try the patch and look forward to the release when it is available.

[ubu]

Got through the setup ... checked all of this thread and think i'm close on the setup. Trying to get channel mode working ... Right now, When i select record ... i see command window open and close ... and then windows media player kicks off ... Record fails .... My Log is:

10/8/2006 3:42:47 PM Installed ADO.NET Provider: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbFactory
10/8/2006 3:42:47 PM ...using System.Data.OleDb.OleDbFactory
10/8/2006 3:42:48 PM Poker TV Started:
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe mms://win25ca.audiovideoweb.com/ca25win25001_1 /fullscreen
10/8/2006 3:45:04 PM >>>>>>UbuCmd v0.2 (Mar 2006) - Processing request from GBPVR......
10/8/2006 3:45:04 PM playerParms: out=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=1024,scale=1,acode c=mp2a,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access =file,mux=ps,url=^H:\Recordings\xxxxxx programming.\xxxxxx programming._20061008_15001600.mpg^}}

This question was posted on the UbuStream announcements thread. I have moved the response to this thread.

In order to record the stream you have to use a media player that is capable of recording (VLC or mplayer, for instance). Most of the examples in the UbuStream documentation use VLC. You can use Windows Media Player to view a stream using UbuStream's channel mode if you are using GB-PVR's Live TV mode. But to record or to use timeshift mode, the player has to be able to stream to a file. The parms you are using (displayed as playerParms in your log) are actually VLC parameters and would only work for VLC. Clearly, WMP would not recognise them.

[furnibird]

Hi i am new to gbpvr but is very cool is much better than meedio and is on par with mce. All i need to complete my gbpvr is to listen to my url list of radio staions. i have install ubustream and have put urls in. i can NOT get wmplayer to go to full screen and is there any way of not using wmplayer and just using the gbpvr player. I am using mce remote and my unit is in lounge room.If when using wmplayer i just want to push the back button to end. This is the only thing stopping me using gbpvr. Cheers

[ubu]

Hi i am new to gbpvr but is very cool is much better than meedio and is on par with mce. All i need to complete my gbpvr is to listen to my url list of radio staions. i have install ubustream and have put urls in. i can NOT get wmplayer to go to full screen and is there any way of not using wmplayer and just using the gbpvr player. I am using mce remote and my unit is in lounge room.If when using wmplayer i just want to push the back button to end. This is the only thing stopping me using gbpvr. Cheers

To have WMP play audio streams in full screen mode, you need to check Start player in fullscreen mode and uncheck Hide player when playing audio on the Options->General panel of the UbuStream config app. If that doesn't work for you, check that View->Full mode is checked from the WMP menu.

To exit from the player back to the GB-PVR menu, you need to set one of the buttons on your remote to send the Alt-F4 keystroke combo (instructions for doing this for a standard Hauppauge remote can be found in the UbuStream wiki pages). This will close the window that currently has focus (in this case, the player) and return focus to GB-PVR.

I will be announcing a new plugin, UbuRadio, in the next few days. This plugin is intended for audio streams only, has a simpler UI and offers the choice between playing streams with an embedded internal player or playing streams with the GB-PVR audio player. Stations can be added to the UbuRadio "favourites" playlist by using a "Find Stations" search capability or by manually adding them to a favourites file. Standard GB-PVR key mapping is used in both modes (so the Back button or the Stop button will stop the player and return to GBPVR). Watch this space!

[furnibird]

Wow thanks for such a speedy reply. I think i will wait for the new plug in.I only steam about 10 stations and a few police scanners so this new plug in will be great. i am using the windows mediacenter remote which is not very user friendly when it comes to config buttons.thank you very much.

[ubu]

Wow thanks for such a speedy reply. I think i will wait for the new plug in.I only steam about 10 stations and a few police scanners so this new plug in will be great. i am using the windows mediacenter remote which is not very user friendly when it comes to config buttons.thank you very much.

If you want to give it a try, you can download the "pre-release" version from http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Plugin/UbuRadio

If it works for you, I'll release it officially. I'll likely have to do a bug-fix release after people have hammered on it for a bit, so you might as well install this version and see if it handles your 10 stations.

If you can't find your 10 stations using the "Find Stations" feature, you may have to manually add them to the favourites file. (The UbuStream button "theoretically" will let you add stations from your existing UbuStream database but I've been testing with a new DB format so it may not work with your current database).

Let me know how you get on.