nDroid v1.3.x (Beta) support thread

[bgowland]

Everything looks fine at the server end. Best guess is the nDroid client isn't processing the EPG import correctly.

If you email me the zip files from the "...\nDroid Service\data\zip" folder I can try and reproduce things. My email address is available through my Profile here.

Just out of interest, what version of Android are you running?

Cheers,
Brian

[txinga]

Well, Hmm... I guess I shoulda waited a little longer. Just looked at my DroidX again and it's all there. Woohoo!

I'm running 2.3.3 on Verizon.

[bgowland]

Well, Hmm... I guess I shoulda waited a little longer. Just looked at my DroidX again and it's all there. Woohoo!

I'm running 2.3.3 on Verizon.

OK, good news. I have had a few occasions myself where the guide data doesn't appear immediately - exiting and going back in again normally fixes it. I'm guessing that might have been the problem although I haven't worked out why it happens yet.

Useful to know you're using 2.3.3 thanks - there shouldn't be any compatibility issues there.

Cheers,
Brian

[BrettB]

Brian,

I was just wondering if you've had a chance to do any more work on this project?

- Brett

[bgowland]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for the continued interest - it's still ongoing but I had some bouts of 'writer's block' over the past few months which have slowed me down. I've been looking at it again over the past few days but I'm not sure when there'll be another update - hopefully soon-ish but no definite time frame.

Cheers,
Brian

[tieke]

A very useful app, and so close to working for me, but selected programs don't record. Haven't had nDroid server previously installed, so no problem there (client version 1.3.7, service 1.3.4109.8816 according to phone).

Installed service on 32-bit win 7 server, everything appears fine - can browse listings on phone (xperia mini, running android 2.3.3) but when I go to record a program the phone hangs on "Setting - please wait.." for quite a time. Eventually listing shows up on phone as recording (in red), but on the server, the show doesn't appear in pending recordings, and if a guide update is made from the phone, the program is no longer coloured red.

Firewall is disabled, and sc qc "nDroid Service" results in standard:

SERVICE_NAME: nDroid Service
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\Beetec Services\nDroid Service\nDr
oidService.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : nDroid Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

Logs are attached - there's a few errors in the helper log. Have I missed something obvious in my setup?

cheers,

tieke

[bgowland]

A very useful app, and so close to working for me, but selected programs don't record. Haven't had nDroid server previously installed, so no problem there (client version 1.3.7, service 1.3.4109.8816 according to phone).

Thanks for the positive response - I do hope it will be of use but I'm also aware the currently available version has its failings. (Must try harder ).

From your logs I can see the record requests being received, for example...

Code:

18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 request: System.Net.HttpListenerRequest
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-action hrhkey.Value: record
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-oid hrhkey.Value: 1937813
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-channeloid hrhkey.Value: 7148
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-starttime hrhkey.Value: 2011-10-18 03:00:00
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-title hrhkey.Value: The Best... 80s Tunes
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: x-ndroid-rectype hrhkey.Value: ro
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: Connection hrhkey.Value: Keep-Alive
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: Accept-Encoding hrhkey.Value: gzip
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 hrhkey.Key: Host hrhkey.Value: 203.97.221.14:8790
18/10/2011 12:02:58.562 User authenticated

The nDroid service actually uses NEWA to schedule the recordings and the last line above (user authenticated) normally means the requests was handled correctly by NEWA. Admittedly it's a bit vague and I'll try to add more descriptive logging to the next version.

I'm not sure what the issue is as the ndroid service obviously 'thinks' it was successful and has replied to the phone with a success code (hence why it turns red in the nDroid listing on the phone). Can you try setting a recording and then check the web.log file in the NPVR\logs folder - this is where NEWA logs various things. You should see something like the following...

Code:

2011-10-19 00:09:26.807    [DEBUG][4]    Got Web Request (127.0.0.1): /public/services/ScheduleService.asmx
2011-10-19 00:09:26.807    [INFO][4]    webServiceAuthentication credential found
2011-10-19 00:09:26.822    [INFO][4]    
2011-10-19 00:09:26.822    [INFO][4]    
2011-10-19 00:09:26.822    [INFO][4]    *********************
2011-10-19 00:09:26.822    [INFO][4]    * Validating Incomming Web Service
2011-10-19 00:09:26.822    [INFO][4]    *
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    *
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    *
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    Checking Server time....
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    nowTime (Server-Local) = 19/10/2011 00:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    nowTime (Server-UTC) = 18/10/2011 23:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    Credential time string (from request) = 18/10/2011 23:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    Credential time converted (Local) = 19/10/2011 00:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    Credential time converted to DateObject = 18/10/2011 23:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    Span time seconds (calc = server-utc - credential-utc) = 0
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    User verified
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    nowTime (Server) = 19/10/2011 00:09:26
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    *
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    *
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    *********************
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    
2011-10-19 00:09:26.838    [INFO][4]    
2011-10-19 00:09:27.041    [INFO][4]    @@@@@
2011-10-19 00:09:27.041    [INFO][4]    Found matching recording
2011-10-19 00:09:27.041    [INFO][4]    @@@@@

Out of interest, which version of NEWA are you using?

Cheers,
Brian

[tieke]

Thanks for that - looks like it could well be an NEWA thing - was previously working, but for some reason now isn't. Will fault-find that end of things first.
cheers,
tieke

[bgowland]

Thanks for that - looks like it could well be an NEWA thing - was previously working, but for some reason now isn't. Will fault-find that end of things first.

Did you miss the last line of my post asking which version of NEWA you are using?

I haven't tested with the latest version (I'm still running the NEWA which came with npvr 2.2.6). If you updated NEWA and UJB has made changes that might affect things, that may explain it although I don't know how likely that is. I'll install the latest NEWA and test it out.

Cheers,
Brian

[bgowland]

OK, I've tested with the latest version of NEWA and everything looks fine to me. I'll hopefully be uploading a new version of the nDroidService to the wiki tonight so it might be worth installing it and taking things from there. Watch out for a Community Announcement post.

Cheers,
Brian