Enhanced Web Admin

[troutct]

I'm new to GBPVR ..have the PC interface and MVP interface up and running and now onto the web interface with which I'm having a problem...

I'm running no-ip on my home PC so that I can access my home pc (which gets a dynamic IP address from svc. provider) from the internet. When I'm at home using the PC that has GBPVR installed, I can open up web browser and enter the no-ip address (ie.. NOT LOCALPC...) and access GBPVR web admin without any problems.

However, when I'm at work and enter that same address, I get the login screen, login (password validation works fine) and upon successful login get the error msg: Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application...HTTP Error 400 - Bad Request.

I have port forwarding setup on the router and have the port listed in the GBPVR CONFIG forwarded to the appropriate PC (this has been working w/o fail using Snapstream so doubt this is the cause). I thought perhaps the issue was the port being blocked by the firewall at my office but I've changed the port in the GBPVR config to the same one that Snapstream used (again..which DOES work from office) and still no dice.

Is there any other port used in the web admin that I need to setup ?

As I type this I've thought that a good test would be to go to another PC on my home network and try that address...

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated !!

Thanks to EVERYONE who's contributed to a fantastic product !!!

[normanr]

hrmm, sounds like some url's are getting mangled. what are the url's before and after login (when it breaks) - obviously replace your hostname and port as required.

Alternativly - are there any errors in the log? (check in the statistics tab)

[Antispam]

btw: what were your directories? were they mapped drives (l: ) or unc paths (\\machine\share\)[/QUOTE]

They were unc paths

Peter
Denmark

[drugstore_cowboy]

Hey Everyone,

Well first off I would like to tip my hat to another wonderful plugin. I never would have expected the Enhanced Web Admin to be so robust I have just finished reading this whole thread which took most of my night but I only saw a couple of postings that dealt with my issue...

Much like Superdads postings (around page 16 or so) I have an outward facing web server that I would like to use to host the Enhanced Web Admin. I have created the registry entry on the webserver that points to the HTPC using the UNC path: \\gbpvr computer\gbpvr, I have sync'd the usernames/passwords with full read/write access, and I also changed the config file on the HTPC (config.xml) to use a UNC that points back to the database file located on the HTPC which again is \\gbpvr computer\gbpvr.mdb (this will work if either machine reads the UNC now).

I extracted the web folder to my webserver, removed all the files in the Webserver's 'web\bin' folder. I then removed the HTPC's web\bin directory except the gbweb.dll and gbweb.pdb and restarted the recording service. I then copied the new gbweb.dll, GBPVRPublic.dll, and GBPVRBackendCommon.dll files over to my webserver. At this point as a precaution I restarted the recording service once more.

I can view the listings with no problems and it looks great. I can schedule recordings and they show up in the manager along with the ones I have previously scheduled from within GBPVR - but here is the interesting part... I can not see any recorded programs?? The bigger problem also is that if I have recordings in there already and I open the Enhanced Web Admin it also removes them so I can no longer see them from within GBPVR !!! HELP!!! Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?? :confused:

Thanks in advance for helping to save my hair as I seem to just be pulling it out

[erik]

Normanr,

I get the following error when asking the info page.

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length) at gbweb.Info.GetSourceName(RepeaterItem Container) in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\Info.aspx.cs:line 189 at ASP.Info_aspx.__DataBind__control3(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\Info.aspx:line 63 at System.Web.UI.Control.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.DataBind() at System.Web.UI.Control.DataBind() at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateItem(Int32 itemIndex, ListItemType itemType, Boolean dataBind, Object dataItem) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.CreateControlHierarchy(Boolean useDataSource) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.OnDataBinding(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater.DataBind() at gbweb.Info.GetRecordingStatuses() in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\Info.aspx.cs:line 183 at gbweb.Info.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\Info.aspx.cs:line 64

See attached file for a screen dump

I am running <Version>GB-PVR v0.91.12</Version>

[normanr]

yea, the API I use for getting the recording status changes in each version. I've asked sub to make a stable one for the next release - so it'll get fixed then.

[normanr]

You didn't mention if you changed the RecordingsDirectory and LiveTVBufferDirectory settings. I figure you didn't because everything else is well explained in detail (yay! easy to debug). Try setting those two settings to \\gbpvr computer\recording folder, etc, and see if that helps.

Alternatively just set up port forwarding to the HTPC computer, that way you don't have to set the web site up twice, less config, and easier upgrades

[drugstore_cowboy]

You didn't mention if you changed the RecordingsDirectory and LiveTVBufferDirectory settings. I figure you didn't because everything else is well explained in detail (yay! easy to debug). Try setting those two settings to \\gbpvr computer\recording folder, etc, and see if that helps.

Alternatively just set up port forwarding to the HTPC computer, that way you don't have to set the web site up twice, less config, and easier upgrades

Coooollll I didn't see those settings - I assume that they are located in the config.xml file then? I will try that as soon as I get home.

As for port forwarding... I already have port 80 requests forwarded to the webserver and I want to be able to schedule recordings from work so the native Enhanced Web Admin operating port is an immediate no go joe... *lights turning on* hhmmmm maybe I should find out what holes are poked in our firewall and pick one that I would never use and run it on that one??? but I would like to keep access strictly internal or only initiated internally with no direct contact for requests generated from outside my network - I am trying to avoid the whole Anti-Virus, constant Windows updates etc having to slow down my machine due to others wanting to hack it for whatever joy that is worth... I will have to sleep on this one.

ahhh to be able to sleep again a Big THANKS Normanr

[normanr]

time to start playing with vpn's, that way you have have full access to your network but no-one else can :p

another option is to install sshd (yes, it's possible to do this on windows). ssh supports all sorts of nifty port fowarding options, which would again allow access to your internal network, but only to authenticated users.

[perf]

Two issues:

1. Currently, I can watch Live TV through the web interface by starting a recording of a currently showing programme, and then starting to watch it. There is one technical problem: VLC reads the duration of the file when I start watching. If I do nothing, it will stop playing once that point has been reached (even though the file has grown by then). I can trick VLC to update the duration by skipping in the file, but if I watch almost live, I have to do this every minute. I guess I should bring this up at the VLC forums. Does anyone here have any thoughts on this?

2. It would be very cool to be able to play the live TV buffer through the web interface. (Otherwise you are blocked from live TV if live TV is watched at the server or through an MVP.)

/Per