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[2leftfeet]

running locast.bat" 552, generates a not recognized error

running locast.bat, generates user verification data from locast, but no URL is shown in the dialog .......

C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\scripts\locast>locast.bat
Namespace(base=None, default=None, format='smart', reverse=False, stream=False, tune=None)
None
extralocast v0.61
Logging into Locast using username aa.bb@cc.com...
Validating User Info...
User Info obtained.
User didDonate: True
User donationExpire: 2021-01-12 10:23:18
Getting user location...
Getting location via IP Address.
Got external IP xx.xx.xx.xx.
Got location as Philadelphia - DMA 504 - Lat\Lon 40.6002\-75.3805

[mvallevand]

Sorry there is not supposed to be a quote but for the second example this should work.

locast.bat 552

Martin

[2leftfeet]

url was generated- sent you a pm with the data

[mvallevand]

Yes that was good so it looks like a python install error.

Martin

[2leftfeet]

  Could you send me the zipped extra files please.


Martin

[2leftfeet]

Yes that was good so it looks like a python install error.

Martin

I am not sure what I did or didn't do _ I installed python from MS store - how ever MS choses to install it is beyond my understanding.

Also, trying to run the windows client - all I get is a blank screen, web client works fine except for the live streaming part.

[mvallevand]

Like I posted earlier ignore the windows client until the next release. If it can't stream it isn't working.


Maybe uninstall the windows store version of python and install from this source

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/...-amd64.exe

There is an option right at the beginning to install for all users which is ticked. This is a brand new version that I haven't used but it should be ok, you may need to run

pip install requests lxml m3u8 again

Martin

[2leftfeet]

Martin,

ok, uninstalled python 3.7 from MS
installed 3.9.1 from link you provided
reinstalled pip requests lxml
re-ran the locast.py script
deleted existing channels and re-scanned.
stopped/restarted npvr service
tried to play 5 random channels from scan list
1st channel, failed, 2nd channel played, chs 3-5 failed, then back to ch 2 - it failed
same as before

[mvallevand]

Did you also install m3u8 with pip?

The successful play is only because it was playing Cozi TV from your HDHR.

Martin

[2leftfeet]

I tried to install m3u8 with pip, this is the message I received:

C:\Users\darry>pip install m3u8
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: m3u8 in c:\users\darry\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (0.7.1)
Requirement already satisfied: iso8601 in c:\users\darry\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (from m3u8) (0.1.13)

Is this a problem?