help for newbie

[superflysocal]

I am somewhat new to pCH but learning fast. Finally got YAMJ working the way I want, although still having issues with Tv series, so i thought I would try GBPVR out to organize my recorded tv.

However, i have not been able to get this to work. There seems to be multiple sets of instructions some of which may be outdated and some are not.

I have just received my PCH 1 week ago and did a network firmware update so I assume I should have the latest PCh firmware.

I first tried the instructions from first post of the sticky tutorial. however, i could never get past the the telnet part of the instructions. I have created a share called mvpmc on MCE machine called vostromce. on telnet.html i changed EditMe to mvpmc. Should I have changed it to vostromce:mvpmc ?
The error message I get is that it hangs at this message:
mounting 192.168.1.20 i

I then tried the ez setup and followed those instructions and when i selected GBPVR on the index.html page, the screen turned black, PCH rebooted and it went back to PCH main screen.

Can someone direct to me which instructions i should use?

[mvallevand]

Did the PCH actually reboot or was there a delay of about thirty seconds and the PCH software restarted by design?

The two most common reasons for the thirty second delay are that

- You have a firewall preventing access from the PCH
- You haven't enabled the MVP server in the config program

Many people forget both.

Compress and upload your GBPVR logs and I will have a look.

Martin

[superflysocal]

i did forget to enable mvp/pch on GBPVR config. However even after I did, it still gave the same result. That's why i am confused with the instructions. If I follow the ez instructions, which steps do i need to follow in the startup tutorial on the first post?

How do you disable the firewall for the GBPVR program? Is this something you do on a router or Windows Firewall? If so what port?

Edit:
I made the change with windows firewall and it is working now!

[mvallevand]

It is usually the Windows firewall. You need to allow PVRx2.exe access to TCPIP and UDP all ports is easiest.

The the ez method will work. If it doesn't play media you also might need to tell the recording service to interact with the desktop.

Martin

[superflysocal]

What port should i allow for UDp and tcp?

[mvallevand]

All is the easiest.

Martin

[superflysocal]

it wa working but now it is not anymore. Firewall is open for pvrx2.exe and GBPVRrecordingservice.exe. in config, number of servers to autostart is set to 1
i enabled webserver on port 7647 and enabled nmt client with default username and password admin

I have a mvpmc share which I select a avi file from to make sure it is mounted. then i go to the share and select index.html
I select GBPVR and then i get an error message "Request cannot be processed"

Please help.

[mvallevand]

If it worked once we have to figure out what you changed. Compress and upload your script.cgi and your gbpvr logs and I will have a look.

Martin

[superflysocal]

ok here it is.

[mvallevand]

That script.cgi is from the ez files which are not the ones you should be using if you want a permanent setup. Instead you should follow the steps and scripts in the survival guide.

If you really want to uses the ez scripts you need to access the share from the Network Browser with guest shares.

Martin