Newbie to PCH

cidc · 2009-01-08, 01:12 AM

Hi all,

My setup is Server2003 running GBPVR 1.3.7. with 1 mvp.

I've just received my new PCH A110, came in a lovely box Big Grin

Just hooked it upto my network and have already had some problems.
I updated the firmware to the lastest version with no issues.

1) I then used the network browser to connect to my nas box.
Connects fine but it is very... slow. Infact when I play either music of video it comes to a grinding holt and I getting 'Buffering' this may take upto 2mins to get going. If I put the same file on a pen drive plays straight away.

2) Then thought I will have a go at getting gbpvr to work. I ran the dummies install. All appeared to be good.
Then started up the browser on PCH and tried to connect to my server.
The message I get is "No content found on server" I think this is a password problem.

Just to test a little more a downloaded the pch_script_samples to a pen drive. I tried to run these. I'm finding that I'm unable to get these linux scripts to run. I get the message " Request cannot be processed". I've played about with the scripts and it seems that I can't run the bash code.
Is there something on the PCH that lets me run the code?

Any help would be very greatfull. If anyone out there is using server 2003 please get incontact.

Thanks again

cidc

mvallevand · 2009-01-08, 01:24 AM

No content typically means that you don't the proper share permissions set. The default for both the Network Browser and the mvpmc share options requires that a Guest share is enabled for the mvpmc folder and all the contents.

Martin

pcostanza · 2009-01-08, 01:32 AM

I had the same problem but Martin beat me to it...the guest share was the key.
I'm finding the learning curve of what's possible more steep than I expected. I'm not geek enough but I'm patient. The NMT forum is great but there's so much there, it takes a hibernation period to read thru it and it's an ever evolving piece which I kinda like.
Not real sure how or if having Server 2003 will affect it negatively but I wouldn't think so.

mvallevand · 2009-01-08, 01:32 AM

I had a thought, are selecting the rightmost icon to find the GB-PVR html file?

Martin

cidc · 2009-01-08, 01:46 AM

Thanks fro the replys

I enter PCH > Network Browser > Workgroup > Victoria > mvpmc then the circle on the left hand side starts spinning - wait about 3 mins comes up with error "request cannot be processed"

On the share i have guest enabled and also applied to the ntfs

If i copy those files to a pen drive I can't seem to get them to run either.

"I had a thought, are selecting the rightmost icon to find the GB-PVR html file?"

I don't think i'm even at that point yet Sad

mvallevand · 2009-01-08, 02:50 AM

This still sounds like problems with the guest share. You might try these

- configure access using a username and password
- disable 2k3 network encryption to allow guest to work
- set up a guest share on your NAS

Martin

cidc · 2009-01-08, 10:26 AM

After reading some posts in the pch forums, I created a network share

smb://192.168.200.1/tv

folder was shared out with user pch and a password.

This works fine.

Applied same idea to the mvpmc folder and now can get the gbpvr.html to load.

Followed instructions and changed startmeup file aswell and gbpvr.cgi

I still get "Request can not be processed"

Reading from another thread, I've tried a few things.

I copied the below files to a usb drive and then ran the gbpvr.html

gbpvr.html
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body bgcolor="blue">

 
 
 
 
 
<table align="center" bgcolor="white" border="2" cellpadding="30">
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="middle">
 
<a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/test.cgi">Test</a>
</th>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

test.cgi

#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-Length: 11";
echo "Content-type: text/html";
echo "";

echo 'hello world';
exit 0;

This also gives me the same error :confused:
Should the above work?
I'm expecting to see "hello world" on my tv

mvallevand · 2009-01-08, 12:50 PM

I don't debug user scripts but if you compress and upload gbpvr.cgi and startmeup and I will have a look.

Martin

cidc · 2009-01-14, 05:16 PM

Hi mvallevand,

I've been away for a bit and have come back with a fresh head.

I've shared out the mvpmc folder with a username as pch with full permissons.

From the PCH, if i go to the share and run GB-PVR.html I get a window with 3 options. I use the 1st GB-PVR.

I get a message " Request cannot be processed".

I've attached my mvpmc folder and also logs.

For testing reasons I was able to use another telnet.html
I telneted onto the PCH and manually typed each of the lines in the GBPVR.cgi file. With this I know my share permissons are correct.

Any other ideas or tests I can do?

Thanks in advance.

mvallevand · 2009-01-14, 10:52 PM

What do you see on your PCH via telnet when you type this

ls /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/

Martin

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