[mythtv-users] wiki for using mythweather-revamp

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 03:12:16 UTC 2007


On 4/24/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
> Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On 4/24/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Phil Bridges wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 4/24/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 4/24/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Steven Adeff wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/24/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 4/24/07, Chris Isip <cmisipster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I've got an atrpms mythtv suite installed and I had to uninstall mythweather
> >>>>>>>> with the --nodeps option first before installing the mythweather revamp and
> >>>>>>>> it works.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> If your mythweather is an rpm maybe you can try uninstalling that first.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 4/24/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 4/23/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On 4/23/07, William Munson <william_munson at bellsouth.net > wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Phil Bridges wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/23/07, Lucien Dunning <ldunning at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> typo in the address.  It should be
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> svn co
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/branches/mythweather-revamp/mythplugins
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/23/07, Phil Bridges < gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/23/07, Lucien Dunning <ldunning at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since msnbc is b0rked, the mythweather plugin is now useless.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> North
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American users can use the mythweather-revamp plugin.  It is very
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beta, so use at your own risk.  I  typed up a wiki to compile it
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> against a .20 or later myth build.  Its what worked on my system,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> so
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> feel free to update it with your own experiences.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Using_mythweather-reavmp_with_trunk_mythtv
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For general info on the project, see
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Weather_sandbox
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Lucien
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the wiki update.  Unfortunately, I can't even grab the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> SVN of this:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> localhost ~ # svn co
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://svn.mythtv.org/branches/mythweather-revamp/mythplugins
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> svn: PROPFIND request failed on
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> '/branches/mythweather-revamp/mythplugins'
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> svn: PROPFIND of
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> '/branches/mythweather-revamp/mythplugins': 405
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Method Not Allowed ( http://svn.mythtv.org)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any hints?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm - the new address works, and I can get the revamped MythWeather
> >>>>>>>>>>>> installed, but it segfaults as soon as I hit the menu key after
> >>>>>>>>>>>> selecting my screens.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> If I remember right, you need to remove the weather.xml files from
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> your
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> existing themes. Its trying to read your old .xml file and is borking.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> OK - it still segfaults, but now it gives:
> >>>>>>>>>> 2007-04-23 17:02:07.617 background is in database, but not theme file
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Anybody have any suggestions?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On this machine, I'm running Gentoo, and emerged MyhtTV without
> >>>>>>> MythWeather.  I wonder what the problem is...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Cannot proceed, the following data items do not have sources
> >>>>>> defined:" followed by a list...
> >>>>>> If I go to Source Settings, "No Sources defined, Sources are defined
> >>>>>> by adding screens in Screen Setup", which of course I cannot do...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> any ideas?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> OK.. a couple of things.  Once you have mythweather-revamp installed,
> >>>>> you need to (I'm going to use FC paths here, so you will have to adjust
> >>>>> accordingly for your distro):
> >>>>> 1. Copy weather_settings.xml to /usr/share/mythtv/weather_settings.xml
> >>>>> 2. REMOVE /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/weather-ui.xml
> >>>>> 3. REMOVE /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/weather-ui.xml
> >>>>> 4. COPY (or move) the new weather-ui.xml file (part of
> >>>>> mythweather-revamp) to /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/weather-ui.xml
> >>>>> and to /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/weather-ui.xml
> >>>>> 5. REMOVE any weather-ui.xml files from the other themes that you have
> >>>>> installed.  If you have one in your current theme, your MythTV install
> >>>>> will use that rather than the default one.  Since there aren't
> >>>>> theme-specific ones for mythweather-revamp yet, just remove the ones you
> >>>>> have because it will cause the app to crash.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That should help with the crashing another user reported.  Now, as far
> >>>>> as the source stuff... For one, make sure that all of the *.pl scripts
> >>>>> are executable in /usr/share/mythtv/mythtweather/scripts.  Now, with all
> >>>>> of that set:
> >>>>> 1. start up your frontend and go to "Utilities/Setup"->"Setup"->"Info
> >>>>> Center Settings"->"Weather Settings"->"Screen Settings".
> >>>>> 2. Arrow down to the first item in your list of "Active Screens".
> >>>>> 3. Now, with the first one highlighted, hit "ENTER", and a new menu will
> >>>>> pop-up.
> >>>>> 4. Select "Change Location" to bring up the search page.  Enter in your
> >>>>> location (unfortunately, this part is a bit specific to the NWS, so take
> >>>>> a peel in the NWS-Stations.xml file for something close to you) and hit
> >>>>> search.  Select your location from the search results and hit "enter".
> >>>>> This will close the search window and move focus back to the list of
> >>>>> "Active Screens".
> >>>>> 5. Go through each of the entries in the "Active Screens" in the same
> >>>>> manner.
> >>>>> 6. When you are done with all of the active screens, hit "M" to go back
> >>>>> to the menu.  This will save all of your settings.  They are NOT saved
> >>>>> until you do that.  If you hit ESC at any time to go back to the
> >>>>> previous menu, your changes will be lost.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I hope the above helps. :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Rich
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Thanks!  *This* helped.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, it appears that the NWS (at least my station) doesn't support the
> >>>> maps - does this sound correct?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Also, for some reason, it doesn't appear to show forecasts other than
> >>> the 18-hour one.
> >>>
> >> Check in the maps.xml file and look for your location in it.  Check to
> >> see if anything is defined within <static_url></static_url> or within
> >> the <animated></animated> tags.  That's where it gets the image from.
> >>
> >> I know this isn't your issue, but it is worth mentioning that in order
> >> for the NWS script to work, your local station *must* have an longitude
> >> and latitude defined in NWS-Stations.xml.
> >>
> >> And, as another FYI, the main downside of the NWS data is that their
> >> service is still "beta", and, as such, it does not get updated as
> >> frequently as it should.
> >>
> >> -Rich
> >>
> >
> > OK.   It looks like searching for "southeast" pulled up the maps that
> > I was looking for.  When I try to add an animated map, though, it pops
> > up "Screen cannot be used, not all required data is supplied by
> > existing sources".  I don't even have an option to search for my
> > location.  Does this sound right?
>
> Yes.. that means that the animated maps aren't working. :)
>
> Again, I have to use Fedora paths because it is all I am familiar with,
> but try testing the script directly:
> cd /usr/share/mythtv/mythweather/scripts
> ./animaps.pl
>
> If it gives you an error (missing perl module), then you are missing
> some software in order to make it work.  Specifically, for animaps.pl,
> you need:
> ImageMagick-perl (the ImageMagick perl libraries)
> Image::Size
>
> -Rich
>

I didn't have those installed, but do now.  I get the same message
when I choose "animated map".  When I manually run animaps.pl, I get
"Invalid usage at ./animaps.pl line 50."


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