[mythtv-users] wiki for using mythweather-revamp

Lucien Dunning ldunning at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 03:18:38 UTC 2007


Whats the command line ur calling animaps.pl with?  That message is
saying there wasn't a location url passed to it

On 4/24/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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