[mythtv-users] MythTV Player 1.1.5 available to all on Google Play Store

Tue Apr 14 07:36:01 UTC 2015

> On 14 Apr 2015, at 1:35 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>>> On 13 Apr 2015, at 1:56 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I tried mythTV player a while ago and it was really crap that did not
>> work. Has anybody got a more recent ?this is great??
>>> 
>>> Whatever you tried a while ago was not the "MythTV Player" app, which
>>> is new as of a few days ago.  MythTV Player is in development at the
>>> moment, so why not give it a go and send in problem reports so
>>> anything affecting you can be fixed.  Then you may get the "this is
>>> great" experience you (and I) want.
>> 
>> I did get the iPad mythtv app Robert did. That too was crap and is no
>> longer in the iTunes store.
>> The MythTV player is nice in terms of the setup server, present recordings
>> list, videos list.
>> I was born BeforeJets (1st was Comet cica 1952) so am not qualified to use
>> the app but HOW DO YOU PLAY A RECORDING? I can see the preview, I can make
>> a long blue line happen for ever, I can use an external player, VLC, and
>> watch the recording.
>> VLC did it?s usual crash. Checking it was version 0.9.something. I ditched
>> it and got the latest 1.2.6 which now gives me a black screen (ie external
>> player no longer works), but the new VLC does play local content.
>> 
>> So far not ?this is something great?, great potential yes.
>> James
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> 
> 
> James,
> In order to help, i would need some further information, such as the device
> you are trying to run it on, your mythtv backend version, etc.
> 
> I put the external play option in there because some users requested not to
> have to always do a HLS Transcode. I tried it with VLC and it worked fine
> for me. Your mileage may vary.  Others have reported they had success with
> VLC, some didn't.  They tried other players like MX Player, DIce Player,
> etc.  There are lots of them in the Google Play Store.  Try another one.
> 
> That being said, I cannot support the External Players directly.  It is not
> code that I have any control over.
> 
> For Streaming, make sure your backend is configured with the correct
> streaming configuration.  You need a Streaming Storage Group setup.  The
> progress indicator with run indeterminately until your backend has reported
> some progress on the HLS transcode. If you are not receiving and update,
> then check your backend, it probably isn't running the HLS transcode or it
> failed for some reason.  Look in your logs.
> 
> Lastly, I am just one person working on this code in my spare time. It is
> one way that I can give back to mythtv. Bill Meek has helped me
> considerably with all the testing and documentation. And more people are
> starting to report bugs and enhancements. I will address them in turn.

Dan first thanks. Please don’t take my ramblings as anything more than critique. I could not do better or even as well so thanks for your contribution. I was implying that Im too old a fart to manage without instructions so again thanks for the help:

Device: Samsung Tab S SM-T800
mythbackend version: fixes/0.27 [v0.27.4-27-g40506c2]

I think that these are ‘other’ not yours ...

2015-04-14 03:54:38.853893 E [5503/20467] DVBRead mpeg/mpegstreamdata.cpp:364 (AssemblePSIP) - MPEGSt
ream[1](0x7f1c57bed6b8): Error: offset>181, pes length & current cannot be queried

And these related to your stuff …
2015-04-13 23:38:02.967106 W [5503/19596] HTTPLiveStream HLS/httplivestream.cpp:87 (run) - HLS(): Com
mand '/usr/local/bin/mythtranscode --hls --hlsstreamid 4 --verbose general --logpath /store/mythlogs
--loglevel debug' returned 255

Does this make any sense?
[poohcorner] /store/mythlogs [727]% cat mythtranscode.20150413153802.19613.log
2015-04-13 23:38:02.741694 I [19613/19613] CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:1547 (CheckProtoVersion) - Using protocol version 77
2015-04-13 23:38:02.749736 N [19613/19613] CoreContext main.cpp:566 (main) - Transcoding HTTP Live Stream ID 4
2015-04-13 23:38:02.870203 I [19613/19613] CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2141 (ScanStreams) - AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2015-04-13 23:38:02.870282 I [19613/19613] CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632 (OpenAVCodec) - AFD: Opened codec 0x2040000, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2015-04-13 23:38:02.872585 I [19613/19613] CoreContext avformatdecoder.cpp:2632 (OpenAVCodec) - AFD: Opened codec 0x203f5a0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2015-04-13 23:38:02.872753 N [19613/19613] CoreContext audioplayer.cpp:164 (ReinitAudio) - AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
2015-04-13 23:38:02.879147 E [19613/19613] CoreContext transcode.cpp:567 (TranscodeFile) - avfw->Init() failed
2015-04-13 23:38:02.880608 E [19613/19613] CoreContext main.cpp:724 (main) - Transcoding  failed
2015-04-13 23:38:02.881858 I [19613/19614] Logger logging.cpp:467 (initialTimeout) - Added logging to mythlogserver at TCP:35327

I will make a streaming group then try more.

cheers
James