[mythtv] Caller ID

[Ken Bass]

I took a look at the latest CVS code. One more tidbit - someone changed (in
tv_play.cpp)

    int udp_port = gContext->GetNumSetting("UDPNotifyPort", 6948);
    udpnotify = new UDPNotify(this, udp_port);

to 

  int udp_port = gContext->GetNumSetting("UDPNotifyPort");
    if (udp_port > 0)
        udpnotify = new UDPNotify(this, udp_port);
    else
        udpnotify = NULL;

I was using port 6948 as the default unless someone updated the database
settings to provide a different value. I didn't want to change the database
format for the caller id/notify capability. Perhaps Isaac or whomever made
this change went ahead and make the port number configuration via setup. If
so make sure your database includes the UDP Notify Port set to 6948? 

Does anyone know where the database gets setup and is a default value being
added for people updating their baseline to the lastest CVS? There should be
a UDPNotifyPort in the mtyhconverg database (settings table)

Perhaps someone needs to do a 
'INSERT INTO settings SET value="UDPNotifyPort", data=6948;'

My preference would be to
change
    int udp_port = gContext->GetNumSetting("UDPNotifyPort"); 
back to
    int udp_port = gContext->GetNumSetting("UDPNotifyPort", 6948);
so it works out of CVS with a 0.12 database.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:36:29 -0500, Ken Bass <kbass at kenbass.com> wrote:

>Hmm. The OSD (on screen display) is part of the frontend so it would not be
>on the backend. It also uses UDP, not TCP. That said, it does not show up on
>my system either using either the lsof -i command you ran or 'netstat -a'.
>It still works for me.
>
>One thing that everyone should be aware of (and its documented in the
>mythtvosd README) file is that your theme needs to provide support for
>the notification areas. My patch provided an update to the osd.xml and added
>a few .png files that should be copied to 'blueosd' theme when you install
>mythtv via (make install). If you are using the default 'blueosd' be sure
>your osd.xml is updated and that you have osd-alert.png and
>osd-callerid.png. On my system they go in
>/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/blueosd. If you are running a different theme
>you need to add the appropriate code to osd.xml and provide .png's to match
>(you can reuse the .png's but they wont match your theme).
>
>Perhaps mythtvosd is working but since there is no area specified to display
>the notification you just don't see anything?
>
>On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 19:38:59 -0500, Dave Alden <alden at math.ohio-state.edu>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>  Help.  :-)  Is there some config option I need to set to get mythtvosd
>>to work?  I'm running CVS as of 4pm today (11/10/03) -- however after I
>>start up mythbackend, it doesn't seem to be listening on port 6948:
>>
>># lsof -i | grep mythtv
>>mythbacke 22343  mythtv   10u  IPv4  37620       TCP *:6543 (LISTEN)
>>mythbacke 22343  mythtv   13u  IPv4  37622       TCP *:6544 (LISTEN)
>># 
>>
>>Use mythtvosd doesn't display anything.  Help?  What stupid thing have I
>>done?  :-)
>>
>>...dave