[mythtv-users] Announcing Mythtv Sidebar Gadget for Vista!

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Tue Sep 9 16:59:39 UTC 2008


David K wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Robert <RobertCL at iname.com 
> <mailto:RobertCL at iname.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, September 9, 2008 2:26 am, Dave Badia wrote:
>      > I like it, except I can't get it to connect to my backend...  It just
>      > shows
>      > a blank for each field.
>      >
>      >>
>      >> I've tried both the IP address and the hostname of my backend, but
>      >> neither
>      >> seems to work.  Any ideas?
>      >>
>      >> Thanks,
>      >>
>      >> David
>      >>
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>      >>
>      >>
>      > Try putting that URL into a web browser & see if it works
>      >
>      > Dave
> 
>     ^ What Dave said :-)  You should get back the MythTv status page in your
>     browser.  If you don't there's some kind of connectivity problem.
> 
>     Also note that you _must_ include "http://" in the url you give it
>     in the
>     setup screen.
> 
>     Robert.
> 
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> 
> I just tried the URL in a web browser and it works.  I copy and paste 
> the URL (including the "http://" directly from the browser to the gadget 
> setup, and it doesn't.
> 
> Also, I just updated to the 1.0.2.0 <http://1.0.2.0> version and the 
> links to the guide and upcoming recordings do work.  
> 
> David

What version of MythTv are you running? I wonder if there is something 
unexpected in the backend status XML... (I'm running 0.21-fixes.)

Can you post the XML returned at http://yourbacked:6544/xml so I can see 
what is returned.

Robert.


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