[mythtv-users] MythTV Sidebar App

[Robert Longbottom]

On 20/12/2009 13:11, Mike Dent wrote:
> 2009/12/20 Robert Longbottom<RobertCL at iname.com>:
>    
>> On 20/12/2009 11:25, Mike Dent wrote:
>>      
>>> 2009/12/18 Mitch Gore<mitchell.gore at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Now that I have Windows 7 on my PC i wanted to try the MythTV sidbar app:
>>>> http://mythtvsidebargadget.codeplex.com
>>>>
>>>> It needs to connect to the backend on 6544.  So this works from the web
>>>> is
>>>> it ok to open that port to the internet?
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Did you get this working BTW? I just tried it on Windows 7 and it
>>> seems to connect but does not show any data in the sidebar?
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Odd, it works for me on Windows 7.
>>
>> Do you see anything at all?  Like encoder status, etc. or is it just
>> completely blank?
>> What have you put in the settings for mythtv status url?
>>
>> Robert. (gadget author)
>>
>>      
>
> Thanks for your reply Robert.
> I can access my myth status from the same PC with
> http://192.168.1.6:6544 in a web browser.
> I put the following line in your plugin status http://192.168.1.6:6544
> I then see
>
> Enc:
> Guide:
> Result:
> Disk:
>
> Upcoming
>
> but nothing after the titles.
>
> I'm running Windows 7 x64 if it makes a difference, and Mythtv 0.22
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>    
That all sounds ok - I've not tried it on a 64bit os, though I can't see 
why that should be a problem.

Can you send me the xml that gets returned from 
http://192.168.1.6:6544/xml and I'll see if I can work out what is going 
wrong.

Robert.