Calling all MP New Zealanders (Both of you!!) (2 Viewers)

[mm1352000]

I've never been able to access the Web Interface outside of my Home network which is a real bummer...

The web interface is the thing that lured me to try FTR last time I tried it. I managed to get it working eventually with great difficulty. I think I made it much harder for myself because I wanted to use Apache instead of Cassini (I was already using Apache for other services), but obviously Apache doesn't natively serve ASP pages. mod_aspdotnet to the rescue! Anyhow, as a proof of concept it worked great. However in practise I only have one computer that is used for everything, and it lives in my bedroom. I can't get to sleep if I leave it on overnight as it is really noisy, and it also consumes a fair amount of power. I would have configured WOL but my TV cards don't like hibernate/sleep (they disappear on resume). Maybe one day when I can afford a dedicated low-power HTPC I'll try again...

 

[rlevis]

I can't seem to allocate time to install and learn FTR, and all I find lacking in the standard MP TV system to support entering a list of program names, or portion of program names to always be recorded on a specific channel or all channels. Hopefully this has have already been added to a "Suggestions" forum.

 

[Bleazle]

I can't seem to allocate time to install and learn FTR, and all I find lacking in the standard MP TV system to support entering a list of program names, or portion of program names to always be recorded on a specific channel or all channels. Hopefully this has have already been added to a "Suggestions" forum.

Without wanting to turn this into a FTR thread (aaahh.. what the hell, is there even a "theme" in this thread apart from the fact that we all have a blue flag with red stars on it? ) I've got to say that there isn't really anything to "learn" when using FTR. The first few times I tried to install it (a LONG time and many versions ago) it was a mission and I couldn't get it to work but if you read the instructions (takes maybe 5~10 mins?) and then install FTR I think you'll find it pretty straightforward. Having said that it sounds like you might not need the extra features it has anyway except for the ability to always record a certain programme - which is an awesome feature of FTR....

Just remembered something else I (kind of) use - I never get around to watching the News so I have FTR set to record it every day then automatically delete it after 2 days. Why do I do this? If I hear that say a volcano has blown up in some South American country (or whatever) the day after it was on the News I can go watch it To be fair I don't do this too often though because I think the Free to Air News we get in NZ is crap, it's like watching a magazine show (imho) so I generally use the internet for info and pics etc anyway (I use the InfoService/Newsfeed plugin a lot ) but on the odd occasion that I DO want to take a look at the News I can - I could live without this feature but I've got FTR so I don't have to

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

One thing I use FTR mngemnt console for, is the ability to say a upcoming recording of a episode that I already have in Tv-Series plugin, can be added as having been already recorded, so it never shows up again or records.

 

[Bleazle]

@Paranoid Delusion

.. is there even a "theme" in this thread apart from the fact that we all have a blue flag with red stars on it?

- your flag is a bit wrong

One thing I use FTR mngemnt console for, is the ability to say a upcoming recording of a episode that I already have in Tv-Series plugin, can be added as having been already recorded, so it never shows up again or records.

Nice - I've never used it for that - I would try the "don't record repeats" but I'm not sure how well that would pan out when one channel says a show is a repeat (because they have played it before) and another doesn't because they haven't - I'm thinking of shows like Man V Wild and Mythbusters etc which seem to appear on more than one channel - but maybe not, I don't pay that much attention - I should look at it...

Beer is tasting good at the moment.... (the MP forum could do with a few more emoticons....)

Bleazle

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

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your flag is a bit wrong

Yep, but my niece and nephew and their family are born kiwi's, so having a brother and sister out there, gives me a kind of warm fuzzy feeling about this thread

 

[ledge]

Just remembered something else I (kind of) use - I never get around to watching the News so I have FTR set to record it every day then automatically delete it after 2 days. Why do I do this? If I hear that say a volcano has blown up in some South American country (or whatever) the day after it was on the News I can go watch it To be fair I don't do this too often though because I think the Free to Air News we get in NZ is crap, it's like watching a magazine show (imho) so I generally use the internet for info and pics etc anyway (I use the InfoService/Newsfeed plugin a lot ) but on the odd occasion that I DO want to take a look at the News I can - I could live without this feature but I've got FTR so I don't have to

You can do this in MediaPortal, in the advanced recording settings you can set to keep x episodes or something, I have the news keeping one episode for when I want to watch it.

FTR beat me last time I tried to get it working as well. The family is going away for a week in July so maybe I'll give it another whirl then.

Edit: That was the other thing I was going to ask Bleazle, how the hell did you get comskip working. That has been my other failure in life

 

[Bleazle]

@Paranoid Delusion: I guess you almost qualify then

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FTR beat me last time I tried to get it working as well. The family is going away for a week in July so maybe I'll give it another whirl then.

One week with no family.... I reckon you'll have FTR sorted by the time they get back (but do you really need it based on what you said?)

... That was the other thing I was going to ask Bleazle, how the hell did you get comskip working. That has been my other failure in life

If you're using DVBT you're wasting your time (from what I understand based on other people's posts) but with DVB-S it's pretty straightforward - I can't remember the exact details (search this thread, I've posted on this before) because it's so long since I set it up but basically I think it was just a matter of installing Comskip and then setting FTR to run it - you have two options; run Comskip after the recording has finished, or run it while it is recording. It makes no difference to the results but on my old P4 HTPC was a bit gutless so I ran it after the recording was finished whereas my new HTPC is way overpowered so now I run it while recording

Good luck on eliminating that failure in your life - it's a bit of a major - actually I'm not really sure how you can live with yourself

 

[dvbkiwi]

i gave up on comskip with dvb-t and went back to dvb-s just because id rather have comskip

Okay, im currently only using MP with freeview, I dont have sky but ive been thinking of getting sky. the problem is im not sure how easy it is to setup a sky decoder with MP and then get MP to (reliably) change the channels on the Sky decoder. I have a IR Blaster to use but is MP always going get it right?

If anyone has done it before, please share your experience with us.

 

[Bleazle]

i gave up on comskip with dvb-t and went back to dvb-s just because id rather have comskip

Okay, im currently only using MP with freeview, I dont have sky but ive been thinking of getting sky. the problem is im not sure how easy it is to setup a sky decoder with MP and then get MP to (reliably) change the channels on the Sky decoder. I have a IR Blaster to use but is MP always going get it right?

If anyone has done it before, please share your experience with us.

I don't know the answer but I've seen this come up a few times before in this thread (like the Comskip and FTR thing etc etc) - we need a "sub forum" or something to cover the stuff which keeps getting asked just in case the guys who know the answers disappear!... where's Paranoid Delusion when you need him??? Hey P.D., how about getting us Kiwis set up with our own "sub-forum" just like popular skins etc have or do we have to "speak to" High about that?