How to debug TV plugin - server. (1 Viewer)

[fab70]

Hi guys,

I wonder if there is a guide that expalins how to debug the TV plugin, and eventually also the tv server.

The only instructions that I found are here http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortalDevelopment

This link is very usefull and explains how to debug MP, but there is nothing on the TV server/plugin.




PS: I'll be more than happy to help the project writing a wiki page, once somebody expalined me how to do, if necessary.

 

[petsa]

Hi,

Try the wiki on http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/TV-Engine_0.3/

You can stream to VLC to make sure your server works OK.

/Peter

 

[fab70]

Ciao petsa,

in that wiki there are no instructions on how to debug the TV server. I'm I wrong?

 

[petsa]

Hi fab70,

I was referring to Chapter 6: Troubleshooting. I used this to test the streaming of data to VLC before I started working on the MP TV Client plugin.

Are there any particular problems you are trying to debug?

/Peter

 

[fab70]

Hi petsa,

No, there is no a particular problem.. I just started to use Visual Studio 2005, and I'm able to debug MP using tortoiseSVN to download the source.

But I'm not able to debug MP + TV engine 3 because there are two separate repository and I don't know how to merge the projects togheter - http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortalDevelopment/MediaPortalSVN

Regarding the TV server, I'm not able to debug it at all, because Visual Studio 2005 tells me it's not possible to debug a service (or something similar) and I didn't find debug instructions.

Thanks for your help.

 

[joboehl]

Build TVServer with the debug configuration. Install it and when it's running, choose Debug->Attach to process. Select the TVService.exe process. You will need to be on the same machine afaik.

 

[johnzered]

Hi,

I'm wondering how I can debug the TVPlugin, not the TVServer service

//johnzered

 

[johnzered]

Hello again,

I found the answer to my question myself. If anyone else have problem with this here's how to do it:

- Build TVPlugin solution in debug mode
- Copy the TVPlugin.dll and pcb file to plugins/windows of your MediaPortal install dir.
- Right click on the TVPlugin project in Solution Explorer.
- Click "Properties"
- Click "Debug"
- Click "Start External Program" and then browse to where you installed MediaPortal and select MediaPortal.exe
- Save settings

Now when you hit F5 (Start Debugging), Visual Studio will start the application and the dll code will breakpoint.

//johnzered