iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - original thread (now closed) (7 Viewers)

[cheezey]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Sorted, Thanks again
Can I ask whether transcoding works with hd h264 streams as I only get a full screen of symbols when I try to play a file.

I've not tested transcoding an HD h264 stream. You can change the ffmpeg parameters in the transcode plugin config and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Neville]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Hi
I am have loaded iPiMP today. I use MP 1.02 in a stable config using Bleazle 8.0.
Looks like a great platform etc.
With the process pluggin started I can get my Android phone using dolphin browser so connect etc. Just seems very slow.
But worse, the whole of MP seems to slow right down as though waiting for something (even using keyboard, with Android phone disconnected) - it does not cause a hang just becomes too slow to use.

I had a look at trouble shooting and have paged though some of the 103 pages in this thread.... but not found much

Any ideas? Is this an android thing? I note that others have suggested that iPhone is quicker etc

Hi Cheezey
Thanks for the quick comment. Before I did the logs thing I thought I would confirm I was on the right track. So I assumed that I was and sat down to do the deed so as to speak. So of course all is working just sweat today and I can finally ditch windows media player!!! I can now play music with out having the TV screen running
So thanks for a great bit of software. I continue to watch for weird behaviour and report back with logs if needed


Sorry to bug again....
When trying to watch transcoded video on Android HTC magic get an error " Sorry this video is not valid for streaming to this device". Am I correct in assuming I need an app for this on the phone? Has anyone else got this working and can give me a few tips?
Thanks in advance for any pointers
Neville

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Sorry, but I miss one point in the wiki:

How can I setup an existing local apache to get iPimp working without a second apache server installation???

Thanks for a quick reply!

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Sorry, but I miss one point in the wiki:

How can I setup an existing local apache to get iPimp working without a second apache server installation???

Thanks for a quick reply!

Heres a screen shot without the included Apache Installation

 

[Mr.Montesa]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Hey cheezey,
I love your frontend an appriciate your work for the community.
Would be cool only to have a single webserver running multiple plugins, than having multiple plugins with multiple webserver.
Gemx did a first step with developing a module based webserver. He offers a basic webfrontend to show the power of the environment.
Perhaps it is possible to create an ipimp frontend based on gemx solution. Then there's no need to run multiple instances of webservers.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Okay, now it works!

The problem was that there where no time-out defined in the web.config. I have to change the following values:

cookieTimeout="" and timeout="" to cookieTimeout="36000" and timeout="36000"

But one Problem is further existing:

I can not connect in the MP Client unter MediaPortal Clients :-( all others e.g. TV Program worked well. What do I have to change to get a connection to MP?

 

[cheezey]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Hey cheezey,
I love your frontend an appriciate your work for the community.
Would be cool only to have a single webserver running multiple plugins, than having multiple plugins with multiple webserver.
Gemx did a first step with developing a module based webserver. He offers a basic webfrontend to show the power of the environment.
Perhaps it is possible to create an ipimp frontend based on gemx solution. Then there's no need to run multiple instances of webservers.
Just my 2 cents.

Mr.Montes - This is already in the iPiMP roadmap.

I agree Gemx's web services interface to tv server & mp clients is the way to go, when it reaches a mature enough state I will migrate iPiMP to it.

The web server that it uses though is a very simple http listener written originally by Valk for his StreamTV plugin and has limited functionality. This would have to be modified to a lot to host the iPiMP website. Keeping it simple for users though is a must, that's why I bundle an Apache web server which installs with no required configuration.

Okay, now it works!

The problem was that there where no time-out defined in the web.config. I have to change the following values:

cookieTimeout="" and timeout="" to cookieTimeout="36000" and timeout="36000"

But one Problem is further existing:

I can not connect in the MP Client unter MediaPortal Clients :-( all others e.g. TV Program worked well. What do I have to change to get a connection to MP?

fredflintstone - Have you installed the iPiMP client processs plugin? Is there a firewall between your server and MP clients? If so open the iPiMP client port (55667 by default) in the firewall config.

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Have you installed the iPiMP client processs plugin? Is there a firewall between your server and MP clients? If so open the iPiMP client port (55667 by default) in the firewall config.

Yes I've installed the plugin and I've disabled the firewall...

...same result :-(

After re-install now it works perfect, also in the client section!

But sometime I've got some errors e.g. for the video's:

Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format.
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDouble(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToInteger(String Value)

or for music:

Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format.
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDouble(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToInteger(String Value)

or for tv server status:

Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
bei Website.uWiMP.TVServer.Cards.GetCardStatus(Card card) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\Code\TVServer\Cards.vb:Zeile 109.
bei Website.CardStatus.DisplayCardStatus(String wa) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\iPhone\TVServer\CardStatus.aspx.vb:Zeile 91.
bei Website.CardStatus.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\iPhone\TVServer\CardStatus.aspx.vb:Zeile 64.
bei System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
bei System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
bei System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

 

[cheezey]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Have you installed the iPiMP client processs plugin? Is there a firewall between your server and MP clients? If so open the iPiMP client port (55667 by default) in the firewall config.

Yes I've installed the plugin and I've disabled the firewall...

...same result :-(

After re-install now it works perfect, also in the client section!

But sometime I've got some errors e.g. for the video's:

Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format.
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDouble(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToInteger(String Value)

or for music:

Die Eingabezeichenfolge hat das falsche Format.
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ParseDouble(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat)
bei Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions.ToInteger(String Value)

or for tv server status:

Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
bei Website.uWiMP.TVServer.Cards.GetCardStatus(Card card) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\Code\TVServer\Cards.vb:Zeile 109.
bei Website.CardStatus.DisplayCardStatus(String wa) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\iPhone\TVServer\CardStatus.aspx.vb:Zeile 91.
bei Website.CardStatus.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\Dev\vs2008\MediaPortal Universal Web Interface\Website\iPhone\TVServer\CardStatus.aspx.vb:Zeile 64.
bei System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
bei System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
bei System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Are your client music & video databases populated? You need to scan your music and videos as iPiMP reads the native databases.

Also - is your iPiMP server installed on your TV server? Do you have any TV cards installed in your TV server?

 

[fredflintstone]

Re: iPhone interface for MediaPortal (iPiMP) - 4.0.2

Are your client music & video databases populated? You need to scan your music and videos as iPiMP reads the native databases.

Also - is your iPiMP server installed on your TV server? Do you have any TV cards installed in your TV server?

I've not installed the iPimp-Server, I've mapped only the aspx to my locale apache. On this machine there is also the tv-server installed.

The music and video database is up do date, and I've also 3 tv-cards installed.

I use win7 x64, can this be a problem, or do I've the wrong net framework installed?

EDIT: attached the apache error log.


EDIT 2: I've got MP 1.1 beta installed, I read someone else has the same probs. Is there a resolution?