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<blockquote data-quote="frandrew" data-source="post: 495963" data-attributes="member: 58689"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: 1.0.2</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: N/A</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: N/A</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: XP SP3</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Pentium D</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 70GB x 2</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2 GB</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Hauppauge PVR 1700</p><p></p><p>Hi there</p><p></p><p>Trying to set up IR blasting to a set-top box using serverblaster. Have used blaster.exe to learn and test the codes - everything works well at this stage and the channels are changed when I test (does it save settings automatically?). However when I try to change channels in MP Server nothing gets sent to the blaster, and I get an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error in tv.log. I know use of IRSS is recommended, but that doesn't sem to learn the codes correctly for me. Relevant part of log is given below. Any help much appreciated!</p><p></p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.729668 [17]: Controller: StartTimeShifting S-Video#1 on 5 150</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.729668 [17]: Controller: find free card for channel S-Video#1 on 5</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: got 1 tuning details for S-Video#1 on 5</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: channel #1 tv<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />vhsInput1 Audio:Automatic </p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:1 type<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />vbS cannot tune to channel</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:2 type<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />vbS cannot tune to channel</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream cannot tune to channel</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:4 type<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />vbT cannot tune to channel</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:5 type:Analog is available priority:3 #users:0 same transponder:False</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: found 1 available</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: ServerBlaster - CardId: 5, Channel: 30 - Channel<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />-Video#1 on 5</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: ServerBlaster - Done</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: CardTune 5 S-Video#1 on 5 LP0064:5:-1</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: Tune 5 to S-Video#1 on 5</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: user: LP0064:5:-1 tune tv<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />vhsInput1 Audio:Automatic</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog: Tune:tv<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />vhsInput1 Audio:Automatic</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog:GetNewSubChannel:0 #0</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnBeforeTune</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: Analog: Tuned to country:31 video:95250000 Hz audio:100750000 Hz locked:True</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnAfterTune</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnGraphStart</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog: RunGraph</p><p><strong>2009-08-13 08:30:27.776544 [Remote blaster]: Blaster Sending: 30, 5</strong></p><p><strong>2009-08-13 08:30:27.776544 [Remote blaster]: ServerBlaster.Send: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</strong></p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog: RunGraph succeeded</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog: LockedInOnSignal ok</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog subch:0 OnGraphStarted</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: card: Tuner locked: True</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: **************************************************</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 100, SIGNAL QUALITY: 100 *****</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: **************************************************</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card: tuned user: LP0064 subchannel: 0</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: user:LP0064 add</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card2:LP0064 5 0</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: Controller: LP0064 5 0</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: control2:LP0064 5 0</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: Controller: delete timeshift files C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live5-0.ts</p><p>2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card: StartTimeShifting 5 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live5-0.ts</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Got it sorted - the problem is that the location where the serverblaster.dat file needs to be saved has changed. I needed to manually copy the file that blaster.exe created (which was in C:\Program Files\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal TV Server) into C:<strong>\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\</strong>Team MediaPortal\Mediaportal TV Server. All working perfectly! </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frandrew, post: 495963, member: 58689"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: 1.0.2 [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: N/A [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: N/A [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP SP3 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Pentium D [b]HDD[/b]: 70GB x 2 [b]Memory[/b]: 2 GB [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Hauppauge PVR 1700 Hi there Trying to set up IR blasting to a set-top box using serverblaster. Have used blaster.exe to learn and test the codes - everything works well at this stage and the channels are changed when I test (does it save settings automatically?). However when I try to change channels in MP Server nothing gets sent to the blaster, and I get an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error in tv.log. I know use of IRSS is recommended, but that doesn't sem to learn the codes correctly for me. Relevant part of log is given below. Any help much appreciated! 2009-08-13 08:30:27.729668 [17]: Controller: StartTimeShifting S-Video#1 on 5 150 2009-08-13 08:30:27.729668 [17]: Controller: find free card for channel S-Video#1 on 5 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: got 1 tuning details for S-Video#1 on 5 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: channel #1 tv:S-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video:SvhsInput1 Audio:Automatic 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:1 type:DvbS cannot tune to channel 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:2 type:DvbS cannot tune to channel 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream cannot tune to channel 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:4 type:DvbT cannot tune to channel 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: card:5 type:Analog is available priority:3 #users:0 same transponder:False 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: Controller: found 1 available 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: ServerBlaster - CardId: 5, Channel: 30 - Channel:S-Video#1 on 5 2009-08-13 08:30:27.745294 [17]: ServerBlaster - Done 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: CardTune 5 S-Video#1 on 5 LP0064:5:-1 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: Tune 5 to S-Video#1 on 5 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: card: user: LP0064:5:-1 tune tv:S-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video:SvhsInput1 Audio:Automatic 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog: Tune:tv:S-Video#1 on 5 Freq:0 Channel:30 Country:The Netherlands Tuner:Cable Video:SvhsInput1 Audio:Automatic 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog:GetNewSubChannel:0 #0 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnBeforeTune 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: Analog: Tuned to country:31 video:95250000 Hz audio:100750000 Hz locked:True 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnAfterTune 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog subch:0 OnGraphStart 2009-08-13 08:30:27.760919 [17]: analog: RunGraph [b]2009-08-13 08:30:27.776544 [Remote blaster]: Blaster Sending: 30, 5 2009-08-13 08:30:27.776544 [Remote blaster]: ServerBlaster.Send: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.[/b] 2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog: RunGraph succeeded 2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog: LockedInOnSignal ok 2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: analog subch:0 OnGraphStarted 2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: card: Tuner locked: True 2009-08-13 08:30:28.526559 [17]: ************************************************** 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 100, SIGNAL QUALITY: 100 ***** 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: ************************************************** 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card: tuned user: LP0064 subchannel: 0 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: user:LP0064 add 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card2:LP0064 5 0 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: Controller: LP0064 5 0 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: control2:LP0064 5 0 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: Controller: delete timeshift files C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live5-0.ts 2009-08-13 08:30:28.542184 [17]: card: StartTimeShifting 5 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live5-0.ts [COLOR="Navy"]Got it sorted - the problem is that the location where the serverblaster.dat file needs to be saved has changed. I needed to manually copy the file that blaster.exe created (which was in C:\Program Files\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal TV Server) into C:[B]\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\[/B]Team MediaPortal\Mediaportal TV Server. All working perfectly! [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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