TV4Home - WCF Webservice for MediaPortal TV Server (2 Viewers)

[j1nx]

I started with the streaming service and the source code is available from http://github.com/oxan/mpwebstream. It is a ASP.NET site which uses the TV4Home service to start the timeshifting. The streaming code is copied from MPWebServices. I'll open a separate thread when it's ready

@j1nx: I'll take a look at integration with GMAwebservices once that's ready

Oxan, you might be better of contacting Mike Lowrey and aKoeplinger on tv4home at codeplex;


They are actually already a long way with the webinterface connecting to TV4Home;

Looking at the source, it also contains exactly what you are doing/want to do. A streaming webservice;

 

[KayDiefenthal]

AW: TV4Home - WCF Webservice for MediaPortal TV Server

i find it nice that you accepted the tv4home wcf solution

but mike has here the service only for testing public made
if he plans all public would he the links added

but now is the cat of the bag

 

[j1nx]

Re: AW: TV4Home - WCF Webservice for MediaPortal TV Server

i find it nice that you accepted the tv4home wcf solution

but mike has here the service only for testing public made
if he plans all public would he the links added

but now is the cat of the bag

I had a hard time, figuring out what you tried to say. I came up with something as; You spoiled the suprise, etc etc.....

For the sake of it, I removed the links.

 

[KayDiefenthal]

AW: TV4Home - WCF Webservice for MediaPortal TV Server

thanx for removing the links

We discuss things about new features and other
but the mike to tell you
He will also say if the two are of the opinion that everything should be public

but alex just said that it will not be long

 

[j1nx]

No problem.

I knew, it was not all yet finished/ready as there were no releases or downloads yet. Just never realised this was a "secret". It is al just out there. But indeed let's await Mike's comments.

 

[DieBagger]

I have another improvement request...

Due to the blocking nature of webservices it can take quite some time to get the e.g. the full list of channels.

I would propose to solve this by adding new methods to a) only dowload base classes (w.o. the full information) as well as b) indexed downloading. Not sure if I expressed myself well enough so here's an example for the GetChannels Class

Currently:

List<WebChannel> GetChannels(int groupId)

New

List<WebChannel> GetChannels(int groupId);
int GetChannelsCount(int groupId);
List<WebChannel> GetChannels(int groupId, int startIndex, int endIndex);
WebChannelDetails GetChannelDetails(int channelId);

At least this is the way we did it in the gma webservice, their might be smarter ways to do it. Especially for mobile devices this is a must-have since downloading e.g. 100 channels with all details over the (e.g. 3g) data connection will take quite some time.

 

[Mike Lowrey]

Regarding the streaming: I will implement a new service (which makes things unnecessary more complex, but it simply doesn't integrate well with a WCF service) for streaming and transcoding TV, mainly based on the code from MPWebServices. Generally I think it will be a ASP.NET site with a single page, like the Streamer.aspx from MPWebServices. It then communicates with the TV4Home service to get the streaming URL and streams the output over HTTP. I'm open for any comments or discussion on the design

Then later, someone can create a web interface which connects to the TV4Home service, the GMAWebservice and my stream service, to create a single webinterface for everything related to MediaPortal.

Sounds good! Thanks for your engagement!

It is al just out there. But indeed let's await Mike's comments.

Yes it's out there because of the long time in which we developed. (Codeplex don't allow long time development without publishing )

But i will send you a pn

 

[akoeplinger]

Finally found time to register here ;-)

The code is available on Codeplex and you'll find it via Google, but we wanted to find the right moment for making an official release (as the project includes much more than just the webservice). I guess it won't take long until we are ready to do that.

DieBagger: I'll look into implementing your suggestions, thank you!

Alex

 

[KayDiefenthal]

AW: Re: TV4Home - WCF Webservice for MediaPortal TV Server

Finally found time to register here ;-)

The code is available on Codeplex and you'll find it via Google, but we wanted to find the right moment for making an official release (as the project includes much more than just the webservice). I guess it won't take long until we are ready to do that.

@DieBagger: I'll look into implementing your suggestions, thank you!

Alex

welcome

now is the tv4home team completly

 

[DieBagger]

Just fyi the latest svn doesn't run any more because you define GetChannels twice (with different parameters for indexed downloading). In webservices every method has to have a unique name.

Edit: Also, you're not using startIndex, endIndex like the method name would suggest but startIndex, count.

_tvBusiness.GetTVGuideChannelsForGroup(groupId).GetRange(startIndex,endIndex)

And if it's not too much to ask, please add a method to only retrieve a base channel (id, name, groups, ...).