TvSeries plugin - best setup help (1 Viewer)

[Jacko]

Hello everyone, Darre has previously given me some answers but unfortunately i don't think i have been posting in the correct area so thought i would start a new thread so as to target a larger audience and hopefully someone can offer some assistance.

I installed tvseries last night and configured it as much as possible, i inputted all the directories for where media is stored and did a search...i would say 75% was found and this was great, due to some of the naming on files/folders it couldn't determine what the other 25% was so this is a big job to go through and rename everything but i don't mine as long as it works.
But i have a couple of questions; i've got a lot tv series (mentioning no names) and i folderise everything and this is how all the folders are structured (z:\'tv show name'\'tv show series'\'the its a list of episodes) so if i've got a tv series with say 4 series then each series is in its own folder.
Now after i had searched in the configuration panel i then went into the media portal and opened the 'MyTvSeries' after a while of messing around i managed to get a load of banners come up on the left hand side, each banner has a image that corresponds to the series (fantastic) BUT i get loads of them coming up for each series folder, for instance i get about 18 odd banners all with the same image coming up due to the 18 odd different folders that are from the same tv show.....what can i do to fix this other than sticking all the media from all the series folders into one main folder? I can do this, but for ease of explore navigation i would prefer not to so is there a simple solution. What i want from the main page is banners for every different tv show,when this is clicked i would like it to then show a banner for each of the series and then inside them a list of the files. This would make navigation easy, as you can drill down through the directory structure but with nice graphical banners....is this possible? I looked at the screen shot of xface skin showing a folder for '24' with the background image and a list of episodes....its looks brilliant!

Im also having issues my tv card, I bought the Hauppauge Nova HD S2 card and managed to set this up to the Astra satellite using my Sky dish and quad LNB and found loads of channels, it worked, i could watch 'some' of the channels and i understand that i can't watch the scrabbled ones until i get a CI, CAM and card and intend to you get these and use my sky card but i have a problem...for some reason i now get an error when trying to tune into a channel, the error reads 'Failed to start TV Unable to connect audio pin' or 'Failed to start TV Unable to connect MPG2 pin' I am assuming this is to do with the codec its trying to use but have tried changing this and it still comes up with the same errors. How can i fix this? Am i supposed to use the Astra Sat or to another, im a newbie to all of this so sorry for the questions. I have installed the latest k-lite codec pack after uninstalling the old er pack i was using.

Another problem i have is with my dual 22" monitor setup i can't fullscreen on the second monitor, how is this possible?

Hope someone can advise me as to how i can fix it, i have now started using the xface skin and WOW i can't get over the cool DVD/CD 3D cases for the folder artwork its magic, as soon as i get the tvseries plugin and tv tuner working i shall deploy the MP solution to all media PC's in the house as its leaps and bounds ahead of the competition (and trust me when i say i've used a few...all i've been doing for the past 2 months is test different solutions but could never find a package that offered so much flexibility and scalability than with MP)
I’m at work at the moment but if you need further specs or an MP log then I shall be able to get these a little later.


I shall (waiting on payday) be making a contribution to MP as a thank you to all your hard work.

Regards
Andy


TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: V0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: SpinSafe 0.2.2.1 v1.10/Xface Skin Version 1.3/
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate 64bit
CPU Type: C2D E6750 @ 3.5Ghz
HDD: Seagate, WD and Maxtor
Memory: 4GB PC6400 Corsair TWINX XMS
Motherboard: Gigabyte DS4
Motherboard Chipset: Intel P35
Motherboard Bios: ver: F11
Video Card: HIS 2600XT HD Turbo
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Onboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge NOVA-HD-S2
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: SKY+ World Package-living room, still playing with the DVB-S card...
HTPC Case: Antec P180B
Cooling: Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Flower Cooler + 4x12cm fans
Power Supply: OCZ EvoStream 720W
Remote: Microsoft MCE 2005 Remote and keyboard
TV: LG 22" LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

 

[Jacko]

No one?!?

Ok so yesterday after getting in i settled down to a long night of file re-naming and movement...it does seem as if tvseries plugin prefers all the files to be located in one folder rather than splitting them up into series/season folders. Thats fine and i've about done it although i think another full night is required to finish off completely. One thing i've noticed is when in a small-ish window using the tvseries plugin i get a list of banner specific for that tv show, when i enter onto one of them i then get a list of all the series for that show and also a little picture of the dvd cover art but if i maximize MP the dvd cover art then jumps up and covers the about half height of the banner....how can i get around this little bug?

I have one slight problem...i can't get any of the files to play, is this plugin not able to play the files or am i missing something? I have the latest k-lite full codec pack and everything plays fine through windows media player...

Also, i still can't get my tv card to work...i shall uninstall the drivers and download the latest ones of the manufacturers website and see if that helps.


Can anyone please give me some pointers as to what im doing wrong please.

guys/girls

Regs
Andy

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

K-lite or any other big codec pack not recommended.

Have a look at Goose's guide for codecs, and use filmerit to repair any errors before following his advice.

<entry name="useTsFileSourceForMpegs">yes</entry>

edit this entry in mediaportal.xml using notepad, change the yes to a no, see if you can now play video's.

c\program Data\team-mediaportal\mediaportal should be where the MP.xml located vista.

Why you got no replies is you are putting multiple questions in one post, by the time anyone has finished reading, they may know how to fix one part for you, but do not post because they cannot answer all your questions.

Always better to post about one subject at a time.

See you in the TVE3 part of forum for TVcard, S2 requires that to work.

:sorry:

 

[Jacko]

Hello Ray, thanks again for coming to my rescue again! lol

I know what you mean about the multiple questions in a single thread, its not a good idea but im so excited about MP and using it to its fullest its hard controlling myself and im to egger and can’t help but to spurt out everything thats going on in my noggin! lo

I have just read on the xface thread that codec packs are not good when using MP so i shall follow your link and do as it says. Also will look at TVE3 for my tv card setup.

Thanks again

Regs
Jacko

 

[Inker]

Well, as said you should split your posts into logical parts and post each part into the correct subforum (there is one for the tvseries plugin and one for tv engine3). Also I didn't really understand your question to be honest, maybe because the whole thread is so long, sorry. The question about not playing files has been asked repeatadly lately, search is your friend.

 

[Jacko]

I understand Inker, tbh, i didn't notice the other forum subsections until last night, again this was due to being short sighted and wanting to post my question as soon as possible to allow time for replies for consumption when i got in from work.

Thanks, i shall in future make sure i post in the correct subforum with a tracked question rather than going off the rails.

Regards
Andy