XBMC Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting

Zenbaas said:
Finished with number one.
Busy trying to sort out number 2.
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Using the generic build? I honestly think that the generic build is the correct version for the HP Microserver, unless something changed between the N40L and N54L that's above my knowledge paygrade...
 
I'm starting with the generic built which is what I downloaded a few days ago.
 
I'm trying out OpenELEC again.

For the guys running Sickbeard.

What service provider do you use for your NZB's?

Any way to get it to grab from NH?

Or do you prefer the Torrent method?

Trying to establish what will be the best and have the least amount of misses.
 
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I use what sickbeard calls wombles index, came with sickbeard, which seems to be newshost.co.za. :confused: Works like a bomb.

torrents + sickbeard = heartache. Stick with NZB's.
 
Ok so I haven't progressed much since last I posted. I have redownloaded the OPENELEC file and tried to redo the bootable usb drive about 20 times with no success. I have entered my bios settings in the N54L but the usb is already set as the first drive to boot from. When I start up the microserver it gets stuck on "no bootable partition in table". I don't know what I am doing wrong here but I have run out of things to try.

Got it sorted.
 
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APoc184 said:
I'm trying out OpenELEC again.

For the guys running Sickbeard.

What service provider do you use for your NZB's?

Any way to get it to grab from NH?

Or do you prefer the Torrent method?

Trying to establish what will be the best and have the least amount of misses.
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I downloaded the sickbeard suite I think it was called on my openelec. The version of sickbeard that comes with that has the option of using kickasstorrents for fetching torrents and I must say it works quite well compared to the version of sickbeard I used on windows cos that one only had options for some private trackers IIRC
 
Anybody know why I am getting these 500 Internal Server Errors on Sickbeard?

Code: 
Internal Error DB error: database or disk is full

Whenever I try to change any of the settings it gives me the error.

My log is also full of the same type of errors.

Code: 
2013-11-17 08:41:05.365783 CHECKVERSION :: Check scene exceptions update failed. Unable to get URL: http://midgetspy.github.com/sb_tvdb_scene_exceptions/exceptions.txt
2013-11-17 08:41:05.371041 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: Error loading Womble's Index URL: http://nzb.isasecret.com/rss/?sec=TV-x264&fr=false
2013-11-17 08:41:05.450744 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: Error loading Sick Beard Index URL: http://lolo.sickbeard.com/api?t=tvsearch&cat=5040%2C5030
2013-11-17 08:41:08.378592 SEARCHQUEUE-BACKLOG-266189 :: Error loading Sick Beard Index URL: http://lolo.sickbeard.com/api?limit=100&t=tvsearch&season=1&rid=35048&maxage=500&cat=5030%2C5040
2013-11-17 08:42:54.097287 CP Server Thread-9 :: DB error: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 09:41:07.647956 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: DB error: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 09:41:07.648378 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: Error while searching Womble's Index, skipping: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 09:41:09.553889 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: DB error: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 09:41:09.578974 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: Error while searching Sick Beard Index, skipping: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 09:41:09.854965 SEARCHQUEUE-RSS-SEARCH :: No NZB/Torrent providers found or enabled in the sickbeard config. Please check your settings.
2013-11-17 09:48:47.255728 CP Server Thread-8 :: DB error: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 10:14:09.876002 CP Server Thread-11 :: DB error: database or disk is full
2013-11-17 10:15:43.567032 CP Server Thread-2 :: DB error: database or disk is full
 
I just uninstalled the SABnzb Suite and started from scratch again. Seems fine now.
 
Ok... anyone got any Game Emulators (MAME, NES etc) running under XBMC? Bonus points under Openelec?
 
ExPat TV (BBC Channels) seems to work fine with no FilmOn user name & password. I just found it irritating to press escape all the time to bypass the username & password request so I modified the "~/.xbmc/addons/plugin.video.expattv/default.py" file ( This is the XbmcUbuntu path ).

Below is the start of the file, Delete or comment out the Bold & Underlined section.

Code: 
----------------Start of file --------------
import urllib,urllib2,sys,re,xbmcplugin,xbmcgui,xbmcaddon,xbmc,os
import datetime
import time


PLUGIN='plugin.video.expattv'

ADDON = xbmcaddon.Addon(id=PLUGIN)

swf='swfUrl=http://www.filmon.com/tv/modules/FilmOnTV/files/flashapp/filmon/FilmonPlayer.swf?v=4'
iconimage='http://static.filmon.com/couch/channels/%s/extra_big_logo.png'
from hashlib import md5
api ='http://www.filmon.com/api/'

[B][U]if ADDON.getSetting('user')=='':
        dialog = xbmcgui.Dialog()
        xbmcgui.Dialog().ok('ExPat','Now ExPat Needs Your FilmOn User Details To Work','The Next Screen Will Get You To Input These','If You Havent Got A Filmon Account Sign Up')
if ADDON.getSetting('user')=='':
        search_entered = ''
        keyboard = xbmc.Keyboard(search_entered, 'Please Enter Email Address')
        keyboard.doModal()
        if keyboard.isConfirmed():
            search_entered = keyboard.getText()
        ADDON.setSetting('user',search_entered)

if ADDON.getSetting('pass')=='':
        search_entered = ''
        keyboard = xbmc.Keyboard(search_entered, 'Please Enter Password')
        keyboard.doModal()
        if keyboard.isConfirmed():
            search_entered = keyboard.getText()
        ADDON.setSetting('pass',search_entered)
[/U][/B]
user=ADDON.getSetting('user')
passs=ADDON.getSetting('pass')
password = md5(passs).hexdigest()

---------------- rest of file ----------------
 
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Updates OP with download links and how-to-videos for setting up automated downloads (SABnzb, Sickbeard, Couchpotato)
 
Anybody know if there is a way of setting up the audio so that the action scenes are not 5 times louder than the normal parts?

With a baby sleeping in the house it can be problematic when the action starts and it sounds like it is happening inside her room. And setting the volume down so that the action is better, leaves me with the problem that I cannot hear normal conversations very well.

/perhaps I'm deaf :p
 
APoc184 said:
Anybody know if there is a way of setting up the audio so that the action scenes are not 5 times louder than the normal parts?

With a baby sleeping in the house it can be problematic when the action starts and it sounds like it is happening inside her room. And setting the volume down so that the action is better, leaves me with the problem that I cannot hear normal conversations very well.

/perhaps I'm deaf :p
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+1

I think this is just how sound is mixed in movies these days - remember they're made for being watched in a cinema in full immersion surround sound.
 
If you're using Windows then there are a few volume normalisation apps that you can install. If you're on Openelec then you're schit outta luck...
 
DJ... said:
If you're using Windows then there are a few volume normalisation apps that you can install. If you're on Openelec then you're schit outta luck...
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Luckily I dropped Openelec over the weekend again and moved back to Win 7. Too many small issues with Openelec for me.

Thanks for the advice. Will search around the web for a suitable app.
 
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