Help regarding TV-Server & FreeNAS

[Hisma]

By the way, it's also a good idea to set up mythweb to manage recordings. Xbmc sucks for this, and it's also a pain to use x11 forwarding. Mythweb you can manage everything on a Web based front-end.

If anyone needs any help setting up myth backend or mythweb let me know. I've had both working for close to a year now. Recently upgraded mythweb to use latest Apache server.

 

[hxall]

Would appreciate some direction on how to get mythweb working, using X11 forwarding at the moment and it's not a pleasant experience.

 

[hxall]

You select your HDHomerun tuner from the list of capture card options while running mythtv-setup.

See, for example: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HDHomeRun/MythTV

I have installed it and run the Mythtv-setup, but I keep getting the following error after following the setup guide: E HDHRSH(1319146A-0): DeviceSet(vchannel 1): ERROR: invalid virtual channel

Not sure what to do with this, Mythbackend sees my HDHomerun but gives this error when it starts. I read in another post that it may have something to do with the cable card, any advice?

 

[Hisma]

Would appreciate some direction on how to get mythweb working, using X11 forwarding at the moment and it's not a pleasant experience.

Here is what I've got. I recently upgraded mythweb to be compatible with freenas 9.3... hopefully this is complete. if you run into snags let me know.

1. Install the package

Code:

pkg install mythplugin-mythweb

pkg install apache24

pkg install php56

pkg install php56-extensions

pkg install mod_php5

from /usr/local/etc/ -

Code:

cp php.ini-production php.ini

2. set correct permissions -

* I think the mythweb installs to /usr/local/www/mythweb. If it doesn't, copy mythweb files to that directory.

then, from /usr/local/www

chown -R www mythweb

3. move the apache config file from the mythweb directory to the apache config directory.

Code:

mv /usr/local/www/mythweb/mythweb.conf.apache /usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/mythweb.conf

4.Edit /usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/mythweb.conf and changed the Directory paths to

Code:

"/usr/local/www/mythweb/data"
"/usr/local/www/mythweb"

5. Edit /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf and


append at end of file:

Code:

<FilesMatch "\.php$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>

DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/mythweb"
<Directory /usr/local/www/mythweb>
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    php_flag register_globals off
    Options Indexes FollowSymlinks
    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
    </IfModule>
</Directory>

Include /usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/mythweb.conf

6. Start apache

Code:

# echo 'apache24_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# service apache24 start

Access the mythweb index page by typing the jail IP directly into your web browser.

http://<jail IP>

That's it.

 

[Hisma]

Also, minor issue I ran into after getting mythweb working, my backend status link wasn't working. If it's not working for you, follow this -

Can't Check Backend Status in Mythweb

Warning at /usr/local/www/mythweb/modules/status/handler.php, line 32: !!NoTrans: file_get_contents(http://192.168.0.167:6667/Status/GetStatusHTML): failed to open stream: Connection refused!!

It is using the wrong status port. Not sure why it is using the wrong port, but first check the address:

http://<jail IP>:6544/Status/GetStatusHTML

If working, then edit the handler file.

Code:

edit /usr/local/www/mythweb/modules/status/handler.php

Line 15 defines the status port. Change it to

Code:

$statusport = 6544

This is a dirty fix, but it works.

 

[hxall]

Also, minor issue I ran into after getting mythweb working, my backend status link wasn't working. If it's not working for you, follow this -

Can't Check Backend Status in Mythweb

Warning at /usr/local/www/mythweb/modules/status/handler.php, line 32: !!NoTrans: file_get_contents(http://192.168.0.167:6667/Status/GetStatusHTML): failed to open stream: Connection refused!!

It is using the wrong status port. Not sure why it is using the wrong port, but first check the address:

http://<jail IP>:6544/Status/GetStatusHTML

If working, then edit the handler file.

Code:

edit /usr/local/www/mythweb/modules/status/handler.php

Line 15 defines the status port. Change it to

Code:

$statusport = 6544

This is a dirty fix, but it works.

Thanks Hisma for the guide, will try this out shortly...

 

[nello]

Would appreciate some direction on how to get mythweb working …

Here's what I posted about getting mythweb installed:

https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...diaserver-and-mythtv.19131/page-3#post-182136

 

[Hisma]

Here's what I posted about getting mythweb installed:

https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...diaserver-and-mythtv.19131/page-3#post-182136

Yeah I left out pkg upgrade, but when working with pkg-ng that should always be one of the first things you should do.

Only thing I couldn't get working is the direct video streaming via mythweb. If you managed to get that working I'd like to hear what you did

 

[hxall]

I'm getting multiple errors in mythweb.conf when attempting to start the apache server:

First - didn't like line 30 had to remove "-All" following Options command
Second - line 145, invalid command 'RewriteEngine'

any ideas?

Also, instead of mod_php5, I installed mod_php56, not sure if related with above, but given that php56 package is being installed it just made sense to match the versions...

 

[Hisma]

Hxall, be careful, I think you need to install mod php 5, because when you try to install version 56, it will auto uninstall other packages without you realizing it. I had the same thinking as you, but after difficulties I was having, I paid attention to the pkg output when I installed the packages, and I guess mod56 is incompatible with some of the other required packages. I would run pkg install step again, make sure nothing important got removed, and then uninstall 56 and install 5.

 

[hxall]

Thanks Hisma, I got it working, all I had to do was uncomment a module referenced in httpd.conf and that allowed mod_rewrite to be active with apache. The mythweb seems to be working just fine, but I'm still testing the functionality.

 

[Hisma]

Great! I couldn't remember all the steps honestly since I installed mythweb almost a year ago. The steps I showed are mostly what I followed when I decided to upgrade my mythtv jail to be compatible with freenas 9.3 using the latest apache, php, etc. So I might have done the mod_rewrite previously. I also swore I had issues with mod_php56, but again I did it a while ago, and since I didn't note it I was only guessing.

Anyway, glad you got it working. It's sort of a pain to figure out yourself, but if you know what steps to follow it's maybe a 10 minute process start to finish.

 

[hxall]

Has anyone gotten streaming via Mythweb working? I've played around with it a bit and all I get is:

Not Found
The requested URL /mythweb.pl/pl/stream/1339/1427072400.asx was not found on this server.

When I look in the documents folder (/usr/local/www/mythweb/data) I don't see a recorded video subfolder, there is one for cache and and one for tv_icons, I believe a symlink is needed but not sure where to point it to...

Any suggestions?

 

[Hisma]

I could not get it to work either. I am convinced it is a problem with perl, because when you direct your browser to /mythweb.pl, it does not parse the script... it only displays the code.

I tried numerous ways to figure out why perl scripts weren't working with mythweb, but I gave up after a few hours. If anyone manages to get it working, let us know.

 

[JR Gonzalez]

You probably need helpers in your config for whatever web server you're using. Although. I believe newer versions of mythtv have an internal web interface nowadays. Not sure though, you'd have to check with the mythtv guys.

 

[hxall]

Made some progress, you need to uncomment the cgi handler in httpd.conf, search for the following and remove the # from LoadModule cgi_module

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache24/mod_cgi.so
</IfModule>

Once you do this, the file will download as an mpg, so downloads are now working. Still working on streaming, I go get the file but the browser asks what to do with the *.asx file... probably have to play with the file type and handlers, but getting closer to fully functioning mythweb functionality.

 

[hxall]

By the way when the *.asx file comes up the browser asks for what app to open to play the video, if I select VLC the recording plays just fine. I guess what's needed is configuring the browser to open VLC automatically when the *.asx file is openned... if this is the case, then probably won't work with apple devices?

 

[Hisma]

Nice going dude. I'll try what you said and see if it works for me

 

[Nindustries]

Do note that the 'safest/easiest' way atm would be running the phpVirtualbox jail and run linux in a VM with the DVR of your choice with a network tuner.
If you really need oscam or a key reader, USB1 passthrough should be possible. (Not USB2, but you don't need the performance anyway, I checked with a tvHeadend dev.)

 

[hxall]

Has anyone experienced some distortion in their recordings in fast moving scenes, I know HDHomerun Prime is working fine as I don't see the distortion when using the hdhomerun_viewer app. Only see the distortion after viewing recordings from mythtv, any suggestions?