I have been using pytivo for at least 5 years and over that time it has been pretty maintenance free. It is running on a dedicated Windows 7 machine with streambaby and Plex. The firewall is completely turned off at this point, though prior to these issues it was on, with the necessary ports open.
Recently though I started having some problems on two different Tivo Premiere boxes. Initially I began having the shares show up with the ! icon. It wasnt a big issue, though a little annoying. About 3 weeks ago, I realized at some point in the not too distant past, both the music and photo shares disappeared from the Music & Photos menu.
I decided Id see if I could get everything working correctly, so the first thing I did was download the latest version from https://github.com/wmcbrine/pytivo/ . I deleted everything except pytivo.conf and the bin subdirectory and then extracted the new version into the folder. I ran pytivo from the console and it runs, however I only see some of the shares, and they still have the ! icon. If I let it run for an hour (usually less), those shares disappear completely. I figured I didnt have time right then to work on it so I thought I would go ahead and turn on a server that I had been running pytivo on a while back, and see if it would run pytivo until I could get the newer server fixed. I fired up the old server (Running Windows XP) and low and behold, it runs, shows all the shares and the icons are the standard computer icons. Music and Photo shares show up designated like Music on Musics PC. After a short while SOME of the shares disappear, and different shares disappear on each of my two tivos.
So now I decided to get pytivo working on my Windows 7 machine. No matter what I do, the shares show up, and then disappear after a short time. I can restart pytivo, and they reappear, only to disappear again. At some point I got the idea to copy the whole pytivo directory from my XP machine to my Win 7 Machine. I did that, made some minor changes (path to pytivo, deleted the Admin section, etc.) I ran that version of pytivo and All the shares show up, with the regular computer icon, BUT, the shares disappear again. I upgraded to the newest version and the shares show up with the ! icon. So now, I copy over only the old beacon.py (dated 08-08-10). I rerun pytivo and the shares show up with the regular computer icon. Unfortunately, the shares disappear after a short time. I can go back and forth between the old and new beacon.py and the share icon will change accordingly.
So now . I reinstalled Windows 7. Reinstalled the latest pytivo. Turned off firewall and antivirus. Stripped down my config file. At this point I cannot get Pytivo to run without dropping out the shares. Ive checked my router (D-Link DIR-615) and multicast streams are enabled. (This is the same router Ive had for years and never had any pytivo issues.) All my computers and tivos are wired, not wireless. Here is what my config file looks like:
Any thoughts or suggestions anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Norm
Recently though I started having some problems on two different Tivo Premiere boxes. Initially I began having the shares show up with the ! icon. It wasnt a big issue, though a little annoying. About 3 weeks ago, I realized at some point in the not too distant past, both the music and photo shares disappeared from the Music & Photos menu.
I decided Id see if I could get everything working correctly, so the first thing I did was download the latest version from https://github.com/wmcbrine/pytivo/ . I deleted everything except pytivo.conf and the bin subdirectory and then extracted the new version into the folder. I ran pytivo from the console and it runs, however I only see some of the shares, and they still have the ! icon. If I let it run for an hour (usually less), those shares disappear completely. I figured I didnt have time right then to work on it so I thought I would go ahead and turn on a server that I had been running pytivo on a while back, and see if it would run pytivo until I could get the newer server fixed. I fired up the old server (Running Windows XP) and low and behold, it runs, shows all the shares and the icons are the standard computer icons. Music and Photo shares show up designated like Music on Musics PC. After a short while SOME of the shares disappear, and different shares disappear on each of my two tivos.
So now I decided to get pytivo working on my Windows 7 machine. No matter what I do, the shares show up, and then disappear after a short time. I can restart pytivo, and they reappear, only to disappear again. At some point I got the idea to copy the whole pytivo directory from my XP machine to my Win 7 Machine. I did that, made some minor changes (path to pytivo, deleted the Admin section, etc.) I ran that version of pytivo and All the shares show up, with the regular computer icon, BUT, the shares disappear again. I upgraded to the newest version and the shares show up with the ! icon. So now, I copy over only the old beacon.py (dated 08-08-10). I rerun pytivo and the shares show up with the regular computer icon. Unfortunately, the shares disappear after a short time. I can go back and forth between the old and new beacon.py and the share icon will change accordingly.
So now . I reinstalled Windows 7. Reinstalled the latest pytivo. Turned off firewall and antivirus. Stripped down my config file. At this point I cannot get Pytivo to run without dropping out the shares. Ive checked my router (D-Link DIR-615) and multicast streams are enabled. (This is the same router Ive had for years and never had any pytivo issues.) All my computers and tivos are wired, not wireless. Here is what my config file looks like:
Code:
[Server]
tivo_password = ********
tivo_mak = ********
ffmpeg = C:\PyTivo\bin\ffmpeg.exe
temp = C:\PyTivo\temp
togo_path = \\Rerun\Rerun\Tivo\ToGo
tivo_username = *********
beacon = 192.168.1.** 192.168.1.**
port = 9032
[Photos]
path = \\RERUN\Rerun\Tivo\Pics and Audio\Pictures
type = photo
[Music]
path = \\RERUN\Rerun\Tivo\Pics and Audio\Audio
type = music
[Movies]
force_alpha = True
type = video
path = \\PATTY\Patty\Tivo\Video\DVDs
[Personal]
force_alpha = True
type = video
path = \\PATTY\Patty\Tivo\Video\Stream\DVDs
[TV Series]
force_alpha = True
type = video
path = \\WOODSTOCK\Tivo\Tivo Home Media\TV Series
[TV Mini-Series]
force_alpha = True
type = video
path = \\WOODSTOCK\Tivo\Tivo Home Media\TV Mini Series
[_tivo_***************]
shares = Movies, TV Series, TV Mini-Series, Personal, Music, Photos
[_tivo_***************]
shares = Movies, TV Series, TV Mini-Series, Music, PhotosThanks in advance
Norm