ReplayTV

[bmblank]

We (my brother and I) have 3 replaytvs and 2 computers with DVArchive on them. It would be really neat to have xlobby and dvarchive together somehow. Shows on the replay could be shown in some sort of database and streamed to xlobby.

[Mannyman]

Hey bmblank,
I'm interested in how you end up integrating the 2.

I have a couple of ReplayTVs and DVA at home and ended up using WIRNS web pages inside XLobby for ReplayTV look-ups, epg, etc. Pretty sure you can do the same with DVA web output.

I use Xlobby as a touchscreen controller in the living room and Master bedroom with a couple Fujitsu 3500s (touchscreenpc), so rarely use the small screens to watch anything. (I did convert a couple of seasons of tv Replay MPG2s into Divx and sometimes watch a FamilyGuy episode on the touchscreen using VLC via Xlobby )

I use IR from pre-exisiting setup in the home-automation software I use and control that via Xlobby as well. I still need to finish creating all the remote control buttons to keep the skin looking consistent.

Here's a video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1955691372839256563

[bmblank]

ReplayTV just uses HTML codes to control it. That's how DVArchive can control the replays over the network. Would there be a way to capture those codes in xlobby? IE, have the events manager open and hit a DVArchive replay button and then record whatever comes out.. Then assign an xlobby button to that code and voila...

I know there is a way to do something along those lines, but I'm only a mechanical engineer, so I don't know too much about coding and such.

Even better, since we barely ever watch live tv, we could create a database of the shows recorded on the replays through dvarchive and then stream those shows (from the replaytv) to a player on the htpc controlled by xlobby. It can't be that hard, because dvarchive is just a simple java program and I know alot of you know java. I just wish I were a genius, then I'd do it myself.

[Mannyman]

I guess what you are saying would make for prettier XLobby screens as opposed to just loading WiRNS or DVA in the XL browser functionality. Like you I'm not a code jockey, so I have focused on integrating those existing solutions.

As the two main televisions in my place have Replays attached to them I can cut out the "streaming through htpc" part of the equation. Even though an HTPC would improve the reliability of streaming the pc-stored mpegs; I just needed a way to control the DVRs and the DVA or WiRNS software via their built in web pages.

Maybe in a ReplayTv forum you can ask what web commands do what?
If there is anyone that can reverse engineer or figure out source code there's code around. For example I found the following on the Poopli Forum.

On a computer connected to the same network as your replay, open a browser and go to the following URL:

http://<replay's ip>/screenshot.bmp?sync=1

and you'll see the current screenshot in your browser.

Also checkout the perl script stuff used by webmote:
http://s95184944.onlinehome.us/ReplayTV.html

For people who can read code:
Remote Commander (http://rtvrc.sourceforge.net/) ...

Either way please share what you end up doing.

Manny