Unbox On Demand: Browse and order videos from Amazon Unbox from your TiVo

[Fofer]

Originally Posted by dswallow

Fofer, is your TiVo receiver on the same physical network as the IP 10.211.55.2 (presumably 10.211.55.*)?

No... the IP scheme of my network is 10.0.1.*
Looking at my router's DHCP table, it's current IP is 10.0.1.133.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

No... the IP scheme of my network is 10.0.1.*
Looking at my router's DHCP table, it's current IP is 10.0.1.133.

Then you need to identify to the app the specific interface it should bind to.

You can do that by editing the wrapper.conf file.

Look for the line at the end of the first section:

#wrapper.app.parameter.3=--intf 192.168.3.30


Remove the "#" and change the IP address to be the IP of your computer on that interface (10.0.1.whatever).

[Fofer]

Okay, did that. (That step wasn't necessary for me before, BTW.)

Still no dice, though.

In any case, a new error log file was created, here it is.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

Okay, did that. (That step wasn't necessary for me before, BTW.)

Still no dice, though.

In any case, a new error log file was created, here it is.

Could you try version 0.23 now... and check that wrapper.conf line again to make sure it's got the valid computer IP address specified correctly because the log file doesn't seem to show that part of the application initializing.

BTW, the code initializing the binding just looks for one local and one non-local interface to bind to, and it seems to just grab the first of each it comes to when looking through all your network devices. I'm not sure what could affect the order of things on different platforms, but perhaps any settings change might somehow affect the order the OS will return them in.

[Fofer]

Tried version 0.23. Checked the wrapper.conf line again and removed the # sign, changed the IP to 10.0.1.101 (the current IP of my laptop.) It appears that I'm not able to actually start the app. When I follow the ReadMe and type ./run.sh & I get this:

[1] 27518
[fofermbp:/Applications/UnboxOnDemand/bin] fofer% Usage: ./run.sh { console | start | stop | restart | status | dump }

when I check status or try to "restart" it says it wasn't running.

and when I type ./run.sh start
I get this:

Starting Unbox On Demand...
ps: args: keyword not found
ps: no valid keywords
Removed stale pid file: /Applications/UnboxOnDemand/bin/./unboxOnDemand.pid

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

Tried version 0.23. Checked the wrapper.conf line again and removed the # sign, changed the IP to 10.0.1.101 (the current IP of my laptop.) It appears that I'm not able to actually start the app. When I follow the ReadMe and type ./run.sh & I get this:



when I check status or try to "restart" it says it wasn't running.

and when I type ./run.sh start
I get this:

According to the developer of the wrapper, there's a fix for the script to get it to work on Mac OS X properly... apparently the "ps" command doesn't have an "args" keyword as it does on Unix, so that was the problem.

I grabbed a copy of the fixed script and updated it for the app-specific items, so try this version of run.sh and let me know what happens.

Also I believe you can start it with "run.sh console" to see output while the script runs and anything from the app itself.

[rdrrepair]

Downloaded 0.23 the search feature is getting info 2 times faster!!!

I am now receiving 24 hits per 1.5 seconds instead of the 10-12 before in the same time request! Good work!

[crowfan]

Doug,

I just did a fresh install of 0.23. I removed the # from that line in the wrapper.conf file, and replaced the IP address with the IP address of my Mac (192.168.x.y - I edited the actual IP address cause I'm not sure if I should post that?). I ran it with "./run.sh console" and here is what I got:

Running Unbox On Demand...
wrapper  | --> Wrapper Started as Console
wrapper  | Launching a JVM...
jvm 1    | Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
jvm 1    |   Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
jvm 1    | 
jvm 1    | HME SDK 1.4 (TiVo, Inc.)
jvm 1    | Video server will use folder /Applications/UnboxOnDemand/bin/previews
jvm 1    | Video server is listening on port 49528
jvm 1    | Preview queue will use folder /Applications/UnboxOnDemand/bin/previews
jvm 1    | UnboxApplicationFactory initialized
jvm 1    | com.tivo.hme.interfaces.IArgumentList$BadArgumentException: don't understand --intf 192.168.x.y
jvm 1    |      at com.tivo.hme.host.util.ArgumentList.checkForIllegalFlags(ArgumentList.java:208)
jvm 1    |      at com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main.createFactory(Main.java:392)
jvm 1    |      at com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main.<init>(Main.java:151)
jvm 1    |      at com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main.<init>(Main.java:60)
jvm 1    |      at com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main.main(Main.java:534)
jvm 1    |      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
jvm 1    |      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
jvm 1    |      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
jvm 1    |      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
jvm 1    |      at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:240)
jvm 1    |      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
jvm 1    | error: don't understand --intf 192.168.x.y
jvm 1    | usage: Main [options] class
jvm 1    | 
jvm 1    | Options:
jvm 1    |  --port <port>         listen on a specific port
jvm 1    |  --intf <interface>    listen on a specific interface
jvm 1    |  --nomdns <interface>  listen on a specific interface, without mdns
jvm 1    |  --launcher <file>     start factories listed in file
jvm 1    |  --jars <dir>          scan directory for HME app jar files
jvm 1    |  --jar <jarfile>       start factory for the given jar
wrapper  | <-- Wrapper Stopped

I don't really understand what I'm looking at here, but this line stood out:

error: don't understand --intf 192.168.x.y

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by crowfan

I don't really understand what I'm looking at here, but this line stood out:

error: don't understand --intf 192.168.x.y

I feel at a loss to help because that all works under Windows OK. So maybe it's something like wrapper.conf needing to have no LF's. Can you run it through a dos2unix text file conversion and see if that helps? if you comment out that line does it run OK, but just with the wrong IP binding?

One other idea... try splitting the two parts of the "--intf" parameter up... so you end up with this in your wrapper.conf file:

wrapper.app.parameter.1=com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main
wrapper.app.parameter.2=com.unboxondemand.hme.app.UnboxAppli cation
wrapper.app.parameter.3=--intf
wrapper.app.parameter.4=192.168.3.30


(with your IP address, of course -- BTW, no problem posting private IP addresses, they're inaccessible from the public internet so no harm is done)

[crowfan]

Originally Posted by dswallow

if you comment out that line does it run OK, but just with the wrong IP binding?

Yup, that's what happens if I comment it out.

One other idea... try splitting the two parts of the "--intf" parameter up... so you end up with this in your wrapper.conf file:

wrapper.app.parameter.1=com.tivo.hme.host.sample.Main
wrapper.app.parameter.2=com.unboxondemand.hme.app.UnboxAppli cation
wrapper.app.parameter.3=--intf
wrapper.app.parameter.4=192.168.3.30

I tried that, and it runs OK, and is binding to the right IP address, but again I run into the problem where I have to leave Terminal open. If I try to quit Terminal, I have to terminate the processes. If I do, the UoD entry disappears from the TiVo menu.

(with your IP address, of course -- BTW, no problem posting private IP addresses, they' re inaccessible from the public internet so no harm is done)

Thanks, I thought that was the case but I didn't want to chance it.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by crowfan

I tried that, and it runs OK, and is binding to the right IP address, but again I run into the problem where I have to leave Terminal open. If I try to quit Terminal, I have to terminate the processes. If I do, the UoD entry disappears from the TiVo menu.

Even if you do "./run.sh start" closing terminal kills it?

Maybe something on this page might help: http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/do...aunch-nix.html

[crowfan]

Ah, that works.

I was running it with "console" so I could see the IP address. Running it with "start" works.

[supasta]

Sorry if this was mentioned...

Doug, your webpage is down...

I am eager to get the newest version of this program (I am stuck at .11!)

[jfh3]

Web page is more than down - can't find the server ...

[dswallow]

Sorry about that... DNS had stopped for some reason... noticed it around 10:30am. It should have been working the rest of the day (as well as now).

I just put up version 0.24 about an hour ago. Just cleaning little things up from the last few days enhancements, but worth the update even from 0.23, I think.

www.unboxondemand.com

[rdrrepair]

Originally Posted by dswallow

I just put up version 0.24 about an hour ago. Just cleaning little things up from the last few days enhancements, but worth the update even from 0.23, I think.

I noticed the return rate went down from 24 to 20 since version .23 It's not like I can read 20 return per 1.5 seconds anyway so that is very minor.

Nicer ability to read the description. When you hit the page down button it will drop down all the way and leave one extra line.

Bigger buttons. Looks a lot crisper and more refined. Speed have increased for rental/buy.

I also noticed that since .23 the S3 no longer displays the unbox icon in the "Now Playing List" but the S2 still does. Seeing that the S3 won't do preview that is a nice touch.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by rdrrepair

I noticed the return rate went down from 24 to 20 since version .23 It's not like I can read 20 return per 1.5 seconds anyway so that is very minor.

No it didn't, there's actually 2 different kinds of searches -- the "Movies for Rent", "Movies for Purchase" and "TV by Content Provider" items grab the data from the Amazon web site at 24 items per page. The others grab the data from Amazon's E-Commerce Services at 20 items/page (formerly 10).

Originally Posted by rdrrepair

I also noticed that since .23 the S3 no longer displays the unbox icon in the "Now Playing List" but the S2 still does. Seeing that the S3 won't do preview that is a nice touch.

To my knowledge the Now Playing item should never have shown up on an S3. If in the System Information screen your S3 had been showing "a,a,a" instead of "i,i,i" perhaps that's why. Some people have reported that, at least for a short while, their S3's were configured that way for some reason, which would've affected it showing up in the Now Playing list.

[Fofer]

Originally Posted by dswallow

According to the developer of the wrapper, there's a fix for the script to get it to work on Mac OS X properly... apparently the "ps" command doesn't have an "args" keyword as it does on Unix, so that was the problem.

I grabbed a copy of the fixed script and updated it for the app-specific items, so try this version of run.sh and let me know what happens.

Also I believe you can start it with "run.sh console" to see output while the script runs and anything from the app itself.

As it turns out I didn't get a chance to try this version of run.sh. I just downloaded a fresh install of UnboxOnDemand, version .24, set it up, and it appears to be running fine again. I didn't even have to change the #wrapper.app.parameter.3 line. It just works.

I do notice that some TV shows aren't making themselves available for purchase. (And yes, I have 1-click turned on.) For example, South Park doesn't seem to work. I wanted to buy the "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode. The only option I see is "Download Preview" -- and I'm on an S3, so even that function/choice is moot. I logged into Amazon and see I could buy the episode from there, though, and yes, it's available for TiVo's. Other shows seem to work fine though (although I haven't yet pulled the trigger on another purchase.) So what's up with South Park?

(Lastly, a feature request, until the S3 can handle TiVoToGo, how about preventing the "Download Preview" menu from appearing at all in UnBoxOnDemand? Since it won't work anyway and might only serve to confuse. Or taunt. )

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

(Lastly, a feature request, until the S3 can handle TiVoToGo, how about preventing the "Download Preview" menu from appearing at all in UnBoxOnDemand? Since it won't work anyway and might only serve to confuse. Or taunt. )

That's there. Just add "previewQueue.enabled=false" to unboxOnDemand.properties.

Though actually I broke it with this last release when I changed the "Preview/Buy/Rent" button formatting and forgot to pay attention to the enable setting, though it does still eliminate the choice from the purchase screen. It'll be fixed in a new version today.

[Fofer]

Trying to buy an episode of Comedy Central Stand Up, "Mitch Hedberg." When I go to confirm, I immediately get this error:

"The expected response from the Amazon server was not encountered. Your purchase may have completed properly. Please check your Amazon account directly and confirm that the order was placed. We apologize for the inconvenience."

When I check my Amazon account directly, it appears that the purchase wasn't made. I've tried 3 times now, all with the same result.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

I do notice that some TV shows aren't making themselves available for purchase. (And yes, I have 1-click turned on.) For example, South Park doesn't seem to work. I wanted to buy the "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode. The only option I see is "Download Preview" -- and I'm on an S3, so even that function/choice is moot. I logged into Amazon and see I could buy the episode from there, though, and yes, it's available for TiVo's. Other shows seem to work fine though (although I haven't yet pulled the trigger on another purchase.) So what's up with South Park?

If I go online to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LVKON6 (Make Love not Warcraft episode) and look at the options, I cannot choose a TiVo for a download destination.

This is just classic Amazon Unbox right now... not all episodes of a series with available episodes are available for TiVo and sometimes they'll pull something back that was available because of a technical issue and need to reencode.

Did you actually see your TiVo listed as a download option when you looked?

Were there any others you noticed?

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

Trying to buy an episode of Comedy Central Stand Up, "Mitch Hedberg." When I go to confirm, I immediately get this error:

"The expected response from the Amazon server was not encountered. Your purchase may have completed properly. Please check your Amazon account directly and confirm that the order was placed. We apologize for the inconvenience."

When I check my Amazon account directly, it appears that the purchase wasn't made. I've tried 3 times now, all with the same result.

Can you zip and email me your unboxLog.txt file? doug@2150.com

[Fofer]

Originally Posted by dswallow

Can you zip and email me your unboxLog.txt file? doug@2150.com

Sent.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by Fofer

Sent.

Did you do something on your account recently, like change a credit card?

It's asking you to select or enter your billing address. It says you'll only have to do it once per credit card, so it seems like it's because something was changed on your account since you last placed an order.

[Fofer]

Originally Posted by dswallow

If I go online to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LVKON6 (Make Love not Warcraft episode) and look at the options, I cannot choose a TiVo for a download destination.

This is just classic Amazon Unbox right now... not all episodes of a series with available episodes are available for TiVo and sometimes they'll pull something back that was available because of a technical issue and need to reencode.

Did you actually see your TiVo listed as a download option when you looked?

Were there any others you noticed?

I just dived in deeper and now I see the confusion. On Amazon's page for South Park, the first four episodes of Season 11 are in fact available for download to my TiVo, and those appear to be available via UnboxOnDemand too. But the older ones, from last season and earlier, I couldn't get via UOD, are also not showing my TiVo as a valid destination, on the Amazon.com page. I just assumed since thie first page (Season 11) showed my TiVo as a destination, that it'd be available for all South Parks. Bummer.

If I come across a specific discrepancy (available from webpage but not from UOD) I will let you know. But for now it appears that this is just an Unbox issue. I hope Amazon makes the TiVo offerings more consistent soon.

[Fofer]

Originally Posted by dswallow

Did you do something on your account recently, like change a credit card?

It's asking you to select or enter your billing address. It says you'll only have to do it once per credit card, so it seems like it's because something was changed on your account since you last placed an order.

Ah, that was it. Yeah, I cleaned up my list of associated credit cards when I was enabling 1-click. That was a couple of weeks ago but I haven't ordered anything since. I went in and assigned a proper billing address just now and tried again, and now it appears to have worked, the order went through. Just waiting for the download to appear... thanks for the help.

[Fofer]

Doug, you may want to amend the ReadMe, that the user must:

"(1) have one-click enabled on Amazon.com
(2) have an active credit card set in the default one-click profile, with a billing address associated"


(if only because Amazon allows a user to set up credit cards, and doesn't seem to ask for billing address until they actually try to complete an order. that's what apparently happened to me.)

[timckelley]

I wonder if there's a way for his software to detect the absense of a billing address and then display an appropriate error message.

[dswallow]

Originally Posted by timckelley

I wonder if there's a way for his software to detect the absense of a billing address and then display an appropriate error message.

Well, duh. Of course, now that I know that there is such a message...

[rdrrepair]

I have been using every app since .01 and am excited that I have been having this much fun.

I have never gotten any of the video previews to download and am hoping for some guidance.

What exactly do I need to view these downloads? Fetch the downloads?

I can see TiVoNet and Amazon Unbox on my now playing list. Now what do I need to do?

No detail is to small - no explanation is to long - no, you will not insult me if you're trying to help - make this as dumb as possible because I am missing some part of this!