I've been using the excellent (and free!) gotomydvr service to access tivowebplus over the internet and would like to share a couple of techniques I've used to improve my usage. (See tcf thread for background.) My internet connection drops regularly, so 1 & 2 may not be needed by everyone. #3 should be helpful to anyone using gotomydvr, however.
1. I replaced the dbclient program with a newer (0.50.1) version provided by supernaut. (attached) This eliminated the high CPU usage I was seeing when running gotomydvr. It also provided a couple of additional flags used in #2.
2. I modified the watchdog.sh and rc.gotomydvr scripts to increase the timeouts and ignore some warnings. (attached)
3. I overcame the extremely small window size by the following technique:
a) open the gotomydvr site and select your tivo as normal.
b) once the tivo is connected, I open a new page linked to https://gotomydvr.com/ This page opens without the frame, giving full-screen access to tivowebplus.
c) I created 2 quick links on my toolbar to https://gotomydvr.com/select.php and https://gotomydvr.com/. The first lets me select which of my tivos to connect to (and asks for signon if first time), the second opens the full-screen version.
These tweaks have kept my 3 tivos available for a couple of weeks now.
Please use at your own risk. If you have difficulties, just reinstall from the gotomydvr site.
1. I replaced the dbclient program with a newer (0.50.1) version provided by supernaut. (attached) This eliminated the high CPU usage I was seeing when running gotomydvr. It also provided a couple of additional flags used in #2.
2. I modified the watchdog.sh and rc.gotomydvr scripts to increase the timeouts and ignore some warnings. (attached)
3. I overcame the extremely small window size by the following technique:
a) open the gotomydvr site and select your tivo as normal.
b) once the tivo is connected, I open a new page linked to https://gotomydvr.com/ This page opens without the frame, giving full-screen access to tivowebplus.
c) I created 2 quick links on my toolbar to https://gotomydvr.com/select.php and https://gotomydvr.com/. The first lets me select which of my tivos to connect to (and asks for signon if first time), the second opens the full-screen version.
These tweaks have kept my 3 tivos available for a couple of weeks now.
Please use at your own risk. If you have difficulties, just reinstall from the gotomydvr site.
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