MythPyWii Bugfixes and Enhancements
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I’ve just updated MythPyWii to handle the connection to Mythfrontend more smoothly, and to give feedback via the wiimote on error/disconnect. (i.e. if myth closes, the wiimote shakes, and the LED pattern changes to [ . # # . ] instead of [ # . . # ] just before the wiimote turns itself off). This means if there are issues connecting to Mythfrontend you can retry again simply by pressing 1&2 once more (fix any issues first though – e.g. closed mythfrontend/no remote interface enabled).
I’ve fixed a little bug with timestretching, and have also improved the timestretch responsiveness by emulating not just the left/right keys but also the up/down keys (which increase/decrease timestretch by 0.25 instead of just 0.05).
As always, download the latest version of MythPyWii here.
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Tags: bugfixes, MythPyWii, timestretch
March 11th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Should MythPyWii work in MythVideo? It works when watching DVDs, but not when I’m watching a video. Have I done some thing wrong, or is because MPW doesn’t communicate with mplayer?
March 11th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
The latter. However you can circumvent this by using the Internal player to play most video formats. It’s not default, but it works great for me for most formats. Here’s how to do it:
Open up the file types config within MythTV (for me it is at “Utilities/Setup > Setup > Media Settings > Videos Settings > File Types”)
Change the “Extension” so that it has the video extension you want to play selected (e.g. “avi”).
Change the command to “Internal” (capital I, no quotes)
DISABLE “Use default player” and disable “Ignore”
Done.
Now your videos should play through MythTV’s internal player. You may find that not all video formats will do this, but the Internal player supports more formats all the time.
June 24th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Problem (& fix) with mythpywii
tryig to use the current version of mythpywii on a fedora 12 system once the remote connects I get the following error:
TypeError: wmcb() takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)
this seems to be because wmcb() is being sent an unexpected 2nd tupple of arguments
a quick hack to prevent the error is to change
def wmcb(self, messages):
to
def wmcb(self, messages,dummy=”"):
this seems to work & as the dummy variable is optional should not break existing implementations
the 2nd tupple appears to have somthingto do with the acceleration of the handset but I am not 100% certain.
Hope this helps someone
June 25th, 2010 at 7:25 am
Hi Alister, thanks for that, it’s because I use an older version of CWiiD at home which doesn’t have the 3rd parameter. Your fix is basically the same as mine which is documented here: http://www.benjiegillam.com/2008/09/new-minor-mythpywii-release-r15/