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Based on the following link, it definitely looks like the scrambled picture when watching the game streams is due to the codec...

http://www.eds.org/~straycat/mlblinux.php

Now if we can somehow find compile the recommended codec for the tablets, this has the potential to be really cool!!!!

[QUOTE=hvacengi;189895]So here is what should happen:
On the first boot ever (uninstall the program and run "rm -a /home/user/.mlb" to rmove all traces) the config window should pop up shortly after the message "loading mlbviewer"

I kinda figured this one was not going to be any easy install for a newbie

First problem was getting python2.5 installed. After hours of searching on how to install python2.5, someone suggested here to try and install mediabox/canola 2. Did that and finally i could install the python-simplejson deb. First hurdle. Got the mlbviewer_gui-0.05.1 to install also without any problems
But now when i launch the programm from the extras menu all i get is "Launching mlbviewer". Nothing happens after that

Am i missing an important step ?

Any and all help would be highly appreciated.

Well, then I have a have good news for you, and bad for me. I managed to screw up my OS this morning, so I'm going through the process of reflashing (and cloning to internal card while I'm at it) and then I'll get to install from scratch as well shortly.

What you can do to help me out in figuring out what is wrong in your version is look for the log file that mlbviewer outputs by default. It's path is /home/user/MyDocs/mlboutputlog.txt (if you open the default file manager, it should be in the first folder that opens by default).

OK,
Sounds like you need a few hours to get everything back up and running. When you have some time here is the log file.

2008-06-11 01:35:44.300598
run
load_ui
load_conf
defaults made
{'show_player_command': 0, 'audio_player': 'mplayer -cache 64 -quiet -playlist', 'top_plays_player': 'mplayer -cache 2048 -quiet', 'time_offset': '0', 'audio_follow': [], 'video_player': 'mplayer -cache 2048 -quiet', 'user': '', 'pass': '', 'debug': 0, 'speed': '400', 'x_display': '', 'blackout': []}
doinstall
setup_cfg
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/mlbviewer_gui/mlbviewer_gui.py", line 528, in <module>
app.run()
File "/usr/lib/mlbviewer_gui/mlbviewer_gui.py", line 486, in run
self.load_conf()
File "/usr/lib/mlbviewer_gui/mlbviewer_gui.py", line 374, in load_conf
self.doinstall(self.myconf,self.mydefaults,dir)
File "/usr/lib/mlbviewer_gui/mlbviewer_gui.py", line 411, in doinstall
self.setup_cfg(dct)
File "/usr/lib/mlbviewer_gui/mlbviewer_gui.py", line 389, in setup_cfg
if team in self.mycfg.data['audio_follow']:
AttributeError: 'mlbv_gui' object has no attribute 'mycfg'

Ok hvacengi, it sounds like you have fallen on your sword for us, thanks. Good luck with the reflash/build.

In the meantime, I've done my bit.

I made use of my credit card to subscribe for the mlb.com tv premium service (I will use it for the five days, for sure, and if this works, well, who knows?)

The first thing I check was the viewer on my pc. Works fine. The 400k is in 4:3 and looks good. Crisp but small. No ability to resize of go fullscreen. The 800k is in 16:9 and also looks good but small w/no resize options. The 1.2m is in 16:9 but seems smaller and can't be resized in the viewer either. I may have missed something but it doesn't seem worth 15+ bucks a month to get the tiny screen. Then, I went to see the Astros, my team. Blackout. Now it really doesn't seem worth it, even for the audio, as I can get those games off the air for free, just not on my N810.

Ok, it's still a free trial, right? I updated mlb viewer to the latest (5) and that worked fine. The mlb tv link now works! It launches mplayer and even though the audio is fine, the video is still garbled. It seems better, and there are even moments of clarity, but alas, on the whole it is still not working correctly.

A previous poster made note of the similarity of the scramble to a codec problem...sounds good to me. Any ideas, coders? Clearly, I am not able to make a fix, but I'll be a willing beta tester. Thanks blade2002 for posting the log file, as that is something I haven't done I'll even provide a log file if that'll help

Can't say it enough. This sort of app is what drives the process. Keep up the good work. I'll write a note for your parents!

OK. I have a new problem.

I upgraded to 0.0.5. But the app. sort of got stuck. So I went to home/user/.mlb/ and deleted the config file (since that had caused problems before).

And tried to relaunch the app figuring it'll automatically recreate a configuration file when the app. opens and I add my signin info.

Except the app now wouldn't even open :::headslap:::.

So, I uninstalled through the Application Manager and reinstalled 0.0.5. Still no configuration or cookie file.

So I unstalled it again, rebooted, installed the previous 0.0.4.3 (?) version and *that* hasn't been able to open up, either.

After every uninstallation, I used emelFM2 to look for any remainder files (even from the mlboutlog.tx in /home/user/MyDocs/).

So now I can't even launch the application (it starts and then... nothing). The home/user/MyDocs/mlboutputlog.txt is:

2008-06-10 19:38:40.688018
run
load_ui
load_conf
doinstall
Could not write config file: /home/user/.mlb/config
Please check directory permissions.


Nuts. Wasn't there something about 'directory permissions' in an earlier version?

Ssooooooo close. I can feel it soooooo close

EDIT: Update

So I uninstalled again, installed 0.0.3x, that worked, submitted by login and password, updated to 0.0.5 and all was well (well... you know... except for all the snowy-ness 'n all)

Next up, get the mlboutputlog.txt (see attachment)

Oh. Looks ominous

But I know you can do something with it

This is sooo neat.

Yeah, so apparently every time you think you fix a problem, you just create more problems... thus is the story of my coding life.

OK, so when I got the config to work, I also broke the initial config (which is odd, cause I thought I tested it, apparently not). I referenced a self variable that doesn't exist until after the first config load... now thats fixed.

I just noticed that the game times aren't being displayed right, I'll have to double check the time shift generating code.

At the same time, I think that I've found an issue with the permisions that stems from a few things that have flip flopped in how the config directory and file are creater.
At this point I recomend to every one that after upgrading to 0.0.5-2 you delete (as root) the folder "/home/user/.mlb" and start out with the new configuration dialog box.
Doing so sould ensure that the folder and file are both owned by "user" instead of root. (I think this is because I use secure ftp from the ssh server, with which I have to use root as my username.)

I think this should work, it worked for me atleast, and I had the same problem as blade2002.

God only knows, I'm still trying to figure out what all I had installed on my tablet before 10AM this morning.

Just saw your update. Thanks for the log, definatly looks like an updated version of mplayer would work great.

Maybe I'll try to figure out what Bundyo did to get rc2 up and running...

Just FYI, for the last couple of updates (I can't recall the version numbers) I've simply clicked on the link to the .deb in the first post of this thread and instead of saving the file and using the app manager to open it and install it (a defensive procedure I learned from more experienced members of this forum... learned after an unexpected and semi-painful reflash) I skipped that step and simply chose "open". This resulted in the seamless updating of my previous versions. In other words, it worked as expected and even better. I am running v5 and except for the garbled video, it works great! Honestly, I really love the replays, since I can watch them late at nite in bed, and they are free!

Sorry Betty, to hear you are having such troubles but I share your pain and I agree...we are so close!

Ummm, that is, the rhetorical we...I do not have a mouse in my pocket, nor am I actually working on the app, merely sitting in the bleachers cheering for the likes of hvacengi!

Edit: I don't think I have installed 5-2 yet. It just says 5 in the app manager.

You can't watch it in full-screen mode? When you look at the attached .jpg of the viewing screen, do you not see the viewing and volume slider (it disappears within a few seconds but you can reactive it by moving your cursor across the window)? To the right are the three sizing options for the screen *and* each of them is dragable (well... except the full screen mode, of course).

I think even the archived games can be resized. 'Course, I gave up and downloaded SilverLight for Macs so maybe you're still using WMP 11's option?

Yeah. Blackouts. I got POed 'cause the Mariners were playing the Toronto Blue Jays and they were blacked out. Um... sure the Jays are the only Canadian team but there's a good three time zones between me and Toronto... MLB seriously doesn't think a blackout should effect an *entire* country, does it?

So I called up customer support and got someone in the Phillipines who used up a lot of my long distance time and ten minutes, only to tell me it's blacked out 'cause it's on a Canadian national sports channel.

At least I got to watch the series from my bed. Where I almost cried (a lot). Man. The Mariners are a sad, saaaad bunch this year But hearing the Toronto announcers talk about the Mariners line up was a hoot. Very complimentary towards all the wrong people (well... right names, no way should be be complimented).