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Title: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: ventilatedslacks on May 20, 2003, 02:41:33 pm

I followed the instructions posted in the forums and set up MediaCenter to work with my HMO-enabled TiVo. Then, starting last night I started getting this message on startup: "TiVo Connect Beacon is not available!" I have tried restarting the TiVo server, reinstalling the TiVo Desktop software, but nothing seems to work.

So, my questions are:

1. What do I lose if I run Media Center without the TiVo Beacon?

2. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how have you solved it?

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: KingSparta on May 20, 2003, 04:03:18 pm

Are you using a linksys wireless network?

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: John Gateley on May 20, 2003, 07:16:30 pm

At a guess, it sounds like Media Server is starting before TiVo Beacon, so Media Server doesn't find the beacon and starts it's own. Then when TiVo Beacon tries to start, it can't bind to the port.

If this is what is happening, then you are losing two things: the ability to run a TiVo Publisher side-by-side with Media Server and choose from both on the TiVo, and the ability to auto-detect (if you've already entered the IP address of your server, this doesn't matter).

You can test my guess by telling Media Server not to start automatically and then restarting. If the message doesn't come up, I'm probably right. If this is the case, let me know and I'll come up with something to fix this.

j

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: ventilatedslacks on May 21, 2003, 06:52:01 am

Yes, the problem does appear to be the fact that Media Server is starting first. Is there a way to control the order?

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: John Gateley on May 21, 2003, 07:27:19 am

Not right now, I'll try  to get something in the next build.

j

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: John Gateley on May 21, 2003, 12:02:29 pm

In the TiVo options of Media Server, I've added a startup delay (in seconds). Just set this to 30 or so, and it should fix the problem.

This will be ready in the next build.

j

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: kcorbett on May 21, 2003, 08:56:46 pm

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In the TiVo options of Media Server, I've added a startup delay (in seconds). Just set this to 30 or so, and it should fix the problem.

Do you intend at some point to make Media Server run as a Windows service? Then it could be configured to depend on the TiVo beacon service.

If you could also make MS independent of Media Center, that would be a huge improvement. (IMHO)

/kmc

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: John Gateley on May 22, 2003, 07:44:06 am

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Do you intend at some point to make Media Server run as a Windows service? Then it could be configured to depend on the TiVo beacon service.

If you could also make MS independent of Media Center, that would be a huge improvement. (IMHO)

/kmc

Someday it'll be a service.

I don't understand what you mean about "independent".

j

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: ventilatedslacks on May 22, 2003, 08:43:43 am

Thanks for the prompt work on this issue. I look forward to the next build. In the meanwhile, I suppose I can let TiVo beacon run at startup and then manually start Media Server.

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: John Gateley on May 22, 2003, 09:40:12 am

The next build came out last night.

j

Title: Re: Problem with Tivo Beacon
Post by: kcorbett on May 22, 2003, 08:22:05 pm

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I don't understand what you mean about "independent".

Brain fart. (Mine.) Please ignore.  :-[

/kmc