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OpenElec setup can't reach web config page
Added by Mark Hunter over 7 years ago
Hi all.
I have an issue that is driving me crazy. I have a RPi2 with OpenElec and have enabled the TVheadend backend, tried to log into the web config page (in my case 192.168.1.2:9981) but I get a 'can't be reached' error (screenshot attached). I have a PCTV 292e tuner which is correctly plugged in and I know works. I can access Kodi remotely via 192.168.1.2:8080 and can ping 192.168.1.2. I am on a LAN connection.
Can anybody suggest what might be behind my inability to connect? I can find very little online to help in my case, unless I'm not searching correctly.
Thanks,
Mark
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Replies (6)
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Clarkstone over 7 years ago
Looks like the service hasn't started, login to the box & check the daemon logs. I personally don't use OpenELEC (or LibreELEC) so I can't tell you where to look, on Debian it's /var/log/daemon.log. Sadly because Tvheadend is an "unofficial" add-on in OpenELEC (I think it was official once), you may not get support from OpenELEC and may simply get told to "use VDR".
Actually, I'm surprised it's not been removed from the unofficial add-ons yet as it hasn't been updated since May 2016 - this may also explain the issues you're seeing. CvH who used to build it for OpenELEC moved over to LibreELEC, as did many others.
There's plenty of info online as to why OpenELEC was forked to create LibreELEC. If you ask me, it's all a sad state of affairs, but I understand why it happened.
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Hunter over 7 years ago
Hi.
Thanks for the reply. As I intend to use the Pi as a backend and access recordings, set recording schedules etc through another windows machine I'm not really bothered which platform I use. Essentially I want an platform I can easily install a PVR on and leave running in the background. What would you suggest as far as that goes?
Mark
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Clarkstone over 7 years ago
Mark Hunter wrote:
Hi.
Thanks for the reply. As I intend to use the Pi as a backend and access recordings, set recording schedules etc through another windows machine I'm not really bothered which platform I use. Essentially I want an platform I can easily install a PVR on and leave running in the background. What would you suggest as far as that goes?
Mark
If you're just using it as a backend, OpenELEC may be overkill. I personally use a minimal Raspbian install & build my own deb package (it's not hard). So all I have running on it is Tvheadend.
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Hunter over 7 years ago
Do you have a guide for doing that? My experience is very limited!
Cheers.
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Clarkstone over 7 years ago
I use https://github.com/debian-pi/raspbian-ua-netinst
But you may find it easier just to use the Raspbian lite image. Once you've got the base sorted be sure to..
# Update the system.. sudo apt update;sudo apt upgrade # Use latest kernel.. apt install rpi-update; sudo rpi-update # Reboot to start using new kernel.. reboot
After you've flashed the image & your box is up & running. Plug in your device(s) and check..
dmesg
To make sure it initialises the tuner, you should see something like this in dmesg.
si2168 21-0064: Silicon Labs Si2168 successfully attached si2157 22-0060: Silicon Labs Si2147/2148/2157/2158 successfully attached
Make sure you have the latest firmware (it won't actually be used until you attempt to tune).
# Switch to root. sudo -s # cd to firmware dir. cd /lib/firmware # Download firmware to /lib/firmware. wget http://palosaari.fi/linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/Si2168/Si2168-B40/4.0.25/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw # Escape root. exit
To install & build Tvheadend follow my guide here: https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/10622?r=21384#message-21384
As in the post, make sure you don't build ffmpeg or you'll be waiting forever, it's pointless on the Pi anyway. If you get an error about dvb scan tables failing to download pass --disable-dvbscan to the build script, so..
AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--enable-hdhomerun_client\ --disable-ffmpeg_static\ --disable-dvbscan ./Autobuild.sh
The choice of stable or unstable is yours. Go for stable if you want well, extremely stable, or unstable (which is actually pretty stable but can bug out under certain conditions) if you want newer features.
Just keep an eye out on https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend for commits to the branch and ..
cd /path/to/source git pull
.. Any changes.
If you want to mount a usb drive for recordings, see http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/05/how-to-mount-a-usb-flash-disk-on-the-raspberry-pi/.
Just don't chown the main directory as the pi user, instead (as root) make recording/timeshift buffer dirs & chown it as the hts user, example..
sudo -s cd /path/to/drive mkdir /path/to/drive/tvheadend/dvr /path/to/drive/tvheadend/buffer -p chown hts:hts /path/to/drive/tvheadend/ -R exit
You must replace /path/to/drive with the actual path that you've chosen.
You can then just point tvheadend to those dirs in your recording profile & timeshift config.
Hopefully this crash course should get you started, I may have missed something - I've wrote this on 2 hours sleep, If I have, sorry!
RE: OpenElec setup can't reach web config page - Added by Mark Hunter over 7 years ago
Thanks so much for that - especially given your lack of sleep! You've been a hundred times more help than someone on another forum. I need to wait until my new larger micro sd card comes tomorrow before I can try it, but I'll post with my results.
Thanks once again - go and get some sleep!
Mark