QNAP QPKG for DVR Record Engine

[demonrik]

ok, so the latest change did return nothing (no rules) but only took 10.5826029778 seconds.
I was surprised by that!

I'll PM the dump and my modest attempt at hacking python

now remove the method and content lines of the array... should return something.
And you can change the timeout to whatever you want then - it's in seconds, and takes a decimal point.

Surprised it took 10s - but still better than 2mins.

[avdp]

still nothing... blank. Nothing but the time shows up.

[demonrik]

still nothing... blank. Nothing but the time shows up.

try extending the timeout

Make sure it looks like

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		//method 2
		$context = stream_context_create(
				array('http' => array(
					'header'=>'Connection: close\r\n',
					'timeout' => 2.0)));
		$rules_json = file_get_contents($this->recordingsURL . $auth,false,$context);		

[avdp]

I tried various numbers, unfortunately I had to set it to 200 for it to return data... So basically this approach is not addressing my problem.

At this point, I think it's a QNAP bug. I do have a fairly sophisticated network setup with 2 NICs trunk-ed as one interface, and also a high MTU. Perhaps I should go back to default settings and see if I still have the problem. Weird.

[avdp]

Very interesting... Using the following function instead of file_get_contents gets me the results back in 10 seconds.
If I set it the timeout to 1 second, then I get a "name lookup timed out" error. So there may indeed be some DNS issue after all.

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function http_get_contents($url)
{
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 200);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  if(FALSE === ($retval = curl_exec($ch))) {
    error_log(curl_error($ch));
  } else {
    return $retval;
  }
}

[demonrik]

Removed - see OP for correct version and link

[avdp]

Fixed my DNS issue, my primary was wrong. Now the rules come back in milliseconds, but ONLY when using cURL function, the built-in file_get_contents function still takes 2 minutes.

So I am happy for now... Of course, I'd be happier if you switch to using curl in your code

thanks for posting a new qpkg with the latest engine so fast. Now I feel like a kid in a candy store, and want to try all the new engine/firmware functionality

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function http_get_contents($url)
{
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 2);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  if(FALSE === ($retval = curl_exec($ch))) {
    error_log(curl_error($ch));
  } else {
    return $retval;
  }
}

[demonrik]

Fixed my DNS issue, my primary was wrong. Now the rules come back in milliseconds, but ONLY when using cURL function, the built-in file_get_contents function still takes 2 minutes.

So I am happy for now... Of course, I'd be happier if you switch to using curl in your code

thanks for posting a new qpkg with the latest engine so fast. Now I feel like a kid in a candy store, and want to try all the new engine/firmware functionality

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function http_get_contents($url)
{
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 2);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  if(FALSE === ($retval = curl_exec($ch))) {
    error_log(curl_error($ch));
  } else {
    return $retval;
  }
}

I was about to consider cUrl but I didnt see any improvement on my side..
Since it works for us both, I will do another update later to move to this

[cetheridge30]

Ever since version 0.8, upon opening the app in the QNAP interface, I get a window that has the title HDHomeRunDVR, but in the middle of the window is a broken page icon:



It appears that it may have to do with running SSL as I found a description from googling information about the icon:

"This is usually from mixed content, as in the resource is on http:// and the page is on https:// . There should be a shield on the location bar you can click to turn on "unsafe" or "mixed" content. It could also just be from a broken file, as in it is corrupted or 0 bytes or something."

Recordings and all still work, just can't get to it from the QNAP interface. Nothing has changed with my setup, locations are all default, and I did try uninstalling and reinstalling as well.

[avdp]

Do you see the tabs for "Logs" and "Rules"?
If yes, click on them and see what happens

[demonrik]

Ever since version 0.8, upon opening the app in the QNAP interface, I get a window that has the title HDHomeRunDVR, but in the middle of the window is a broken page icon:



It appears that it may have to do with running SSL as I found a description from googling information about the icon:

"This is usually from mixed content, as in the resource is on http:// and the page is on https:// . There should be a shield on the location bar you can click to turn on "unsafe" or "mixed" content. It could also just be from a broken file, as in it is corrupted or 0 bytes or something."

Recordings and all still work, just can't get to it from the QNAP interface. Nothing has changed with my setup, locations are all default, and I did try uninstalling and reinstalling as well.

The page is served by the qnap webserver.
Check the settings under control panel-> applications-> webserver...
Make sure its enabled.
Works for both SSL and non-SSL, remote and local.

If that doesnt help.. Check that the /share/Web exists and there should be a softlink called HDHomeRunDVR here that links to /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/HDHomeRunDVR/ui
For some qnaps the CACHEDEV1_DATA may be MD0_DATA or similar.

[cetheridge30]

Not sure which one fixed it but, I went into the web server settings and clicked the restore button for the web server and restore for the php.ini and it is working now. I don't run anything else that requires the web server (that I know of) or anything that requires php... Oh well...

[demonrik]

Not sure which one fixed it but, I went into the web server settings and clicked the restore button for the web server and restore for the php.ini and it is working now. I don't run anything else that requires the web server (that I know of) or anything that requires php... Oh well...

Sounds like it got corrupted at some point, possibly from an update.
Glad your up and running now

[demonrik]

Removed - see OP for correct version and link

[avdp]

Installed, and works great! I like that the auth key is displayed on top, very handy!