GreenEnvy22:

If Webguide is working via localhost, but not internet, then Webguide is working perfectly fine, it's your router that is causing the issue.

whatever port you use when you type localhost:1234 (so port 1234), you need to forward in your routers firewall.

You can forward the same port# if you want, so external = 1234 to internal = 1234, then your computers static IP (probably 192.168. something..), and make sure you click enable if there is that checkbox.

You could also forward it with a different port, like 81 external and 1234 internal.

You might also need to check Windows firewall, to make sure it's set to allow from the internet, not just your local lan.

Now, try connecting to the site with whatever external port# you used in the port forward, so if you did 1234 to 1234, use domain.yourhost.com:1234  or if you used a different port like 81, domain.yourhost.com:81

To rule out that the domain name isn't the problem, use your actual IP, so go to www.whatismyip.com and use that IP instead of the domain, like http://111.122.133.144:1234

 

 

Thanks for the info!!! I'll give it a shot this weekend.  That might well solve it for me!

I did it!  After fighting with it all afternoon I got it working.  Turns out Alphashield wasn't letting ANYTHING into my computer, much less myself.  Yay!!

How do I get webguide to show up in the xbox 360 media center extender?  I can stream to my other computer through the web interface but how to I get it to the 360?

Thanks,
Cyriel

I have searched and searched and seen many posts saying how great webguide is for streaming to the 360 but have yet to make it work.  Please someone help us out?  Also does it work with my movies module?  I see my collection but can not play them I also tried windows dvd library and it was a no go also.

Thanks

I just installed WebGuide for WHS today and I can't figure out how to get a license code... I know Microsoft hired the guy and it says that's it's free now on the "i" page, but when I put in the trial code that I had e-mailed to me it says:

"Error communicating with the server. Please try again later.
The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found.".

Anyone know how I could get a license.xml file?

I'm having a problem getting WebGuide to work from an external browser.

Recently, I set WebGuide up on my Vista MCE Premium system and had no problem accessing it locally by typing my external IP and the port I had forwarded on my router.  When I attempted to access it from work (Windows XP), however, it didn't work.   The first attempt I was able to get to the login screen but couldn't log in.  So I thought I had entered the incorrect password.  I went home and verified, then went to work the next day and tried again.  This time IE7 timed out trying to connect (and all other sites were fine).  So I went home and checked a few things:

Router (Linksys WRTP54G) had ports 5440 / 5441 forwared for Web/Video. 
Webguide Network tab had Network configuration set to 5440 (Web) and 5441 (Video)
'Create Windows Firewall Exceptions' was checked
Verified external IP address with http://whatismyip.com/

I typed:

http://<external IP>:5440

in the address bar of Firefox (local PC) and hit return.  It gave me a page that says 'Unable to connect'.  I thought maybe it was a firewall problem so I turned off Windows firewall, but it was still unable to connect.  To pull up my router page, I typed my internal IP of 192.168.15.100 (which is what I typically entered).  Instead of the Linksys login screen, I got the Webguide login screen.  So I ran IPconfig in DOS and found that my IP address was listed as 192.168.15.100 and my default gateway was listed as 192.168.15.1.  I tried 192.168.15.1 in the Firefox address bar and it got me to the router login screen.  After logging in to the router, I noticed my Local IP was listed as 192.168.15.1 and my Start IP was listed as 192.168.15.100.  Is that right? 

Anyway, I tried forwarding different ports (found under Applications & Gaming / Port Range Forwarding), checking Windows firewall to make sure it was allowing those ports to go through, and everything seems to be ok.

Any idea why I can't connect?  I should be able to type:

http://<external IP>:port

to test at home, right?  To make sure an issue with the external IP wasn't the issue, I signed up for DYNDNS so it would continue to forward,  even if the IP changed (although, because I've checked my external IP numerous times over the past three months and it's always the same, leading me to believe it's static  and DYNDNS is pointless).

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Joe

I am able to stream some Dish channels. But for some (CineMax) I get error message
"Server message:Stream aborted. This may happen when the content is protected or there is a problem with the file". What could be the problem? All suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks.

aminoacid:

I am able to stream some Dish channels. But for some (CineMax) I get error message
"Server message:Stream aborted. This may happen when the content is protected or there is a problem with the file". What could be the problem? All suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks.

Sounds like the content is protected.  Try playing it on another PC and see if it works, if it doesn't then you know that's the answer.

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I have webguide setup, and everything is working great except videos.  My dvds are stored on a nas server.  My nas server file directory is setup like:

media/videos/movie_name/

There about 160 dvds stored under the videos folder.  However, when webguide trys to load the directory cassini crashes and displays a timeout error.  If i configure webguide using a directory on the nas server that has only 5 movies it displays and streams them just fine.

All of the dvd xml information and coverart is managed by my movies.  So i don't know whats causing the timeout problem.  Anyone have any ideas?

well, with the combination of this and if microsoft will officially support more than two tuners without a registry hack ---those two things could very well mean the slow death of linux based mediacentres.

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okay i cannot get webguide to have the stream program button on a video or live TV.


I have enabled streaming livetv and recorded video in the config.  I have downloaded the recommended codecs.



i just get Watch on TV, Delete Program, other showings


NO stream Program.


and help?