TiVoWebPlus 1.3.1 suggestions

[mpnash]

As an interim fix the latest distribution has support for a fastfwd (f) and fastrwd (r) keypress within the webremote module.

I have a very minor problem invoking these (and other) keyboard commands. When I click and load 'Web Remote' in TWP (20070329 dist) it loads the URL
http://TIVO.IP/sendkey
(note: no trailing '/').

Then, when I type 'f', it tries to load:
http://TIVO.IP/forward,forward,forward
which gives the 'Not Found [ha ha]' error.

If I manually add the '/' <enter> in the URL, then type 'f', I get the seemingly correct:
http://TIVO.IP/sendkey/forward,forward,forward
ie. I don't get the 'Not Found' error (but haven't looked at TV to see if it has desired effect...)

Note that Web Remote all looks good and clicking on buttons all works well. If I first click a button and then type 'f', that also seems to work. Problem only exists when 'f' (or any other keyboard key press) is typed immediately after loading Web Remote page.

Am I doing anything wrong?

[thomson]

I have a very minor problem invoking these (and other) keyboard commands. When I click and load 'Web Remote' in TWP (20070329 dist) it loads the URL http://TIVO.IP/sendkey (note: no trailing '/').

I am not sure what would be removing the trailing '/' ? Are you able to let me know what browser you are using, and what exactly the steps are you take to replicate the issue (eg, start browser, go to TWP and click on "Web Remote")

[mpnash]

I am not sure what would be removing the trailing '/' ? Are you able to let me know what browser you are using, and what exactly the steps are you take to replicate the issue (eg, start browser, go to TWP and click on "Web Remote")

I use Firefox. Steps are:
1. Open New Tab
2. type TIVO.IP into URL
3. click on "Web Remote" at top menu - URL is http://TIVO.IP/sendkey (no trailing '/')
4. type 'f' - URL is http://TIVO.IP/forward,forward,forward -> haha error

Note that if I click on a web remote button, (e.g. forward >>) after step 3 above, then this works OK. After doinf this, typing 'f' then also works OK. So error only occurs when 'f' is the first thing done after the 'Web Remote' top menu item is clicked.

[thomson]

I use Firefox. Steps are:
1. Open New Tab
2. type TIVO.IP into URL
3. click on "Web Remote" at top menu - URL is http://TIVO.IP/sendkey (no trailing '/')

Must be some fancy firewall or proxy system doing that... because I develop the application using FireFox and have never seen that occur. Seems that whatever it is, is removing any trailing /'s. Will see if there is a simple work-around, but still be nice to figure out the root cause.

[mpnash]

Some more observations:

I tried loading the web remote from another PC (I can access my TWP externally via a no-ip address) also running latest WinXP Firefox. The same problem occurred (trailing '/' was removed after 'sendkey').

The problem also occurs on my Win2000 PC using IE6.

[thomson]

Some more observations:

I tried loading the web remote from another PC (I can access my TWP externally via a no-ip address) also running latest WinXP Firefox. The same problem occurred (trailing '/' was removed after 'sendkey').

The problem also occurs on my Win2000 PC using IE6.

Are you able to view the source of one of the pages and check what the URL of the "WebRemote" menu item is... all I can think of is that something is trying to sanitise the URLs?

I guess the simplest work-around would be to add a noop (no-operation) to the end of the /sendkey/ URL... that way it would read /sendkey/noop which should not cause any issues.

[mpnash]

Are you able to view the source of one of the pages and check what the URL of the "WebRemote" menu item is... all I can think of is that something is trying to sanitise the URLs?

The Web Remote link in the sourse of TIVO.IP/folder/0 is:
<A HREF="/sendkey">Web Remote</A>

so the trailing '/' is missing. In fact it is missing from the others aswell (although maybe they shouldn't have it?),
e.g.
<A HREF="/folder/1"><b><i>More</i></b></A>
<A HREF="/folder/2"><b><i>System</i></b></A>
<A HREF="/folder/0"><b><i>UI</i></b></A>
<A HREF="/channelgrid">Channel Grid</A>
<A HREF="/listchan">ChannelMap</A>
<A HREF="/folders">Folders</A>

Hope this helps,
Martyn.