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[abit late]

Hello Peeps

Please could someone point me in the right direction setting up scrolling news in XBMC 06-19-04 build? I have gathered that I need Python Scripts but am not clear on what to do with them and can't find much info on achieving this.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks
Al

[webMASTER P]

no python script is needed, just be sure that your XBOX can get out to the internet, and the skin you are using has the RSS feed
here's the configuration i have:

Cable modem is pugged into USB (NIC 1)
XBOX is plugged into my network card (NIC 2)

And this a tutorial that helped me troubleshoot http://www.x-scene.com/articles/network-2-cards.php

[abit late]

Thanks for the reply! No script is needed? I thought I had to have the RssNews script. My xbox can get out to internet, got weather, kai, xblive, streaming all sorted but no news  :angry:

But no news is good news  :lol:

I'm using the latest Project Mayhem skin, wonder why that doesn't have the RSS feed?

Best go find some more skins!

[JayDee]

/me guesses firewall blocking it.

The rss feed has been in the PM skin for along time now.

Check pinned topic for a tutorial on how to change it

[abit late]

Very peculiar, I can't see an rss feed. Everything else web related I can get no problem though! Its not my firewall, I checked that. There is no reference to rss in the XboxMediaCenter.xml  

[JayDee]

I will be rude and tell you to LOOK on what is said to you!

In the pinned topic you WILL find THIS link that contains the info you want.

I hope you will follow the advice given this time...

[abit late]

I won't be rude but I will tell you that I have read and understood exactly what has been said to me!

Pinned topic found, advice followed, positions changed, feed changed, reverted to default, no joy.

I thought there might be some reference to rss feeds in XboxMediaCenter.xml

I hope you will follow the thread this time...

[JayDee]

If you do not get the feed you are eiter:

1: Using a old build. (But as you have the rss feed in the home.xml you are likly not)

or

2: Having network/firewall/router problems.

[abit late]

Well the home.xml is from the latest Project Mayhem Skin which I added to the skin folder of my XBMC 06-19-04 build.

I am using ICS with no other network issues. Ho hum I'll get there in the end! I was about to try another skin from allxboxskins but can't download cos like me its going round in circles :lol:

Thanks for your help

[itsame]

I was having the same problem as you. I was able to get weather, streams and all that good stuff but no news. After I loaded XBMC I checked the log file and noticed that I was getting an error when trying to access the internet.  I manually configured the network settings in the xboxmediacenter.xml and everything works great. Even the mail script works now.

[abit late]

2: Having network/firewall/router problems.

Yes I was having network problems. itsame I did what you suggest yesterday except I changed my static network settings to dhcp in xboxmediacenter.xml and now the feeds work. When static, my settings were:

IP 192.168.0.3
Gateway 255.255.255.0
DNS 0.0.0.0

and that worked fine for all but feeds and some video streams, but best of all for ftp.

Thanks again!

[AlTheKiller]

your problem when your ip was static was you didnt have the dns servers setup.  so expecting an IP your xbox get http://www.... and is like WTF .   if get your dns info (ipconfig /all) and type it into xboxmediacenter.xml, all should work fine.

[abit late]

Yes I will do that, cheers Al

[TexT]

QUOTE (AlTheKiller @ Jun 30 2004, 08:01 AM)

your problem when your ip was static was you didnt have the dns servers setup.  so expecting an IP your xbox get http://www.... and is like WTF .   if get your dns info (ipconfig /all) and type it into xboxmediacenter.xml, all should work fine.

You saved my life..

I used this info to help me with my unleashx RSS Feed problem.