I'm very courious about PIMP and when it will be launched. Will it work with the Toppy 5000pvrt and the wireless icebox? Is there any way I can get involved in the BETA testing?
Pardon my ignoance but just what is PIMP?
What's Pimp? Seemingly another feature that is "coming soon", but which already appears on the website just to confuse and tantalise us mere mortals!
I'm getting tired of this , guys!
When do I get to use my ICE Subscription effectively with my EyeTV DTT & EyeTV2 without havng to mess around with slow updating, somewhat problematic Widgets?
When do I have access to a fully searchable program listing for the following week?
Why does the PIMP page tell me that I can have acces to it once I log in, but then , when I do, tell me that not all registered , paid up, users have access to it ? Surely you could help me avoid wasting my time by telling me that it won't work for me BEFORE I try to log in to PIMP. Surely you could also expalin why some fee paying members apparently get access while others, like me, apparently don't!?
Why does no-one from Ice ever bother answering people's Q's here?
I'm getting a bit fed up with all of this. It will have to get better fast if I'm going to bother renewing my subscription! I don't mind some teething troubles, and I'm even happy to put up with more than a few issues as long as they are clearly admitted and explained along the way, but a combination of non- performance and utter silence is a recipe for the quick demise of just about any venture.
Sadly all that seems to have happened here since my last visit is that a new, even less user friendly, version of the icetv web pages has been developed. >:(
Not happy, Jan!
Rod
Sorry there hasn't been any information available on PIMP to date. It is in final stages of development and some beta testing will start in the next few weeks.
As you will see from exploring the free access features, you will get a fully searchable 7 day guide (the searching works now). Next step will be that you can schedule recordings from the guide.
Of course a client application is required to PIMP your PVR. First ones supported will be EyeTV and MCE. We are hoping to PIMP the Toppy although this depends on support from Topfield.
We will be ready to beta test MCE and EyeTV in a couple of weeks, so if you'd like to be a guineapig, drop me an email via support@icetv.com.au
Regarding EyeTV2 support, this is unfortunately out of our hands as ElGato has not completed their integration and have not given us a time when it will be completed.
I will open a forum section for PIMP where we will invite suggestions as to valuable functionality to add.
If any subscriber to IceTV is interested in exploring the PIMP a bit further, but without the client application at this stage, send me an email and we will activate your PIMP access.
Best regards,
Peter Vogel CTO IceTV
Quoteslow updating, somewhat problematic Widgets?
Hi Rod,
Do you have more details on what is happening? Is the widget slow to update? or does it take a long time for a program to schedule programs in EyeTV?
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Hi Rod,
Do you have more details on what is happening? Is the widget slow to update? or does it take a long time for a program to schedule programs in EyeTV?
Thanks for replying.
Is the widget slow to update? Yes, despite a 1500/256 ADSL connection and a 2 GHZ G5 on this end.
Does it take a long time to schedule? Not slow usually . The problem is that with some programs it simply doesn't schedule at all!
Rod
Personally I'm very excited about PIMP if what you're promising becomes available!
Looking forward to programming my MCE from work ;)
Any further news on when PIMP may become available?
I might add, I's I'd still like to try it with my ElgatoEyeTV even if it is still in beta.
Cheers
Rod
Rod, you have now been PIMPed. You should be able to log in to PIMP. To learn how to set up the client software for EyeTV please visit www.icetv.com.au/pimpme
Peter,
If I have both an MCE machine and EyeTV (which I do) - is PIMP smart enough not to program the same recordings on both clients?
Thanks,
Shane.
Hi Shane,
When out of beta, definitely. Currently it will do it, however you will need to ensure when adding a new recorder in the PIMP options page on the website that the MCE machine is set to be device number 0 as the current PIMPmyMCE client only looks for client 0.
The MacPIMP client does allow you specify which device to record with however, so in the MacPIMP client you can then select the second recorder that has been setup.
When scheduling via the website you will be given a dropdown list of all setup recorders on the account so you can choose which one to schedule the recording on.
Daniel,
Can you tell me where i find the log file for Mac PIMP?
I have a "Connection Status: Failed, check log" message.
Thanks,
Shane.
OK - it's in system console...
The error I am getting is:
2006-06-26 10:04:31.331 MacPIMP[20282] -[AppController getEPG:]: AppController.mm: 361:[ERROR] Error: POST returned error code: 0
curl_errbuf: Couldn't resolve host 'shasam.net:[my password]@www.icetv.com.au'
Can not POST: couldnt resolve host name
Seems to be missing my name off the front of "shasam.net" - my username being my email address.
Any thoughts?
Shane.
Yep - thats it. I just changed my username to a single name (not email address) and it has worked.
Can this be fixed? Thanks.
Regards,
Shane.
QuoteYep - thats it. I just changed my username to a single name (not email address) and it has worked.
Can this be fixed? Thanks.
Regards,
Shane.
Thanks for reporting this Shane - it is on the list and will be fixed in the next release - probably a week or two away.
Peter
So does all this mean it's up & running? :)
What is required for me to use it?
I am currently an IceTV Subscriber with MCE PC.
me too , looking forward to trying it 8)
Is there any news on this yet?
Sure is.
It's all up and running as a full release now (not in beta any more). We enabled PIMP access for all accounts about a week ago, but haven't made an official (and loud!) announcement just yet. We wanted to have some more time to test. It seems like everything's working well though, as we've only really experienced a few very minor issues.
PIMP works with Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition and Mac OS X EyeTV. Recordings can be scheduled via mobile phone or web. You'll need a fairly recent mobile phone (3G or XHTML enabled) to use the PIMP mobile service. We've designed it to be as lightweight as possible though, so most phones are ok.
Log in to the PIMP mobile phone site here : pimpmytv.com.au (http://http:/pimpmytv.com.au)
Log in to the PIMP web site here : icetv.com.au/pimp/ (http://www.icetv.com.au/pimp/)
MCE users need to install the latest PIMP client (http://www.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=432.0). EyeTV users don't need to install anything.
icetv.com.au/pimp/ (http://www.icetv.com.au/pimp/) also has some more information about PIMP if you're interested.
Stuff that's coming soon to PIMP: Library management, series recordings and a few other cool things ;) Expect PIMP to be actively and quickly developed. If you do experience issues, please call our support phone number rather than posting here. There's quite a few IceTV employees that read and post (as well as some very helpful forum members--thanks shane!), but if you need a quick response then by phone is the best method.