Applications |
Desktop The Desktop app provides a live view on your TiVo DVR of the desktop of the computer running Galleon. Configuration Title: The title of the app. Share: Allow the app to be shared . ... |
Email The Email app allows you to view your new incoming email on your TiVo DVR. The following protocols are supported: POP Both unsecured and secured connections are supported.IMAP This tutorial will explain how to configure... |
Internet The Internet app allows you to view Internet images such as webcams on your TiVo DVR. The URL for each image must point to an image and not a web page. The image can be interactively reloaded by pressing the PLAY button when viewing the image. Configuration... |
Internet Slideshows The Internet Slideshows app allows you to view RSS feeds of photos on your TiVo DVR. The app uses RSS enclosures for the image locations. The app supports the following popular formats: RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0 / RDF, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3 Configuration Title:... |
iTunes The iTunes allows you to play your iTunes playlists on your TiVo DVR. Only MP3 files are supported. The app will automatically detect any changes to your iTunes playlists. The same music player controls are used as in the music app. Configuration... |
Jabber The Jabber app allows you to connect to the Jabber instant messaging service from your TiVo DVR. Jabber also allows you to send messages to most popular instant messaging services. If you do not have an existing Jabber account, you can download a Jabber... |
Jukebox The jukebox app allows a user to dynamically create a playlist on your TiVo DVR. To add music to the jukebox playlist use either the music or organizer app. While in either of these apps, select a track or a folder and press the 1 button. If the currently... |
Movies The Movies app allows you view local movie theater listings on your TiVo DVR. Use the thumbs up button to pick you favorite theaters from the list of theaters. The next time you view the list of theaters, your favorites will be listed first. Use the... |
Music The music app allows a user to browse MP3 files on your TiVo DVR using the file system folders on your computer. This tutorial will explain how to configure the music app. The music player supports MP3 files and .m3u and .pls playlists (Playlists with... |
Music Organizer The organizer imports MP3 files from a list of directories, reads their tags and then creates a record for each file in an embedded database. These records are then used to categorize all of the MP3 files based on their tag information and then grouped... |
Photos The photos app allows you to browse JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WBMP files on your TiVo DVR using the file system folders on your computer or an iPhoto album database The photo viewer allows you to browse photos using a thumbnail grid view. The photos app will... |
Playlists The Playlists app allows you to play your favorite .m3u and .pls playlists on your TiVo DVR. These types of playlists can be exported from popular music players such as iTunes and Winamp. The paths used in the configuration for this app must point to... |
Podcasting The podcasting app allows you to subscribe to podcasts from your TiVo DVR. Galleon will automatically download the MP3 files for each podcast you have subscribed for. Once you have played the MP3 file, the file will be automatically deleted and the latest... |
RSS The RSS app allows you to view your favorite RSS feeds on your TiVo DVR. The app supports the following popular formats: RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0 / RDF, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3 The app will automatically download the feed based on the time-to-live setting within the feed data... |
Shoutcast The Shoutcast app allows you to listen to online radio streams on your TiVo DVR based on your favorite genres. This app uses screen scraping to download listings of stations for each genre from the Shoutcast.com site. The app allows you to listen to... |
ToGo The ToGo app allows a user to control the ToGo feature directly from the TiVo recorder instead of using the TiVo desktop software on the PC. This app uses the XML interface of the web server running on the TiVo recorder to determine the data associated... |
Traffic The traffic app displays local traffic conditions on your TiVo DVR. You can configure the app with multiple locations. Configuration Title: The title of the app. Share: Allow the app to be shared . Street: The street name of your location. The number... |
Upcoming The upcoming app displays upcoming events in your area on your TiVo DVR from upcoming.org. You can configure the app with multiple locations. The upcoming events and locations can then be browsed from your TiVo. Configuration Title: The title of the app... |
Videocasting The Videocasting app allows you to subscribe to videocasts and videoblogs from your TiVo DVR. The app provides a list of directories of OPML and RSS feeds of video content. The app will automatically download the video files of subscribed feeds and will... |
Weather The weather app displays the current weather conditions, 5 day forecast, local radar image, national radar image and any weather alerts on your TiVo DVR. The weather data is obtained from the Weather.com XML Data Feed. The weather alerts are obtained... |
GoBack If you have a Series2, Series 3, or TiVo HD DVR with software version 7.2 or later, you can transfer and view personal video files from your PC to your DVR. For this feature to work, you must first configure ToGo. Then use the File/GoBack menu option... |
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Download Galleon is a Java application which means it requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to be installed for it to run on your computer. Once Galleon is running on your computer, you can access its applications on your TiVo DVR. RequirementsA TiVo Series... |
Install Requirements A TiVo Series 2 or Series 3 or HD DVR with at least version 7.2.1 software.At least 256MB of RAM is recommended.If you have a firewall software installed on your computer, then you must configure the firewall to allow the ports that Galleon requires... |
Configure Galleon provides a configuration GUI to allow you to control which apps will be available on your TiVo DVR. Windows Use the Galleon/Configure menu on your Start menu to run the Galleon configuration GUI . OS XRun the server: /Applicatio... |
Video Demo Here is a video of Galleon in action on a TiVo or download it in Windows Media format: ... |
Screenshots Here are some screenshots of Galleon apps as they will appear on your TiVo DVR. Configuration GUI Music Organizer ToGo Now Playing ToGo Program ToGo Program Saving Weather Menu Weather Current Conditions Weather... |
Applications The following applications are included for your TiVo DVR with the Galleon distributions. All of the Galleon apps have consistent behavior: CLEAR = ExitLEFT (on main menu screen for each app) = Exit Movies The Movies app allows you... |
Skins Galleon allows you to change the images that are used in the various apps by creating your own skins. Galleon ships with two skin files located in the skins directory: galleon.gln and tivo.gln A skin file is a zip file that includes all of the images... |
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Apps.tv HME apps directory listing... |
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Dependencies API's, libraries and other resources that Galleon uses. ... |
Jabber Smack API |
Upcoming.org API |
Music play bar |
Weather.com weather data feed |
Amazon web services |
Yahoo! Search web services |
Lyrics |
Winamp classic skins by Sven Kistner |
Weather images |
Fonts from the Savannah project |
Background images |
Icons by Everaldo |
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FAQ's From the list below choose one of our FAQs topics, then select an FAQ to read. If you have a question which is not in this section, please contact us.... |
Configuration |
The email app doesn't work with Gmail? The Email app support Gmail. Make sure that you have enabled POP access in the Gmail settings. Also, you need to use the POP3S protocol. Your username needs to be your full Gmail address: username@gmail.com.... |
What is the TiVo timeout that can be configured from the Server Properties dialog in the configurati TiVo added a timeout feature in 7.2 which will jump back to live TV after 15 mins of inactivity in an HME app. HME apps need to respond to the timeout to tell TiVo not to timeout. This is useful as a screensaver, but some folks have TV's where screen... |
How to configure Galleon on a headless system? It is possible to remotely configure Galleon. Simply append the IP address of the PC running Galleon to the command to launch the configuration GUI.... |
My wireless network loses the Galleon apps Try Galleon for Beginners... |
The logs contain these kinds of errors: java.io.IOException: Too many open files You have exceeded the capacity of the server. Try organizing the files into subdirectories.... |
Why does the wrapper.log have the following entries: Unable to execute Java command. It probably means that your JRE is not installed correctly. To test that it is correct, open a command prompt and type the following command: java -version The response should show the JRE version 1.5.0 without any errors. If not, check that the bin... |
The RSS plugin does not work Confirm that the URL you have configured does load in a browser on the PC that is running Galleon. The URL must point to the address of valid RSS feed. The plugin currently supports the following standards: RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0 / RDF, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3... |
The internet images plugin does not work Confirm that the URL you have configured does load in a browser on the PC that is running Galleon. The URL must point to the address of an image and NOT a web page.... |
Could not update Galleon server If you press the Apply button in the configuration GUI, you get the message: "Count not update Galleon server" This means that the GUI could not communicate with the Galleon server. Check that the Galleon service is running. Under Windows use... |
The configuration data has all kinds of weird characters which I cannot read The values in the XML file is URL encoded to allow for special characters to be used which clash with the XML standard. There are many online resources which you can use to URL decode the values.... |
The installation wizard complains: The Galleon Service could not be installed The installation wizard was not designed for Windows 98 and Windows ME, so you will have to make a few manual changes. You also cannot use the native version of the installation wizard. Firstly, after you have run the installation program, you need to... |
How do I determine the current version of Galleon The version is displayed in the configuration GUI. The configuration file also has the current version.... |
I am getting a lot of "out of memory" errors in the logs You can play with the memory allocation by editing the following text file: C:\Program Files\Galleon\conf\wrapper.conf There are two settings you can change: wrapper.java.initmemory=64 wrapper.java.maxmemory=64 I suggest you increase the initmemory... |
I edited the configuration file but Galleon didn't pick up the changes If you edit the configure.xml file directly you have to restart Galleon manually. If you use the GUI to make configuration changes, all the changes are saved to the configuration file and take immediate effect without requiring a restart.... |
I want to reinstall Galleon but I don't want to lose my configuration settings All of the configuration settings are stored in the file configure.xml in the Galleon conf directory. You can make a backup of that file, uninstall and then reinstall Galleon. Then stop the Galleon service, copy the configuration file back and restart Galleon... |
How do I cut-and-paste URLs into the configuration GUI? The standard Windows edit shortcuts are supportedCopy: Ctrl+CPaste: Ctrl+V ... |
HME |
What is HME? The Home Media Engine (HME) is a technology developed by TiVo which allows developers to developn interactive applications that can be controlled from a TiVo. These applications actually run on a PC or a remote server, but users can control them like... |
Other apps don't work in Galleon Galleon uses the latest version of the TiVo HME libraries. The HME apps will only work if they have been compiled against these libraries. Contact the developer of the app for the latest version.... |
Network |
After running the installation wizard, TiVo does not show the Galleon menu options It all depends on how your network is configured to allow the protocol from Galleon to get to your TiVo. Try to ping your TiVo from your computer. If that doesn't work then you have a network or firewall problem. Make sure if you have XP that the built-in... |
XP service pack 2 firewall The internal firewall blocks Galleon from working. There is no notification of any sort, despite the box being checked that asked for notification. Created an exception for TCP port 7288.... |
Galleon (Windows) doesn't work with media files stored on a network share The Galleon service does not run under your user account. The Galleon service will not be able to see any mapped drives you may have. You can change the user that Galleon uses to run under (go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services, then change... |
The logs show errors about port not being available Enable the ports needed by Galleon on your PC's firewall. Use the FPort tool to determine what process has grabbed these ports and close that program.... |
I have multiple network interface cards and TiVo does not show Galleon Java might not choose your private network interface address as the default. What is needed is to determine the IP address of the network interface of your private network. Configure the server in the GUI with your private network interface address.... |
The apps disappear from my TiVo frequently Make sure that your routing hardware is capable of supporting the protocol that HME uses: multicast DNS (also known as rendevouz). Try to restart your TiVo while Galleon is running. Upgrade the firmware of your network hardware to the latest versions... |
TiVo Desktop can see my TiVo but Galleon doesn't show on TiVo The TiVo Desktop and Galleon uses totally different network protocols to communicate with your TiVo recorder. Galleon and other HME applications usually dont appear on your TiVo if your firewall is not configured properly. It is sometimes necessary to... |
Which ports does Galleon use? Galleon needs access to the following ports for it to work 1099 (TCP): Used for Java RMI for letting the configuration GUI talk to the server.7288 (TCP: Used for accessing the applications on the local network.5353 (UDP): Used for multicast DNS (Rendevouz)... |
Java |
Outdated Java It is recommended that you use the latest 1.5 or 1.6 JRE. To determine the current version of your JRE installation, hit the Windows-key and R, enter cmd /k java -version and hit OK. If your version is not the latest, uninstall every Java you may find... |
The JRE installation fails during the Galleon installation If you have older versions of the JRE installed, remove all of them and reboot. If you already have the 1.5 or 1.6 JRE installed, you can uncheck the option in the Galleon installation wizard.... |
What is the JRE? The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a technology developed by Sun Microsystems that allows programs that are written in the Java programming language to run on different operating systems. The Galleon program can run on any operating system that has at least a 1... |
Examples Here you will find an example set of FAQs.... |
General |
Limit on video recordings file sizes If your hard drive is FAT32 then 4GB is the maximum file size supported by the operating system. If you have NTFS (NT4/WIN2K/XP) then you should not see this issue. ... |
Do I need a galleon.sourceforge.net account for Galleon to work? No, you do not need a galleon.sourceforge.net account. The Galleon software is still functional without it. ... |
The Galleon data is out of sync with my system Galleon will regularly interrogate your system to keep its information about your media files in sync. Wait for several hours to see if the problem gets fixed by itself. If not, you can reset the Galleon database by stopping the Galleon service, deleting... |
I get a file not found error for GoBack video files Thats the standard error message the recorder will give for every possible error that could occur. It usually doesn't mean it could find the file, it is most likely that the file is not in the correct format.... |
The logs contain these kinds of errors: de.vdheide.mp3.ID3Exception, de.vdheide.mp3.FrameDamagedExce This means that an mp3 file is corrupted in some way.... |
The Audio organizer takes forever to finish The organizer needs to read the ID tags of each MP3 file in your collection. For very large collections this will take some time. After all of the tags have been read, the files then have to be categorized and sorted. The tag information is cached and... |
The email plugin does not work The email app will only download mail that has been flagged as unread/new by the mail server. Also if you have another client pointing to the same account, for some protocols, that client might cause the new email not to be flagged anymore. Check that... |
How do I port Galleon to another platform The Galleon source code includes distribution configuration files for Linux and OS X that was used for JavaHMO. The Galleon forums also have discussions by users who have attempted porting the code to various platforms. Source code is available via anonymous... |
Developing your own applications to run inside Galleon The Galleon source code includes a file called "Developers.txt" which explains how to create your own applications. The best way to learn to code an app is to look at the code of an existing app that is close to what you have in mind.... |
The organizer is not picking up my new MP3 files The organizer caches the MP3 tag data and will periodically refresh the cache.... |
Why is the Windows installer program so large? (32MB) The Windows installer also includes the Sun JRE (16MB).... |
The JRE installation program is hanging This is usually caused by another instance of the Java JRE running. Those will appear as either "Java" or "Javaw" in the list of processes. It is recommended to kill those processes if you experience installation problems.... |
Why do the thumbnails show up so slowly It depends on what kind of photos you are viewing. If they were imported from a digital stills camera then Galleon will use the thumbnail generated by the camera. If Galleon cannot find the thumbnail, then it has to generate the thumbnail by scaling the... |
The Galleon service does not want to start: The logs complains about service already installed Uninstall the Galleon service using the following script: C:\Program Files\Galleon\bin\uninstall.cmd Re-install the Galleon service using the following script: C:\Program Files\Galleon\bin\install.cmd... |
The Galleon service does not want to start To test whether your Galleon installation is correct, disable the Galleon service and then run Galleon directly at the command prompt: C:\Program Files\Galleon\bin\run.cmd... |
The internet image are out of date. The internet images arent using the reload value I have specifie All of the internet content are placed in a queue and are scheduled based on the global server reload value or the reload value for each item in the configuration file. Galleon will attempt to download the internet content as close to the reload period... |
The Shoutcast listings never show the stations I am interested in The Shoutcast module will only download the top 20 stations in each genre you have selected as listed on www.shoutcast.com. As an alternative you can create .m3u or .pls playlist files with the URLs of your favorite online stations. These playlists can... |
When I try to listen to a station on www.shoutcast.com, I get the following message: Too many reques Shoutcast sends this response when someone at your location has attempted to tune into more than 600 stations in a 24 hour period. Unfortunately, Shoutcast defines your location to be anybody from your class C network! To reduce the chances of this happening,... |
TiVo plays an error message when I try to listen to streaming radio stations. The streaming audio do There are several possible reasonsThe format of the stream is not supported. Only MP3 streams are currently supported by TiVo.An unexpected error occurred while accessing the remote server. Try again later. ... |
The iTunes plugin does not work The iTunes library defaults to: "C:\Documents and Settings\ is your username. The path needs to point to the iTunes playlist library file. If you have moved your user settings to another location, you will have to edit the default path.... |
Galleon isn't working; how do I find out what is wrong? Galleon keeps several logs in the Galleon logs directory. By default these logs only record interesting information and errors. You can enable more detailed debug information by using the File/Properties menu option in the Galleon configuration GUI and... |
Do I need to uninstall Galleon to upgrade to the next version? If you are using the Galleon Windows installer or Mac OS X installer, then the installation wizard can upgrade existing installations. All of your configuration settings will be kept. If you are using the other distributions, then you have to make a backup... |
How do I restart the Galleon service? Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services... |
Can Galleon run with the TiVo Desktop? Yes, Galleon and the TiVo Desktop software can run on the same PC.... |
Tutorials The following tutorials will explain step-by-step how to install, configure and use the Galleon apps on your TiVo DVR: Installation tutorial.Server properties tutorial.Music Player settings tutorial.ToGo settings tutorial.Music app tutorial.Podcasting... |
Help There are various resources available to get help for any issues you have with your Galleon installation: The installation and configuration are explained in the project web site. There are several tutorials which explains step-by-step how to get Galleon... |
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