Slinger can not find Slingbox #672
Description
Hello. I’m having trouble setting up Slinger on my Raspberry Pi 5 running PiOS 64-bit LITE. I attempted to set it up last year but couldn’t figure it out despite spending quite a lot of time on it. Accessing my Slingbox has been challenging, as it’s located in my home country, so I can only work on this when I’m there. I’ve even exceeded ChatGPT’s limits a couple of times while seeking assistance, but I haven’t had any luck yet.
I’ve set static IPs for both the Raspberry Pi (192.168.11.4) and the Slingbox 350 (192.168.11.5), and both devices are visible on the network. The TV tuner is connected via HDMI, and I’ve confirmed it’s sending out a video signal by connecting it to a TV.
Here’s my config.ini file:
[SLINGBOX]
sbtype="350/500/M1/M2"
slingbox_host = 192.168.11.5
slingbox_port = 5201
passwords =
"E1:XXXXXXXXXXc9f7b8fc31d1e2461526c2f1892ef541945e0075c84aXXXXXXXXXX"
"E1:XXXXXXXXXX76a2e959d8bf549f353a68062226bb3ae22e1a0cd933XXXXXXXXXX"
finderids =
"XXXXXXXXXXCF0FC86143F6XXXXXXXXXX"
"XXXXXXXXXX2F61D75419E3XXXXXXXXXX"
I’m running the server from a virtual environment, as suggested by ChatGPT, but Slinger still can’t find the Slingbox. I’ve pinged the Slingbox to confirm the connection, starting with the default port 5201, but it didn't work. I also attempted using ports 8888 and 49125 by following ChatGPT's advice, but it seems Slinger continues to attempt connections on port 5201. I’m unable to identify the cause of the issue. Here’s the output when I run python3 slingbox_server.py:
(slinger-venv) admin@rpi5:~/Slinger $ python3 slingbox_server.py
Version : 4.01 Running on Linux-6.12.20+rpt-rpi-2712-aarch64-with-glibc2.36 pid= 1364 slingbox_server.py
Using config file config.ini
Connection Manager Running on port 8080 with 10 max streams using URL slingbox.
Building page for Slingbox
Using built in default remote page definition.
Starting Streamer Thread for Slingbox
Streamer Running: 10 config.ini SLINGBOX 8080 8080 8388608
starting up on port 8080 8388608
8080 Checking for slingbox at ('192.168.11.5', 5201) 0
- Serving Flask app 'slingbox_server'
- Debug mode: off
8080 Error connecting to ('192.168.11.5', 5201)
Broadcast Responder Running
Server IP address is 192.168.11.4
Server IP address is 172.18.0.1
Server IP address is 172.17.0.1
Server IP address is 172.19.0.1
8080 No valid slingbox ip info found in config.ini
8080 Finding Slingboxes on local network. My IP Info = 192.168.11.4
8080 Finding Slingboxes on local network. My IP Info = 172.18.0.1
8080 Finding Slingboxes on local network. My IP Info = 172.17.0.1
8080 Finding Slingboxes on local network. My IP Info = 172.19.0.1
8080 Can't find a slingbox on network. Please make sure it's plugged in and connected. Check config.ini
8080 Giving up. Sorry...
Can anyone help me identify what’s going wrong? Thank you!