[Announce] MPTVClient

[gemx]

Ok, submitted it again to the repository under "System Utilities".
Now it's working

[KRA]

Originally Posted by FlipGer

Hi,

looks nice.

Is it written in C#? Maybe it could also be compiled under Mono / Linux....

Flip.

That would be great !

[gemx]

Just did a quick "google" for Mono and Remoting.
It seems as if Mono supports remoting.
Since i currently don't have a machine that runs linux, everone interested in trying can take the "ServerInterface.cs" and "Utils.cs" from my app and try to test the functionality on Linux.
These 2 files are encapsulating the TvServer interface, so you only have to take these files and the TvServer dlls under the "deps" folder and build a small command line test tool.
Looking forward to see the results

[dubstar]

It would be great if this worked on linux, I just moved house and my linux system is still at my last place so i can't try it!!

I thought mp was having UPnP added to it?? If so it should be theoretically possible to mate mp and mythtv!!!

That would be awesome!! Mythtv backend and a Pretty MP front end!!

The reason I say this is good is because i know people who have had mythtv servers that they haven't turned off for months at a time and only turn them off then for cleaning or upgrading!!

[LXB]

hi, please excuse my probably dumb question, but can you explain to me how this should be implemented? shall i "install" the whole package on the mp computer and try a streaming client or...
sorry, but i´m also looking for a solution to view tv stream on a not so powerful notebook.
many many thanks for your kind explanation. LX

[gemx]

LXB: You got it right
You only need the files in the bin dir and a media player e.g. VLC.
That's all. No need to have MediaPortal install on the laptop.
That's the reason why i did this app.
The machine does not even need a DirectX 9 capable graphics card.
Just to make it clear:
- the other stuff MP offers (Plugins, skin...) are not available.
It only interfaces with the TvServer and therefore you can "only" watch tv over the network

[LXB]

thanks for your explanation. i´ll test it tonight.
just to be shure. the \bin\*.* to copy in the ...\plugins\windows\*.* directory?
LX.

[gemx]

No, you do NOT need any compononents from MediaPortal on the client. Just the contents of the bin folder and a player e.g. VLC

[mpfrank]

Great idea this software.

I tried it yesterday but cannot connect to my tvserver. With mp it works.

Error Msg: Connection to server is broken....

One reason may be that I use mySQL for database instead of ms-sql.
Do you only support the ms-sql installation?

Thanks & cheers
mpFrank

[gemx]

mpfrank:
The files are only for a MS SQL Server connection but it is not a problem to connect to a mysql server you only need the attached file (or take it from an MediaPortal installation) and modify the gentle.config file.
That's all.