TV-Server status/ list current active streams on Client

[infinityloop]

I have been thinking about the following situation:

• we have one TV-Server PC with 4-TV-cards
• all 4 tuners are busy (recording/used by other clients)
• now i connect to the tv-server with an other client
• this means i would have 4 different streams i could connect to
• but, on the client side i do not know which channels are active curently on the server
• how about a "Active TV-Streams" or "TV-Server(s) status" in MyTV?
  where the client could see all 4 TV-channels that were active on the server currently
• then the client could select one of these channels

GUI example created in Photoshop

[frodo]

Very nice idea!

Let's see if we can add this.

[LordMessi]

Maybe also show who's viewing it?

It would be nice, when TV Server is more stable, to be able to say:
This client can only view these channels ect.

[infinityloop]

Originally Posted by LordMessi

It would be nice, when TV Server is more stable, to be able to say:
This client can only view these channels ect.

that would be a totally different feature then.

please start a new thread with a detailed concept description.

[drfonz]

Infinityloop's suggestion underscores a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while now. Does TV Server support multicasting? And if not, have you guys considered adding support for it?

The reason I ask is because within the home environment it might be desirable to watch the same channel over on multiple clients without time-shifting and multicasting is ideal for this situation, where the server does not require extra processing and/or bandwidth to feed multiple clients.

The sort of scenario I'm thinking about is the watching the football in the living room, and popping in to the kitchen to prepare some snacks/beers whilst still watching the live action in the kitchen's thin client

What do you think?

AL

[infinityloop]

Originally Posted by drfonz

The sort of scenario I'm thinking about is the watching the football in the living room, and popping in to the kitchen to prepare some snacks/beers whilst still watching the live action in the kitchen's thin client

if i understood that correctly, thats exactly like it works atm.

[drfonz]

This might be the case, but I have a feeling it is not doing it using multicasting, which means the server is streaming 2 separate copies of the same programme over the wire which in turn reduces the bandwidth for other things, as well as requires extra work from the server.

If this is not the way it's working at the moment, by all means please correct me!

I have tried getting the latest SVN with the TVPlugin to work with the TV Server to no avail. I can however watch TV with VLC by using the manual method.

If I open two instances of VLC on my client machine with a time delay, the second stream starts where the time-shifting started, and NOT time-sync'ed to the first stream, which does NOT fit the scenario I described above (which is more akin to watching standard analog TV on two different sets). But then again, since I haven't managed to get the actual client to work, I'm not sure whether it would work differently then

Thanks!
AL

[Khris]

Originally Posted by infinityloop

I have been thinking about the following situation:

• we have one TV-Server PC with 4-TV-cards
• all 4 tuners are busy (recording/used by other clients)
• now i connect to the tv-server with an other client
• this means i would have 4 different streams i could connect to
• but, on the client side i do not know which channels are active curently on the server
• how about a "Active TV-Streams" or "TV-Server(s) status" in MyTV?
  where the client could see all 4 TV-channels that were active on the server currently
• then the client could select one of these channels

GUI example created in Photoshop
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I'd like to raise my hand in agreement on this feature!!!

In my townhouse I only have one cable outlet (in the livingroom on the main floor) but I have a PC in the basement and two upstairs which all connect to my main HTPC (running BTV at the moment).

I've been impatiently waiting for the new TV Engine to come out and even though I'll probably wait until there's a stable release before I switch completely, I played with it briefly and am even more excited about it now!

This idea from Infinityloop is even more icing on the proverbial cake!!

Great job everyone!

[infinityloop]

and frodo has allready added it

works nicely

[Khris]

Now that's what I call Customer Service!


As much as I would love to switch back to MP right away and use the new TV Engine......my partner would kill me if his soaps didn't get recorded every day and my sanity isn't willing to take that chance!