Cant get mediportal streaming to work - "unable to play:stream 3.0" (1 Viewer)

[Unregistered]

I have mediaportal installed on two machines.

Machine 1 is a desktop with TV server and Client installed (V1.1.0.0), and works fine as a single seat. This machine has a TV card installed and live TV works fine.

Machine 2 is set to stream from Machine 1, by putting the name of Machine 1 as the TV Server Hostname in the settings. This machine does not have a TV card, and when i then try to play live tv i can see the tv guide fine, but when i select a channel i get the error message "unable to play:stream 3.0". When i select a channel i can see MAchine 2 trying to access the TV server by simultaneously watching the TV Server settings on Machine 1, but as soon as the error appears Machine 2 is kicked.

Any ideas?

 

[DieBagger]

Sounds to me like the streaming port (554) is blocked by the firewall of either client or server?

 

[jhb]

I have the same problem from time to time, but if I select teh stream under the live-tv menu->streams, then it works after a few seconds. If I reboot the client the problem disappears. I have no firewall...

 

[Berns]

I have a similar issue.
I have an old XP SP2 as server and a windows 7 32 bit as primary client.
Whenever the server is rebooted, I have this error. The solution is to run the TV server configuration, go to manual control, stop the service and start the service again.
As it is a problem I have a work-around for and as this problem only occures every 2 weeks or so (when the server needs to be rebooted for whatever reason) I'm living with the situation.

 

[naich]

Please try different "ports" within the TV Server config (try and error).

For me it solved this problem.

cu

 

[joystick]

AW: Cant get mediportal streaming to work - "unable to play:stream 3.0"

For me permanently (!) disabling IPv6 on Server and Client did the trick!

Maybe give it a try

 

[rich76]

Another thing I would make they are using the same workgroup, xp defaults to mshome where as windows 7 defaults to workgroup. I have found it's best to set both to mshome if 1 pc is xp and the other vista or windows 7 as this makes file sharing more reliable.

Rich

 

[corvy]

Re: AW: Cant get mediportal streaming to work - "unable to play:stream 3.0"

For me permanently (!) disabling IPv6 on Server and Client did the trick!

Maybe give it a try

I had the same problem and it was fixed by disabling ipv6 on the client. thanks!

 

[Berns]

Meanwhile my old XP SP2 machine gave up on me. The video card blew, and this rendered the machine unbootable. As I planned to replace it anyhow, the server now is a windows 7 64 bit machine. I don't have the problem any more. I disabled IP V6 immediately after install, even before installing MePo.