IPTV Australia (1 Viewer)

[mm1352000]

Hi again

I don't think other video codecs will help. You already have the PowerDVD 8 h.264 codec, and that should do the job fine. I think the problem is that TsReader can't even find the video stream when it opens the file, and this results in a failure to connect to the codecs. In both my logs and your successful TV viewing example I see this sequence:

2011-02-04 22:40:21.375000 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TsReaderPlayer: AudioDualMonoMode switching not available. Audioswitcher filter not loaded
[B]2011-02-04 22:40:22.015625 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TsReaderPlayer: OnVideoFormatChanged - streamtype=H264 resolution=1920x1080 aspect ratio=16:9 bitrate=15000000 isInterlaced=True[/B]
2011-02-04 22:40:22.015625 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TSReaderPlayer: Add codecs
2011-02-04 22:40:22.109375 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: added Video Mixing Renderer 9 to graph

In both the IPTV dump file and live viewing attempts I see:

2011-02-04 19:34:46.218750 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TsReaderPlayer: AudioDualMonoMode switching not available. Audioswitcher filter not loaded
2011-02-04 19:34:51.156250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TSReaderPlayer: Add codecs
2011-02-04 19:34:51.281250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: added Video Mixing Renderer 9 to graph

Down the track, the catastrophic errors seem to be:

2011-02-04 19:34:52.890625 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: Check graph connections for: TsReader
2011-02-04 19:34:52.890625 [Warn.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: Pin: 0 not connected: 80040209
2011-02-04 19:34:52.906250 [Warn.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: Pin: 1 not connected: 80040209
2011-02-04 19:34:52.906250 [Warn.][MPMain(1)]: VMR9: Pin: 2 not connected: 80040209
2011-02-04 19:34:52.906250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TSReaderPlayer: Failed vmr9 not connected

In my experience that would only happen if something goes wrong in TsReader or the codecs aren't compatible. In this case we know the codecs work fine for other channels. I already strongly suspected TsReader was the issue, but I'm a little lost in that code (which is why I asked for the new logs ).

 

[Ausdigital]

Logs from Win7 client and WinXP server are attached.

 

[Ausdigital]

Are we done and dusted? Beaten by TPG.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again AusDigital

Just to reiterate:
1. TsReader is not designed to play MPEG 2 program streams. From a technical perspective it is not expected to work. If it did work then we wouldn't have to do special stuff to wrap the MPEG 2 program streams produced by analog cards to get them to play.
2. I do not know the TsReader code well enough to understand what exactly prevents TsReader from playing these streams, and neither do I know how the analog streams are wrapped.

That is not to say that I haven't tried. I *have* looked at the logs, and I have looked at the code. I have to be honest though and say that I am lost. I have *really tried* to help. I know that it might have worked for mickeyko in the past, but things change. Perhaps things are close to working; perhaps things are far from working. I don't know enough about TsReader to even say that...

Did you try OnlineVideos like we suggested?

 

[Ausdigital]

Thanks mm1352000. I know you have tried to help and thank you appreciatively.

I am disappointed not one Australian who claims to have it working has come forth.

As you say, perhaps the coding has changed since and it is no longer supported. Seems I will never know.

As for the online videos, I have tried it and not a fan of it. Couldn't configure it for my needs and it difficult to setup.

 

[Stepko]

AW: Re: IPTV Australia

Hi again,

mm1352000: I know that the TV server is designed to work with DVB streams only. But it also works with mpeg streams (as far as I know without DVB stuff) on my dev machine. I tested it for one user who had problems with the IPTV filter. He sent me his playlist file. The streams were just mpeg data streams. They work with the TV server.
I just tested it with one mpeg file I found on my hard drive (not a ts file, just mpeg). I used vlc to stream the file using rtp. Then I started a channelscan on the vlc port and the tv server found the channel. It also plays in MP without any problems. It worked out of the box. Does vlc wrap the stream before streaming it?

Ausdigital: Can you record one of your tv streams? You can use GraphStudio for that and my IPTV filter with one of your urls (rtp://.x.x.x.x:yyyy) and a dump filter. Please let the record run for at least 10 seconds. Can you upload the file somewhere (it's too big for the forum). I would really like to see what TPG does there.

Stepko

 

[mm1352000]

Re: AW: Re: IPTV Australia

Hi Stepko

My understanding of TsReader is limited. Like I said earlier to Ausdigital: it could be close to working for all that I know...

I tested it for one user who had problems with the IPTV filter. He sent me his playlist file. The streams were just mpeg data streams. They work with the TV server.

How did you confirm that they were MPEG data streams?

I just tested it with one mpeg file I found on my hard drive (not a ts file, just mpeg). I used vlc to stream the file using rtp. Then I started a channelscan on the vlc port and the tv server found the channel. It also plays in MP without any problems. It worked out of the box. Does vlc wrap the stream before streaming it?

VLC could be wrapping. Also, the file extension may be misleading...

 

[Stepko]

AW: Re: AW: Re: IPTV Australia

Hi mm1352000,

thx for your quick answer.

How did you confirm that they were MPEG data streams?

Only with vlc. The codec info showed Stream0 (Video) and Stream 1(Audio) only. Is there a way (tool) to confirm that?

VLC could be wrapping. Also, the file extension may be misleading...

It's possible that vlc wraps. The movie I used was a shortfilm I did myself some years ago. I also encoded the mpeg file myself. It's just the mpeg stream.

 

[Ausdigital]

Hi Stepko,

Attached is a dump of the TPG stream of one of the channels.

It plays in VLC without a problem.

Cyberlink PowerDVD 8.0 plays the file and recognises it as MPEG4 AVC video and MPEG 2 audio.

Media Portal and Windows Media Player v11 cannot play the file.

Thanks for having a look.

Ausdigital.

 

[superforever]

Any update any work around to make mediaportal to play IPTV?

As I advised by TPG rep seems no way to make it to work in MediaPortal.