methods of using TV server - discussion thread (3 Viewers)

[Spragleknas]

A few quick (?) questions:
1. Any thoughts about IP TV / TVoIP and the new engine?
2. In Norway (like in France?) DVB-T will be in MPEG-4 (w/HD-possibilities) - does this affect the new TV-engine at all?

THANK YOU ALL!

 

[stinger]

I have "BOXER" here in sweden dvb-t Will it be possible to watch the scrambled channels with the new client-server model? Offcourse with a card in the cam on the server. Because I recently installed web scheduler,jtvlan and vlc. I got it to work ok after a lot of trouble but I discovered that I could only watch channel 1,2,4 here in sweden that are unscramled.

 

[funkstar]

However I'm not sure one can fit both the Windows XP Home-Edition or Professional-Edition (or 2003 Server) operating-system and MediaPortal on just 1GB (or 2GB), even with the virtual-memory page-file disabled in windows, (plus I'm not sure how well Windows and MediaPortal run without a virtual-memory).

Getting XP in 2GB shouldn't be a problem. You could probably get away with less too. Have a look at XPlite (http://www.litepc.com/), it allows you to strip out all the un-needed components of windows, reducing the storage space and memory footprint. If MP starts to complain about lack of paging file, you could always use a RAM disk utility and force the page file into that. You wouldn't want to use the flash memory for swap space as they have a limited number of read/write cycles.

 

[infinite.loop]

Have a look at XPlite (http://www.litepc.com/), it allows you to strip out all the un-needed components of windows, reducing the storage space and memory footprint.

indeed, and i see many ppl reporting issues with MediaPortal running on such selfcreated WindowsXP version.

the team strongly suggests to not use such versions of Windows!

 

[MadDuke]

I all sound really great!

But is the quality actualy any good? - I don't know for sure, but i've "heard" that 'ordinary tv' can be streamed with an acceptable result at aprox 5-10 Mbit, but what about the better/richer DVB?
- I was also told that you wouldn't even be abel to stream HDTV on a 1Gbit network!

Am I wrong (hope so!)

As I see it the TV Server is placeshifting on a local network, but only very few would be able to placeshift acros the internet, as most people have too slow upload speed! (my internet connection is 2Mbit/512Kbit)

Am I wrong (hope so!)

/MadDuke

 

[Frodo]

As I see it the TV Server is placeshifting on a local network, but only very few would be able to placeshift acros the internet, as most people have too slow upload speed! (my internet connection is 2Mbit/512Kbit)

The tvserver is designed for a local (W)LAN, not for streaming tv over the internet
When you want to stream tv over the internet, the stream would have to be re-encoded in realtime to a lower quality.
Re-encoding will not be present in the first release, but who knows we can always add this later on.

Frodo

 

[Frodo]

1. Any thoughts about IP TV / TVoIP and the new engine?
2. In Norway (like in France?) DVB-T will be in MPEG-4 (w/HD-possibilities) - does this affect the new TV-engine at all?

The fact that we stream tv over the lan means that IP TV/TvOIP is already done
isnt it??

About MPEG-4, yep we are thinking about that.

Frodo

 

[wendt]

About MPEG-4, yep we are thinking about that.

Frodo

What do you mean by "thinking about it"???

/Wendt

 

[overture]

Would this AOpen mini PC have a sufficient spec to run the Mediaportal client software?

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/29/aopen_adds_core_2_duo_to_minipc/

Phil

ps..many thanks for all the hard work developers. I'm getting better at C# so hopefully I'll be able to contribute in the future.

 

[infinite.loop]

What do you mean by "thinking about it"???

donate a card that is able to receive such a broadcast and the developers can start to code the support