Need Internet ? (1 Viewer)

[mcu2005]

Hi,
Just a simple question,
Does MP need internet connection for TV watching?
If so, why it need the connection?
I try to disconnect the ethernet and the TV program stopped.
????

Thanks

 

[ryan20021982]

Are you talking about TV as in your using a tv card to watch tv?

 

[zicoz]

No you shouldn't need internet for watching TV, but you need it to grab EPG if you don't get that from your DVB-stream. That sounds like some sort of bug, does it work if you start MP without the ethernet cable?

 

[kstam]

I assume you are using TV Server. It doesn't need internet connection but uses IP connection for server/client connection so disconnecting the Ethernet or wireless connection while watching TV is usual to stop the TV.
I 've read people having problems especially with wireless connections that lose connection and stop TV. A way round it is install loopback adapter (you 'll find a thread here if you search) but if you have wired then you just don't disconnect it...
I think that if you start the TV without connection then it works fine but if you start it with connection and then disconnect then TV stops. But I 'm not sure about that.

bye

 

[Owlsroost]

Set up TV server to use the 'MS loopback adaptor' (see link in my sig below).

TV server needs to associate itself with an network IP address to work - if there is an active network connection when it's installed then that seems to be the one it picks up, so if that connection disappears it stops working.

Tony