Self Contained Web Server / Interface (2 Viewers)

[regeszter]

Hi Kev,

can you check the quality settings in the scheduled recordings?

 

[asboe]

I have the same problem with "could not connect"
I do not understand where I do have to enter the correct port #

You have to enter the same port number in the plug-in, which You will find in MP's config!

 

[Big_Kev]

Hi Big_Kev,

in the WebInterface, i can refresh the EPG,but only the WebEPG?!
It is possible to build in, that i can refresh my Cable (DVB-C) EPG?

It were nice, if you could check the status of MediaPortal. If MediaPortal isn´t running, it would be great, if i could start the MediaPortal over the WebInterface.

Sorry again for my english, its not the best, but i hope, you can understand me?!

Kind regards,
Ronny

Hi Ronny,

Ihr Englisch ist viel besser als mein Deutscher. (I hope I just said that your English is much better than my German!).

At the moment, the web interface only uses WebEPG. This is because in Australia we only get "now and next" EPG data on DVB, so we usually use Web EPG - but even this is hard to get as it is copyrighted by the stations, and we have to rely on kind individuals "re-creating" it.

Apparently what is on TV is a big secret and highly prized intellectual property... Anyway, enough of my ranting!

If someone could let me know the C# to refresh EPG from the TV Card - or a link to some sample code - I will build it in.

I will look at detecting MediaPortal as well and see what I can do there...

Kev

 

[stoked]

Big_Kev,

Thanks for fixing the channel filter bug in the Query Manager. I really like this feature, works quite well. Wish there was a way to identify first run shows only. My provider actually provides the data in the EPG stream now, but MP doesn't pick it up.

 

[Big_Kev]

Big_Kev,

Thanks for fixing the channel filter bug in the Query Manager. I really like this feature, works quite well. Wish there was a way to identify first run shows only. My provider actually provides the data in the EPG stream now, but MP doesn't pick it up.

Hi stoked,

What is the tag, I will see what I can do...

 

[frag999]

I was wondering if a feature to begin/stop timeshifting on a channel could be added.

I love the rich functionality of the interface. I can use it in my method to stream live TV to my Pocket PC. I pick a show that is currently coming from the satellite provider and then "record" it. This causes the TV server to begin recording the show and then I use VLC to transcode and send the media stream out to the internet and my Pocket PC media player then gets served by VLC.

To change channels, I use the web interface to cancel the current recording and then stop the DVB device in the TV server setting. Then I go back to the guide and pick another program that I want to watch and repeat the process. If it would be possible to just begin timeshifting a channel and then be able to stop timeshifting it would be less clunky.

I should be able to do this. It looks like it will just be an extension to the current TVLink dll that i wrote to get the card status etc.

I will add it this week (i hope).

Can you send me the details on the VLC streaming? I may be able to build that in as well.

Kev

Big_Kev,
Sounds great. My suggestion would be to leave the VLC as separate because there are tons of variables for transcoding that can be changed to optimize ones experience. Due to this complexity you might avoid a lot of issues by leaving it up to each user to define this.

With that being said, here is what I can use for VLC to transcode across the internet from Mediaportal:

this is the input from tvserver:
rtsp://192.168.2.152/stream5.0

this is the streamout that I use for transcoding:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=500,scale=0.5,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=192.168.2.152:8081}}
-this setting gives a 50% reduction in frame size (scale=0.5), transcoded to mpeg2 video at 500kbit/s and mpeg audio at 128kbit/s. It plays ok over a 1Mb upload cable modem. This is for a Mpeg-TS container/output

192.168.2.152 is the IP of my TV server

"stream5.0" is due to the fact that my dvb card is device #5 in my TV server configuration

192.168.2.152:8081 is the port that VLC is serving to - I have a DNS service so I point my client player to http://XXXXX.myvnc.com:8081 where XXXX is my personalized choice that I got through No-IP.com (free DNS here)

A few problems I have ran into:
1. "stream5.0" is a TS file saved during timeshifting. If you change channels, the timeshift file does not erase itself so if you restart your client player, it will go to the beginning of the timeshift file and not to the current position of the timeshift file. This probably could be worked out if I studied it more.
2. I personally get around problem #1 by using mytheatre as my DVB-S tuning software that interfaces with a DVB-T driver emulator that MP TVserver "tunes". So, I actually pickup a UDP stream from Mytheatre.
3. Better video quality could be output if VLC would do h264 conversion better, but I guess the current windows version 0.9.2 is having troubles here. This is another reason I would leave the VLC part out of the solution at this point...

Thanks Big_Kev for taking the time to incorporate my request.

 

[Big_Kev]

New Version 0.5.0.6

Fixes for multi-remote (switch between client PCs)

Added support to start MP client on Web Interface PC only (at this stage).

When you set up the remote addresses etc, you must indicate which one is on the Web Interface (if any).

Kev

 

[rsbrux]

Big_Kev,
Many thanks for great plugin. I have it set up and working with the SVN of 14 Sept. (last version that works with analog TV card).
There is one minor problem. I have set up the auto-login, which works fine from a browser running on the same machine.
From other machines in my WLAN/Intranet, however, the login and password prompt appear.
What am I doing wrong?

P.S. Sorry, it is not as easy as I thought.
Only the first access to the start page logs in automatically. Subsequent attempts show the login prompt.
Also, the link "Remote Control" displays "Could not connect" (even when accessed from a browser directly on the HTPC), even though I have installed the BKhelper plugin, and the port number in the plugin setup agrees with the one in the MP Web Manager configuration.
Lastly, I cannot access the MP web server from either of 2 smartphones (a Blackberry and a WM5), although both can access external web sites and the MP web server is reachable from a laptop on the same WLAN.
Where should I look for clues to troubleshooting trhese problems?

P.P.S.
Would still like to get rid of the login prompt, but I now at least have access from my WM5 smartphone.
To get through, I had to use IP address instead of computer name and also open the remote control port (50120) in the HTPC firewall as well as the site port (8080).

 

[efla]

Thanks for these clear explanation. It works now

 

[Big_Kev]

Big_Kev,
Many thanks for great plugin. I have it set up and working with the SVN of 14 Sept. (last version that works with analog TV card).
There is one minor problem. I have set up the auto-login, which works fine from a browser running on the same machine.
From other machines in my WLAN/Intranet, however, the login and password prompt appear.
What am I doing wrong?

P.S. Sorry, it is not as easy as I thought.
Only the first access to the start page logs in automatically. Subsequent attempts show the login prompt.
Also, the link "Remote Control" displays "Could not connect" (even when accessed from a browser directly on the HTPC), even though I have installed the BKhelper plugin, and the port number in the plugin setup agrees with the one in the MP Web Manager configuration.
Lastly, I cannot access the MP web server from either of 2 smartphones (a Blackberry and a WM5), although both can access external web sites and the MP web server is reachable from a laptop on the same WLAN.
Where should I look for clues to troubleshooting trhese problems?

Could it be a firewall issue?

Kev

Big_Kev,
Many thanks for great plugin. I have it set up and working with the SVN of 14 Sept. (last version that works with analog TV card).
There is one minor problem. I have set up the auto-login, which works fine from a browser running on the same machine.
From other machines in my WLAN/Intranet, however, the login and password prompt appear.
What am I doing wrong?

P.S. Sorry, it is not as easy as I thought.
Only the first access to the start page logs in automatically. Subsequent attempts show the login prompt.
Also, the link "Remote Control" displays "Could not connect" (even when accessed from a browser directly on the HTPC), even though I have installed the BKhelper plugin, and the port number in the plugin setup agrees with the one in the MP Web Manager configuration.
Lastly, I cannot access the MP web server from either of 2 smartphones (a Blackberry and a WM5), although both can access external web sites and the MP web server is reachable from a laptop on the same WLAN.
Where should I look for clues to troubleshooting trhese problems?

Could it be a firewall issue?

Kev