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[Big_Kev]

New Version 0.6.0.0 beta

Basic VLC streaming. I was able to stream from home to work...

Streaming setup info at:

http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/Web/Streaming.pdf

Remote Control Setup info at:
http://home.people.net.au/~threebridges/downloads/tv/Web/Remote_Setup.pdf

Kev

 

[Furetto]

Awesome
Can't wait to test this out.

Just a little hint, could you add these links in your first post ?

 

[Golf4]

I have a new problem: If the BKRemote-plugin is activated, the plugin "external Display" does not work anymore. I have an Antec Fusion 430 with VFD-Display. After enabling BKRemote the VFD-display is not working anymore. If I disable BKRemote the display works without errors...?

Hi,
I have exactly the same problem with VFD.
I use the CybrDisplay Plugin for that VFD.
??

 

[artisticcheese]

I configured client as per your document, saved settings and now trying to see if anything is listening on port I specified for VLC streaming on local server and can not see it (netstat -an). How can I troubleshoot this?

 

[jonaskp]

This sounds great. Probably won't try it out right now, cause I just don't have the time for setting it up. But I am looking forward to trying it.


On a sidenote, is it not about time this plugin got some sort of subforum? I think this is a very essentiel part of MP (for me) and if you get the streaming working this would be a serious killer-feature. Right now, VMC has Webguide and I know some people are using VMC and MCE just because of this feature. If we get streaming to work with MP, I think a lot of people could be persuaded to try out MP. And a bigger community is always great.

Right now we have one thread, 80 pages long, that has feature addition, suggestions, bug-reports, bug-fixes, general chit-chat and whatnot all mixed together. Lets get a subforum, to get some structure on it.

Great work, Big_Kev!!

 

[Big_Kev]

Important Additions to documentation...

Hi All,

I forgot to add instructions for including streaming buttons on the recorded page and the vertical guide. They are now in the PDF for streaming.

On a sidenote, is it not about time this plugin got some sort of subforum? I think this is a very essentiel part of MP (for me) and if you get the streaming working this would be a serious killer-feature. Right now, VMC has Webguide and I know some people are using VMC and MCE just because of this feature. If we get streaming to work with MP, I think a lot of people could be persuaded to try out MP. And a bigger community is always great.

Right now we have one thread, 80 pages long, that has feature addition, suggestions, bug-reports, bug-fixes, general chit-chat and whatnot all mixed together. Lets get a subforum, to get some structure on it.

Sounds like a good idea... how do we make it happen?

Kev

I configured client as per your document, saved settings and now trying to see if anything is listening on port I specified for VLC streaming on local server and can not see it (netstat -an). How can I troubleshoot this?

I just checked this out, and I could not see VLC listening on the specified port either - until I connected then re-executed the netstat -an command. It now shows as a listening / established pair of lines.

If you can not connect...

1. Try connecting first locally (running VLC as a client on the Web Interface PC) to eliminate any network issues.
2. Check your firewall is not blocking the application or ports you specified - some firewalls will block local connections for TCP.
3. Check task manager to see if VLC is actually running.
4. Check the timeshifting folder, you should see files created in there for the current timeshifting session. The file name will end with a number just before the ".ts" extension. This number must be the same as the card id number shown on the Tv Server page (please let me know ASAP if it is not!).
5. I found that I had to remove the audio section of the transcoding string to get it to work on my laptop (fine on HTPC - which is also an old P4).
6. Try opening a command prompt, changing to the vlc directory, and typing the following command (make sure you are timeshifting first by checking the manual control section of the MP Tv Server Configuration) vlc.exe rtsp://[Server IP]/stream[n].0 - where Server IP is the IP address of the Tv Server machine (where you must be to execute this command!) and n is the stream number of your card (see note above on timeshifting file). This SHOLUD open up a window locally and display the stream. If you can see the stream, then it is most likely a transcoding issue. Try some different transcoding options as shown in the documentation. For example, my laptop would be vlc.exe rtsp://10.0.0.36/stream1.0

Hope this helps
Kev

 

[artisticcheese]

I'm trying to figure out how this sitation (no listening port) can generally work regardless of application layer. Right now I forward port from outside world to local box to non-listening port on local machine. So external VLC plater using HTTP protocol which is forwarded to dead port by my router to my machine which off course times out. I'll check what you suggested but I don't understand how theoretically VLC can magically start working when there incoming connection to dead port on my box?

 

[Big_Kev]

Has anyone got it to work?

Please let me know! I would appreciate it.
Kev

 

[artisticcheese]

VLC.exe is not running in my case, and that's what causing probably an issue. Is there any logging?

 

[Big_Kev]

I'm trying to figure out how this sitation (no listening port) can generally work regardless of application layer. Right now I forward port from outside world to local box to non-listening port on local machine. So external VLC plater using HTTP protocol which is forwarded to dead port by my router to my machine which off course times out. I'll check what you suggested but I don't understand how theoretically VLC can magically start working when there incoming connection to dead port on my box?

Seemed very odd to me too, but that is what I observed. I then repeated it and found that the port WAS listening! Maybe I was too quick running the netstat the first time!.

I found that the stream would not connect - even if VLC was running - if there was a codec issue. Try the steps I suggested and let me know the results - particularly in regards to 4 and 6.

Kev