Tv server & webstream (1 Viewer)

[massimiliano]

Hi guys, i use mediportal with a dedicated tv server installation, in my home server and i watch live tv and all my media with a mediaportal client installation in all the other pc in my home network..
So i can't watch tv on the server, it works like a dedicated tv server that provide tv signal for one or more clients.

I'd like to watch live tv in web stream so i must configure the output streaming of the tv server for my adsl upload.

At the moment, if i use vlc for watch a tv stream (rtsp://my_dyndns_address/stream1.0) i can watch tv but the frame's speed is so slow....
I'm looking for a program or a plugin for my tv server but at the moment without success..

Anybody can help me..?? Many thanks!

 

[m.gurke]

hi!
i've got a similar problem, i want to watch a stream with the tv-server.
do you got a solution for your problem? maybe it will be usefull for me.
Thanks for reply

 

[massimiliano]

I m.gurke, you have resume a VERY OLD discussion..
Yes i've found a fantastic solution: vlc
I've complitely switch to a linux based system for my media server but those vlc tips are useful for windows users too; those are the syntax:

SERVER SIDE:
cvlc -vvv --program=4005 dvb://frequency=698000000 :dvb-adapter=0 :dvb-bandwidth=8 :sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=300,scale=1,width=320,height=240,acodec=mpga,ab=32,channels=1,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=0.0.0.0:1234}'


Transletion:
With this command you can watch the program (dvb-t in my case) number 4005 with frequency of 698000000 and bandwith 8, if you use ONLY this part of the string you can watch the tv channel in local and without any kind of transcode. The rest of the string is for adapt the output of the stream to your isp upload speed and for chose a protocol for the streaming; as you can see i've use an h264 codec for the transcode, this mean a lot of cpu usage but a super quality and only 3 Mb for minute of bandwith usage for watch the streaming from the client side. Bitrate, width and height are for an iphone client.

CLIENT SIDE:
You must point your vlc client to http://ip_of_your_server:1234 and you can see the live tv.

Some final tips: the windows syntax of the commands may are a little bit different, but within a couple of minutes you can find the write ones and of course you can use the vlc gui instead of the command line interface (for example telnet); but if you work in remote so if you choose tv channels from the client side, control the server side streaming with the gui (so in remote desktop) or with the vlc web interface is slowest than a command line solution for the control of the streaming.
The only real boaring work with windows, is that you haven't a list for the tv channel so you have to write down manually frequencies, bandwiths and programs for each client..
With linux you can use a mini program that scan all the dvb channels and than build a tv channels playlist, so that you can choose your favorite channels directly from the playlist, i don't know if there is a windows similar program for vlc.
You can use the mediaportal tv server gui (or the tv server log) for write down all the frequencies, bandith etc.. etc.. but this isn't a great solution

Last but don't least you can use a very similar vlc syntax to stream in mms protocl (windows media player clients), rtsp (you can stream to a real player client or to a darwin streaming server), you can stream every kind of audio-video contenent like film or music (not only live tv), you can record your favorites live events too and vlc is avaible for mac, linux and windows.

So as you can see, there are some cons but a lot of pro