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<blockquote data-quote="rsenden" data-source="post: 1032363" data-attributes="member: 24295"><p>Thanks for your feedback. In the mean time version 1.3 is available, so please try that if you have the time. This version allows you to define a service override that always serves a local file, which usually allows TV Server Setup to find all channels on first scan (of course in that case the actual service is not being tested, so channels may be added to TV Server that don't actually work). Also, stream information can now be gathered using JavaScript-based configuration, which is more flexible and probably easier for most people.</p><p></p><p>With regards to channel switching performance; whenever you request a new channel from VODServer, it needs to do some processing to gather the necessary video streaming details, and then load the actual video, before it can actually start streaming to the TV Server. </p><p></p><p>There are some possibilities to improve this, but they also have drawbacks:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">While gathering stream info and loading the stream, already start streaming a local video with the text 'Loading Video stream'. I'm not sure however whether this would cause any issues when switching to the actual stream (I'm no MPEG-TS/DVB-IP specialist). It would probably cause TV Server to be able to tune into channels faster and with less issues, without the need for the service override.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pre-cache the ParamBuilder results (i.e. gather all info needed to actually start streaming a video beforehand), but this would probably need to be refreshed regularly, which will cause extra load on the site, and increased chances that the site discovers that it is being accessed in a strange way (possibly followed by countermeasures, like blocking your IP). For example, some sites generate security tokens that are only valid for a few minutes. If the cache contains stale data, the stream will fail to load.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Allow channels to be fully pre-loaded, i.e. start background threads that already gather the necessary stream info and actually load the stream; just attach this stream to the actual HTTP request whenever the stream is requested. Again, this will cause extra load on the site and your internet connection; you would be able to do this only for a limited number of streams.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rsenden, post: 1032363, member: 24295"] Thanks for your feedback. In the mean time version 1.3 is available, so please try that if you have the time. This version allows you to define a service override that always serves a local file, which usually allows TV Server Setup to find all channels on first scan (of course in that case the actual service is not being tested, so channels may be added to TV Server that don't actually work). Also, stream information can now be gathered using JavaScript-based configuration, which is more flexible and probably easier for most people. With regards to channel switching performance; whenever you request a new channel from VODServer, it needs to do some processing to gather the necessary video streaming details, and then load the actual video, before it can actually start streaming to the TV Server. There are some possibilities to improve this, but they also have drawbacks: [LIST] [*]While gathering stream info and loading the stream, already start streaming a local video with the text 'Loading Video stream'. I'm not sure however whether this would cause any issues when switching to the actual stream (I'm no MPEG-TS/DVB-IP specialist). It would probably cause TV Server to be able to tune into channels faster and with less issues, without the need for the service override. [*]Pre-cache the ParamBuilder results (i.e. gather all info needed to actually start streaming a video beforehand), but this would probably need to be refreshed regularly, which will cause extra load on the site, and increased chances that the site discovers that it is being accessed in a strange way (possibly followed by countermeasures, like blocking your IP). For example, some sites generate security tokens that are only valid for a few minutes. If the cache contains stale data, the stream will fail to load. [*]Allow channels to be fully pre-loaded, i.e. start background threads that already gather the necessary stream info and actually load the stream; just attach this stream to the actual HTTP request whenever the stream is requested. Again, this will cause extra load on the site and your internet connection; you would be able to do this only for a limited number of streams. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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