[mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV

Wed Jan 19 08:48:31 EST 2005

well, I have been taking a look.  I don't have anything but 'proof of
concept' stuff to show for my trouble yet, but I am too tired to carry
on.

I can confirm that using wget on the http interface is a really easy
way to do this but a more complete approach would be to use the corba
interface or possibly the rc commands but I will try that another day.

Looking at the themes so I can incorporate the controls, and I don't
have a real clue.  My PHP skills are minimal so I will have to wait
and see what Joshua comes up with while I try and brush up.  I also
still can't get the actual scripts to run from the web.  I have to
invoke the mythstreamtv.sh script over an ssh connection atm.  I think
it is a permissions issue.

As for you WMP not working.  I have only gotten WMP to work so far.  I
am using WMP 10, and have the DivX/XviD codecs installed.  Make sure
you are using the correct port number, and have a decent connection
otherwise it may just sit there buffering.

HTH's
Dave

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:10:33 +0000, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds a superb idea.
> 
> All my attempts at trying to steam over http have failed, files seem
> to be streamable to xine in linux, but windows media player just sits
> there trying to connect, any idea if this would work for WMP?
> 
> Look forward to see what you come up with :-D
> 
> Ash.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:49:46 +1000, David Whyte <david.whyte at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Roger that mate!  I might just take a look at it tonight ;)
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:35:45 -0800, Joshua Ebel <jebel at bivio.net> wrote:
> > > David-
> > >
> > > Yes wrapping the control to the http interface could be done quite easily.
> > > Also there is an rc (text) interface that allows keystrokes to control the
> > > output of VLC. If you're interesting in how the VLC HTTP interface works,
> > > there is full documentation in the Videolan client docs that describes
> > > creating a custom interface.
> > >
> > > I will consider wrapping the interface in MythWeb for security's sake. But
> > > initially my proof of concept probably won't be that way.... (Unless I can
> > > find a really easy way to do it! :)
> > >
> > > Unfortunately my 'real' job is starting to get busy and that leaves less
> > > time for me to play.
> > >
> > > If you can get something working I wouldn't be opposed to adding it to the
> > > project.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Joshua Ebel
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of David Whyte
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:37 PM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV
> > >
> > > I saw the discussion on the sourceforge project page about swapping
> > > the 'I dummy' interface to 'I http' so you can view a VLC web page to
> > > control the stream and it works a damn treat!  Great stuff.
> > >
> > > As you said, it would be cool to integrate this control into
> > > MythStream, however, it would require opening another port so your
> > > clients can view that page and you never know if the VLC web server is
> > > secure.
> > >
> > > What I am thinking is, is there a way to wrap this page so that the
> > > control buttons are part of MythWeb but when they are pressed they run
> > > script to wget the relevant page of the VLC server?
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:33:11 -0500, Joseph A. Caputo
> > > <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 14:16, Joshua Ebel wrote:
> > > > > You've assumed correctly. Unfortunately there is no support in
> > > > > Videolan Client for the MPEG-4/RTjpeg Nuppel video files.
> > > >
> > > > To avoid confusion, you might want to stop referring to the files
> > > > produced by PVR-x50, ATSC or DVB cards as "NuppelVideo".  They are not
> > > > NuppelVideo, they are standard MPEG-2.  The ".nuv" extension is just a
> > > > convenience to simplify the way Myth handles files internally.  It
> > > > should be made clear that this solution will *only* work if:
> > > >
> > > > - you record your programs with a hardware MPEG encoder card (PVR-x50,
> > > > M-179, etc)
> > > > OR
> > > > - you receive programming in MPEG-2 a la DVB/ATSC/HD
> > > >
> > > > AND
> > > > - you do not automatically transcode recordings
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I'm starting to wonder if, with the increasing popularity of
> > > > hardware encoders and digital broadcasting, if it wouldn't make sense
> > > > to enable the internal transcoder to output a standard MPEG container.
> > > > That way only files that were originally software-encoded would need to
> > > > be in Myth's Nuppel container; everything else could either remain
> > > > MPEG-2 or be transcoded to MPEG-4 in an MPEG container.  I imagine this
> > > > might get a little dicey regarding audio sync if there were cut
> > > > points... actually, it would probably be possible to transcode to
> > > > NuppelVideo if (a) the source is already Nuppel, or (b) there are cut
> > > > points, otherwise, transcode to a standard MPEG container.
> > > >
> > > > ...come to think of it, you could probably do this now by turning off
> > > > auto-transcoding and instead running a custom JobQueue job that runs
> > > > transcode or mencoder to transcode down from MPEG-2... hmmm, I might
> > > > give that a try... no cutpoints, but you'd get the benefit of
> > > > transcoding to a smaller codec while preserving the ability to stream.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I realize this is not necessarily your concern in relation to
> > > > mythstreamtv, but I thought it an idea worth "putting out there", as it
> > > > may be of interest to some folks following this thread.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -JAC
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