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

Chris Menard cmenard at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 21 08:22:55 EST 2005


you would be the 'Mike Jasper' that used to work for AMS would you?
--- Mike Jasper <e394td at comcast.net> wrote:

> I should have just tried it before writing... I opened up another port 
> and now have mythstreamtv working.  Cool!  On my Linux box I could only 
> get it to play in the VLC client, using the mmsh:// syntax.  Couldn't 
> get it to work with xine v0.99.3 (just hangs).  Same with mplayer, but I 
> have a recent version (1.0pre6-3.4.2).  Problem is, the quality in VLC 
> is quite poor no matter which codec or bitrate I choose - very blocky 
> and poor quality audio.  I also tried it on an XP box using WMP, and the 
> quality is perfect!  Huge difference.  Problem is, I'm usually sitting 
> at a Linux machine.
> 
> 
> Mike Jasper wrote:
> > I should have mentioned that I already hardcoded the absolute path to 
> > vlc in mythstreamtv.sh.  The problem was that I had chown'd the old 
> > stream directory to apache.apache, forgetting to do the new one under 
> > /var/www.  However, I am still having trouble.  Is it ok to use the same 
> > port that I use for httpd (nonstandard, 12984, really for mythweb only), 
> > or do I need to open up another port?  Here is my log output.  Thanks 
> > for your help.
> > 
> > /var/www/html/stream/mythstreamtv.sh: line 26: pidof: command not found
> > Starting Stream of 1037_20050120040000_20050120050000.nuv
> > VLC media player 0.8.1 Janus
> > [00000195] dummy interface: Using the dummy interface module...
> > [00000201] main private: creating httpd
> > [00000201] main private error: cannot bind socket
> > [00000201] access_output_http private error: cannot listen on :12984
> > [00000200] stream_out_standard private error: no suitable sout access 
> > module for `mmsh/asfh://:12984'
> > [00000198] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create chain
> > [00000197] main stream output error: stream chained failed for 
> >
>
`transcode{vcodec=WMV2,acodec=mp3,vb=256,ab=64,scale=.5}:std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:12984}'
> 
> > 
> > [00000196] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > David Whyte wrote:
> > 
> >> Are you sure the stream has actually begun.  A number of people have
> >> come across an issue where vlc will not begin because it cannot be
> >> found in the classpath for the user apache.
> >>
> >> Do a 'which vlc' then make sure the path you get is in the
> >> mytstreamtv.sh script.
> >>
> >> If not, use the output of the logs to try and help
> >>
> >> HTH's
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:46:50 +0000, e394td at comcast.net
> >> <e394td at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've installed mythstreamtv, but can't get wmp (or vlc) to play the 
> >>> streams.  When I click the mms://ip:port link it opens wmp, but I 
> >>> receive an "Enter Network Password" window.  My mythweb access is 
> >>> restricted via htaccess, and this looks like the same authentication 
> >>> window that IE gives, more or less.  However, when I enter my 
> >>> username and password, it just pops up a window that says "Windows 
> >>> Media Player cannot connect to the server..."  I tried setting up my 
> >>> stream directory at /var/www/html/stream, with apache.apache 
> >>> permissions, but that didn't make any difference.  What am I missing?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
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