[mythtv-users] Multicast IPTV problems (TPG, Aus)
Jon Whitear
jon at whitear.org
Tue Jun 2 00:58:09 UTC 2009
> I have a separate BE/FE setup running 0.21-fixes. I’m trying to get
> IPTV working (using multicast IPTV provided by my ISP – TPG in Sydne
> y, Australia.) I have set up a Freebox input and a source OK – the p
> roblem seems to be a low level multicast issue on my backend box.
>
> When I select an IPTV channel in Live TV on my front end, it appears
> to try to ‘tune’ the channel, but eventually times out, saying I
> “should have got a lock by now.” TCPdump on the backend shows no
> multicast traffic flowing.
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> However, if I tune to and start watching the same channel using VLC
> on my Macbook (on the same network), and then select that channel in
> Live TV on my front end, it works just fine, and TCPdump shows the
> multicast traffic at the backend.
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> That suggests to me that for some reason my backend is failing to
> join the multicast group properly. I have a Netgear gigabit switch
> that both the backend and frontend are patched to. The Macbook is
> wireless via a Cisco AP connected to the same switch. I assume that
> the switch isn’t smart enough to do any IGMP snooping or other multi
> cast smarts, in which case once my Mac has joined the stream, the mu
> lticast packets would get sent to the backend.
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> I’d be grateful for any pointers on how I may go about troubleshooti
> ng and resolving the issue. FYI, the backend’s running reasonably up
> to date Gentoo with a 2.6.28 kernel, and the frontend is (again, up
> to date) Mythbuntu 8.04.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Jon
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