webStreamer - an integrated Web streaming solution

[tony.c]

Can you help out a newb here? I installed the latest GB-PVR and have recorded and played back a couple of shows. I am really keen to get this software working, but cannot seem to get the recordings show up on the webpage. I installed v.081 and, deleted the dll, and overwrote the .NET 2 patch.

Going to the web page I just get the table headers and a drop down to select VLC or WMP output and a button. How can I get my shows to appear in the list?

Sorry if I am being stupid here, but was up late last night trying to figure it all out!

[kellis]

Heya,

previous version kinda worked.

This new version (latest plugin, net v2 and latest gbpvr). now if I play with the web interface, it works but if i close the VLC (browser embedded) it would stay there (window not closing). I manually close it then and the embedded webserver doesnt respond anymore, the streamer and the standard web interface, it looks like the port is not listening anymore, i ony get 404 now until i restart gbpvr. But there is no cores, or crash really. just the port not responding anymore. I do have a standard apache webserver and my machine is still responding to port 80, so i know the network is fine and the machine accessible.
Anyone else experienced this?

web interface port stop responding, giving 404.

[jksmurf]

I have a very similar experience as kellis, I think UJB (UncleJohnsBand) is working on integration with EnhWebAdmin soon, so is (and rightly so too) not focused on this version which is a "quick and dirty" fix, by his own admission :-). I think the main problem (as UJB has noted?) is when it is run once then closed down, it doesn't seem to "let go" of VLC on the server side (I think he acknowledged this at some stage) and I can't get anything going again until I restart GBPVR.

k.

[UncleJohnsBand]

The embeded streamer is now being Beta tested by a few people.

One of the things I am interested in is what combinations of video, audio and mux's were people using.

The only ones that ever worked on my machine were MP4V, MP4A, with MPEG-TS mux or WMV, MPEG3 with ASF mux.

Let me know what you have had sucess using in the past.

[mmatheny]

Unable to stream a recorded show - here is the error info:

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.

Runtime Error

Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --><configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web></configuration>
Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --><configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web></configuration>

[UncleJohnsBand]

Unable to stream a recorded show - here is the error info:

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.

Runtime Error

Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --><configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.web></configuration>
Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File --><configuration> <system.web> <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> </system.web></configuration>

No real help there....that is the standard error you get when asp.net page craps out......if you were accessing the page on the actual pc that was serving up the pages you would have seen the real error.

The integrated version (integrated into the Enhanced Web Admin (EWA)) is in beta testing and is getting very good results.....hopefully I will be able to release it soon.

[mmatheny]

Thanx, UncleJohn! I can't wait to get it! Is it true streaming, i.e. can I fast forward, pause, and rewind?

[toomanyhandles]

I have a very similar experience as kellis, I think UJB (UncleJohnsBand) is working on integration with EnhWebAdmin soon, so is (and rightly so too) not focused on this version which is a "quick and dirty" fix, by his own admission :-). I think the main problem (as UJB has noted?) is when it is run once then closed down, it doesn't seem to "let go" of VLC on the server side (I think he acknowledged this at some stage) and I can't get anything going again until I restart GBPVR.

k.

The way I use to quit VLC if I start a stream, then quit watching before it is finished is to use the "kill VLC" option built into the XDVD plugin. Otherwise, you can simply wait for the recording that you started streaming to finish; at that time VLC will release control and you can webadmin again per usual. In my experience. GBPVR isn't locked, just non-web-admin-able while the stream is output on that port.

If you have VNC running you can use it to control the main GBPVR interface remotely and hit the KILL VNC button that way. You could simply kill the task from task mgr, too.

[toomanyhandles]

The integrated version (integrated into the Enhanced Web Admin (EWA)) is in beta testing and is getting very good results.....hopefully I will be able to release it soon.

Will this require the .net 2.0 and thus the later release of GBPVR? I held off upgrading as my setup is working so nicely but if I have to, I will.

[kellis]

latest gbpvr version, now webstreamer doesn't hang when accessed from a PC.

But from a mac, with FFox and VLC plugin, or WMV, the > button (play) still is not doing anything, so the video doesn't play.

Any idea? is this plugin written in a such a way that it is windows only compatible?

Thank you!