Streaming to other networked PCs

[normanr]

if properly configured with vlc, it would allow the user to begin streaming the channel to a url when a channel is set to record in the guide.

close, actually it allows you to record from a url as a channel - i.e. instead of the capture source being a physical card in your pc, it's a network based resource.

[cracksloth]

ah, so this plugin is used on the client not the server? i notice that you need to specify the location of the vlc executable - does that mean that it is actually using vlc to *play* the stream (not gbpvr itself)? so how does one setup the server to host each channel as a url? apologies for the questions, but not having experience with vlc has made this a difficult learning curve for me.

[normanr]

Correct. In preview mode vlc is used to play the stream directly. In time-shifting mode or when recording then vlc is asked to record the stream to disk. (Which is then possible to view using GB-PVR).

If you want to set up a server, have a look at the vlc docs: http://www.videolan.org/doc/. The Web Admin interface of GB-PVR has an extremely basic streaming interface, but it's not suited to streaming to lots of users on demand.

[cracksloth]

does gbpvr have any innate ability to play streaming video? since vlc is used to play the stream, do the hotkeys and OSD for gbpvr still work as expected?

[normanr]

GB-PVR will play the video stream if timeshifting mode is used. If preview mode is used then the hotkeys won't work because vlc is active instead of GB-PVR.

[ramengo]

which link? and define 'not working'

I'm sorry, the link:
http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/dl/tv/Exte...der.v8.zip
was in timeout.
But now it's working right.

[normanr]

cool

[Big Tom]

Anything is possible

[emptysoul]

Is there a step by step guide to setting this up so people don't have to trawl through 9 pages of stuff to figure it out?

[normanr]

IIRC: http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tips/...workClient