webStreamer - an integrated Web streaming solution

[UncleJohnsBand]

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.

Yes....it will require .Net 2.0 thus a modern build of GBPVR....

[UncleJohnsBand]

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!

Yes it could very well only be windows only compatable....

I personally prefer using the external play rather than the plugins.....even now in beta testing there are sporadic issues with the plugin (VLC or Windoews Media.....but mainly when using IE....Firefox seems to be sound).

[UncleJohnsBand]

Since I am here I will post an update.....Beta testing continues....I have moved the stream to have the user select pre-defined Video, Audio, Mux settings that are known to work.

Testing showed that only a handful of options worked for people so rather than have people possibly haver problems we thought it would be best to move to forcred combos that work.....if there is something missing that should be added it can always be added in an updated release.

As of now these are the available options:

[toomanyhandles]

Yes it could very well only be windows only compatable....

I personally prefer using the external play rather than the plugins.....even now in beta testing there are sporadic issues with the plugin (VLC or Windoews Media.....but mainly when using IE....Firefox seems to be sound).

Not sure of the troubles the earlier poster was having, but part of why I have NOT upgraded to .net 2.0 is that everything I need, including the webstreamer, works just fine, using VLC and "spawn separate player" options, from within my LAN, using my 10.4.7 laptop and VLC plus all the latest VLC components for OS X.

Streaming to my work or other places ouside the LAN still doesn't work, but I think it's a firewall thing, I haven't had time to really look at it.

But the first, standalone streamer (I'm not testing the bundled beta) works fine here, MAc or PC, across my home network. So *that* version anyway was Mac-capable.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Not sure of the troubles the earlier poster was having, but part of why I have NOT upgraded to .net 2.0 is that everything I need, including the webstreamer, works just fine, using VLC and "spawn separate player" options, from within my LAN, using my 10.4.7 laptop and VLC plus all the latest VLC components for OS X.

Streaming to my work or other places ouside the LAN still doesn't work, but I think it's a firewall thing, I haven't had time to really look at it.

But the first, standalone streamer (I'm not testing the bundled beta) works fine here, MAc or PC, across my home network. So *that* version anyway was Mac-capable.

Then perhaps it should work on a Mac....I don't know since I don't use them.

[sgilani]

Try choosing WMV/MP3/ASF for the mux settings; that might bring up the right plugins for Safari or something.. i dont use Macs but thats my guess.

For sure using an external player should work just fine as long as your player supports it.

[m.clizzle]

i downloaded this today (ver80) and copied the files to the web directory, and the other bin files to the bin directory, and now receive the following error when accessing http://localhost:7647/gbpvr/stream.aspx.

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.
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Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.]
webStreamer.WebForm1.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in d:\my documents\my music\vlc\stream.aspx.cs:242
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +80
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +49
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3745




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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.42

when trying to access remotely i receive

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.
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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>

any ideas?

[UncleJohnsBand]

If you are using 97.x or later of GBPVR (which you should be) you want to use the version located here.....it is a quick .Net 2.0 conversion that I posted till the EWA integrated version is available (which will be very soon).

[m.clizzle]

If you are using 97.x or later of GBPVR (which you should be) you want to use the version located here.....it is a quick .Net 2.0 conversion that I posted till the EWA integrated version is available (which will be very soon).

Again, many thanks. that fixed it right up!


*edit* after changing the port settings i no longer get the option to select the bitrate.

see a before(webstreaming.JPG) and after(stream.JPG) images attached

[UncleJohnsBand]

Again, many thanks. that fixed it right up!


*edit* after changing the port settings i no longer get the option to select the bitrate.

see a before(webstreaming.JPG) and after(stream.JPG) images attached

Yes....I think that is a spotty bug in this hack version.....check to see if you have a webstreamer.xml file....that is where the settings are read from. Here is what is in the default webstreamer.xml file.....probably better off editing the xml file by hand until the integrated version is out....

Code:

<webStreamer>
    <VLCPath>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\</VLCPath>
    <StreamingPort>1234</StreamingPort>
    <BufferSize>5000</BufferSize>
    <ProcessPriority>Normal</ProcessPriority>
    <VideoCodec>mp4v</VideoCodec>
    <AudioCodec>mp4a</AudioCodec>
    <Mux>asf</Mux>
    <Transport>http</Transport>
    <QualitySettings>
        <Setting>150k,320,213,128,32</Setting>
        <Setting>256k,320,213,224,32</Setting>
        <Setting>512k,384,320,384,96</Setting>
        <Setting>LAN,720,480,1200,192</Setting>
    </QualitySettings>
</webStreamer>