Web Streaming

[Seguer]

Hi,

I've had some trouble getting web streaming working. Using it from both the localhost and another computer on the intranet does nothing; VLC opens and sits there and doesn't appear to do anything.

Any ideas?

[UncleJohnsBand]

Lots of stuff......

What are your system specs (Memory, Processor, etc.)?
What are the streaming settings you are using on the config page?
Are you accessing it on the same machine that is hosting GBVR or are you accessing it from another PC on your network?
Have you opened both the EWA and Streaming ports on Windows Firewall or whatever firewall you are using....on both the host and client machines?
When you start the stream what shows up in your web log? There is a link to the web log on the statistics page. There should be an entry that looks somehting like the below:

Code:

10/24/2006 4:35:30 PM.381    INFO    [4]    ***********************
10/24/2006 4:35:30 PM.381    INFO    [4]    VLC Path= C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\Vlc\
10/24/2006 4:35:30 PM.381    INFO    [4]    Args= --intf http "E:\TV\A Christmas Story\A Christmas Story_20051222_20002200.mpg" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264{bframes=6,qp=,analyse=none,adapt=none,me=dia,subme=1,chroma-me=none,merange=1,},vb=128,width=320,height=213,acodec=mp4a,ab=32,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,url=:7648} vlc:quit

[Seguer]

Specs:

AMD Sempron 3400+ 64bit
1024MB RAM

Neither host (gb-pvr computer) or this one (the other computer I tested it on) have windows firewall enabled. They are connected via a router. GB-PVR is on a wireless connection and this one is ethernet. They are in the same "LAN group" in the router settings. Router: NetComm NB5plus4W DSL Modem.

Settings:

VLC Location: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\
Stream Player: VLC
Open Stream in External Player: Yes
Common Streamer Options:

Video Bitrate: 256
Video Size: Preset - 320x213
Streamer Port: 7648
Streamer Buffer Size (ms): 5000
Streamer Process Priority: Normal
Streamer Transcode Options: MP4V/MP4A/MPEG-TS
(Known to work on most machines)

Log:

Code:

10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    ***********************
10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    VLC Path= C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\
10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    Args= --intf http "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Recordings\Kill Bill Vol. 1\Kill Bill Vol. 1_20060927_21302345.dvr-ms" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=256,width=320,height=213,acodec=mp4a,ab=32,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,url=:7648} vlc:quit
10/25/2006 8:03:55 AM.546    VERBOSE    [14]    RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
10/25/2006 8:03:55 AM.546    VERBOSE    [14]    getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true

[UncleJohnsBand]

Specs:

AMD Sempron 3400+ 64bit
1024MB RAM

Neither host (gb-pvr computer) or this one (the other computer I tested it on) have windows firewall enabled. They are connected via a router. GB-PVR is on a wireless connection and this one is ethernet. They are in the same "LAN group" in the router settings. Router: NetComm NB5plus4W DSL Modem.

Settings:

VLC Location: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\
Stream Player: VLC
Open Stream in External Player: Yes
Common Streamer Options:

Video Bitrate: 256
Video Size: Preset - 320x213
Streamer Port: 7648
Streamer Buffer Size (ms): 5000
Streamer Process Priority: Normal
Streamer Transcode Options: MP4V/MP4A/MPEG-TS
(Known to work on most machines)

Log:

Code:

10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    ***********************
10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    VLC Path= C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\
10/25/2006 8:03:39 AM.437    INFO    [14]    Args= --intf http "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Recordings\Kill Bill Vol. 1\Kill Bill Vol. 1_20060927_21302345.dvr-ms" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=256,width=320,height=213,acodec=mp4a,ab=32,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,url=:7648} vlc:quit
10/25/2006 8:03:55 AM.546    VERBOSE    [14]    RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
10/25/2006 8:03:55 AM.546    VERBOSE    [14]    getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true

Ok....it is the file type. dvr-ms is a proprietary file format that VLC can not yet decode. If you record your shows in mpg format instead then streaming will workd.

[Seguer]

Ah. Well, GB-PVR records in dvr-ms, so all my current recordings are like that. On another note, I had told it to convert recordings to mpeg2 lately and I left it on all day (with auto conversion time on) but it didn't do anything. I did some recordings today with this changed so I'll check if they are in mpeg2. *checks*. Well... GB-PVR froze on the second recording. And the first crashes if I try to use the remote while its playing. Interesting. The first also didn't get converted to mpeg2. I'll post a new topic in the other forums, thanks.

[UncleJohnsBand]

There was someone else that had a post that was trying to stream and couldn't because of the format....they replied back that that "fixed" it and now it was working....you may want to check with them and see what they did.