Client mode - PlayVideo

[psycik]

Sub can you give a quick explanation of how the PlayVideoFile method works when on a client.

If I am on a client trying to play a video (from the server) I give it the name from scheduledRecording of G:\bla blah.mpg but from the clients point of view this doesn't exist.

Do you do some trickery on your recordings screen to make this work from the client? I.e. replace G: with \\server??

[sub]

If its in streaming mode, which is what I use, the file name is passed across the network by the networking stream filter I created and the correct file opened.

File mode is a bit more tricky, and may not work in all scenarios, but typically works in the simple use of the normal Recordings screen. It replaces the part of the path that is the recording directory on the server and replaces it with the recordings share specified in the clients config app.

[psycik]

And that functionality isn't exposed by API is it??

I've got a workaround (same as your filemode) but I suppose later on down the track it would be nice to implement the same methods you do for consistancy.

[sub]

I thought it actually happened behind the scenes, and should work via the playfile API, but it might not be. It might have been a layer above that.

I've gotta go out for a bit, but I'll check later.

[psycik]

I think I tried it in the weekend and it said video not found.. So i just used my filename changing routine to replace the file path.

[sub]

I checked, and the API does miss this logic. I can add it, but unfortunately you mentioned this too late for the next release - which is pretty much a done deal now.

[psycik]

no worries, I've been dealing with it since before you had a client mode!!

[fla]

I checked, and the API does miss this logic. I can add it

Is this working in the current release? If not, psycik could you share any C# code of your workaround?

[psycik]

I just replace the filename with a unc path.

So if your recordings are in G:\recordings set up a share of \\machine\recordings

So in my code I use String.replace("g:","\\machine").

[fla]

Does this workaround work even if the user is in streaming mode without any shares for video as requested here? Sub this seems to fail badly on the current version as reported here. I'm running an older gbpvr on my server/main system and the current version on my client/dev system and PlayVideoFile fails but without crashing the system.

Edit: I tried the workaround and I can play from the client but I do need to add a share on the server just for the plugins. GBPVR can play in stream mode without that extra share.