Network Recorder with Dreambox

[JP23]

Martin,

As mentioned in the other thread, it would be great to be able to use a dreambox as a network recorder.

My dreambox outputs .ts streams. These can be accessed via the box's web control page, where streams are kicked off via a stream.m3u file with content as follows:

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTVLCOPT--http-reconnect=true
http://10.0.0.7:8001/1:0:1:2871:800:2:11A0000:0:0:0:

This works fine in VLC, but to view streams on my NMT I'm currently using this Dreambox plugin: http://koti.mbnet.fi/devnull/suomipoeka/streamwebpage/ which generates another web page to be served from the dreambox with a direct link to stream each channel. These url's are exactly the same as the final line shown above, obviously with the /1:0:1:2871:800:2:11A0000:0:0:0 part replaced with a different identifier for each channel.

I would only want about 20 channels from my dreambox in my NPVR EPG, so I'd be happy to add the addresses manually, but I would have thought that some users would want to import many more channels. Would you be interested in coming up with a method of bulk-importing channels?

I'll be happy to do any testing, and please let me know if you need any other information.

[mvallevand]

Do you know how to use sqlite to manually update your npvr.db3 database? If so, this will be really easy to do and I could get you an update tonight, if not frankly it will be too much work based on the number of expected yours.

Martin

[JP23]

I have manually added channels to my gbpvr database ages ago, so I'm sure I can manage it.

[mvallevand]

Ok good, I might even make a command line method. If you want to prepare backup you db3 and install from plugin from the wiki http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...rkRecorder with this Network.Recorder.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Settings>
  <PluginSettings>
    <NetworkRecorder>
      <FriendlyName>Dreambox Recorder</FriendlyName>
      <host>10.0.0.7</host>
      <port>8001</port>
      <delay>2000</delay>
      <stream>true</stream>
    </NetworkRecorder>
  </PluginSettings>
</Settings>

Martin

[mvallevand]

Continuing from the previous thread,

- install the updated plugin according to the wike
- copy NetTarget.exe to the Program Files\NPVR folder
- in npvr config load the device you have installed for the Dreambox
- in the right column you will see a number followed by Not defined
- user this number with NetTarget as the -o parameter -t is your "page" don't forgot the leading /

NetTarget -o 1234 -t /1:0:1:2871:800:2:11A0000:0:0:0:

Good luck

Martin

[JP23]

Ok, thanks, I will try it out tonight hopefully and let you know how I get on.

[JP23]

Hi,

I think I've followed your instruction correctly. After opening the network recorder device setup screen I hit 'Add', left the channel number as 1 and entered a name. This created a line in the table below, for which the right hand 'Source' column has '7444 Not defined', so I changed this to:

NetTarget -o 7444 -t /1:0:1:2871:800:2:11A0000:0:0:0:

Is this correct?

After this I clicked OK to exit the device setup screen, but when I go back in, the source field has changed back to '7444 Not defined'. I've tried this a number of times, always with this result, and attempting to play the channel just gives me a black screen.

Any ideas?

[mvallevand]

That looks correct as long as there a space after -t. Could you compress and upload your npvr.db3 file and I will have a look.

Also when your run NetTarget from the command line, do you see any error?

Martin

[JP23]

Database attached.

When I run NetTarget from the command line with those arguments there are no error messages, or messages of any kind for that matter.
Does this actually do anything?

I'm running W7 x64, by the way, so my NetTarget.exe is in \Program Files (x86)\NPVR, but presumably that's not a problem.

[mvallevand]

I don't see a 7444 in your database. Does -o 7445 work?

It could be 64 bit but I did compile x86.

Martin