Hi,
on my client (no dvb-device) I have compiled latest vdr (1.3.33) with streamdev plugin (cvs) , and xine plugin. When I start VDR, it says "channel not available". in the setup menu i set "start client" to yes, set IP to the server, and port. I think the server-VDR runs just fine, there is a ff dvb card, also latest vdr with streamdev-server plugin. both VDRs have the same config files (like channels.conf). streamdevhosts.conf is configured to the clients IP adress. So I think everyting should be set up just fine.
But I always get "channel not available" on the client. (using skincurses plugin). Xine can connect to client-VDR, but shows just the "no-signal" sceen.
So any ideas?
Thanks a lot!
Thomas
On Thursday 29 September 2005 10:40, Thomas Glomann wrote:
Hi,
on my client (no dvb-device) I have compiled latest vdr (1.3.33) with streamdev plugin (cvs) , and xine plugin. When I start VDR, it says "channel not available". in the setup menu i set "start client" to yes, set IP to the server, and port. I think the server-VDR runs just fine, there is a ff dvb card, also latest vdr with streamdev-server plugin. both VDRs have the same config files (like channels.conf). streamdevhosts.conf is configured to the clients IP adress. So I think everyting should be set up just fine.
But I always get "channel not available" on the client. (using skincurses plugin). Xine can connect to client-VDR, but shows just the "no-signal" sceen.
So any ideas?
Thanks a lot!
Thomas
hm, I dont know why, but now it works :) maybe because I had to disable http streaming?
now I can watch TV on my laptop via wlan :)
Thanks a lot to all developers!!!
greetings,
Thomas
En/na Thomas Glomann ha escrit:
now I can watch TV on my laptop via wlan :)
You can do that also with the networked xine plugin
Bye
On Thursday 29 September 2005 13:05, Luca Olivetti wrote:
En/na Thomas Glomann ha escrit:
now I can watch TV on my laptop via wlan :)
You can do that also with the networked xine plugin
Bye
Hm. What are the pros and cons of networked-xine and streamdev-xine?
Thomas Glomann mailinglists@glomann.de writes:
On Thursday 29 September 2005 13:05, Luca Olivetti wrote:
En/na Thomas Glomann ha escrit:
now I can watch TV on my laptop via wlan :)
You can do that also with the networked xine plugin
Bye
Hm. What are the pros and cons of networked-xine and streamdev-xine?
hmm i'd say networked-xine: pros: + vdr-xine is actively developped and supported, the network patch is a simple hack. + only one vdr setup + fast channel switching + very stable. cons: - only accept one viewer. you can't have 2 xine-ui processes connecting to vdr - fastforward/etc seems to be a bit laggy/buggy. (don't know if it happens with original vdr-xine)
streamdev: pros: + provides http and vtp streams + you can have more than one view at the same time cons: - the author hasn't too much time to work on it at the moment. - for vtp, you need several vdr setups. far too much things are duplicated in that case. on the vdr-streamdev-client you can add timers on the vdr-server but you have to use a special menu. if you press record in the schedule menu on a client the recording will be made on the client (and it's not configurable) imho it's not optimal. - not very stable, especially with several viewers.
i use both plugins but mainly vdr-networked_xine. Unfortunatly both don't work that well when used at the same time ex: vdr-networked_xine live watching is stopped when you start a http stream.
Anyway both plugins are essential to me. thanks again to the authors !
networked-xine: pros:
- vdr-xine is actively developped and supported, the network patch is a simple hack.
- only one vdr setup
- fast channel switching
- very stable.
cons:
- only accept one viewer. you can't have 2 xine-ui processes connecting to vdr
- fastforward/etc seems to be a bit laggy/buggy. (don't know if it happens with original vdr-xine)
In my case, there is only one client, so this wouldn't be a problem. I think I will try this solution then. Sounds really promising as it is probably exactly what I need. I have a silent epia computer acting as a recording server, and I want to watch streamed TV on my laptop.
One more question, will the server part need a fullfeatured card? or will a budget one be enough? or are there any other requirements on the server side? as far as i see it, I have to have a xine working on the server. why? I only have a very low power computer, so I hope this xine won't have to do a lot :) and will I need an installation of X on the server (because of xine)? I hope not.
streamdev: pros:
- provides http and vtp streams
- you can have more than one view at the same time
cons:
- the author hasn't too much time to work on it at the moment.
- for vtp, you need several vdr setups. far too much things are duplicated in that case. on the vdr-streamdev-client you can add timers on the vdr-server but you have to use a special menu. if you press record in the schedule menu on a client the recording will be made on the client (and it's not configurable) imho it's not optimal.
- not very stable, especially with several viewers.
i use both plugins but mainly vdr-networked_xine. Unfortunatly both don't work that well when used at the same time ex: vdr-networked_xine live watching is stopped when you start a http stream.
Anyway both plugins are essential to me. thanks again to the authors !
Yes! I can only repeat that ! Great thank you to the brave programmers out there !! :)
En/na Thomas Glomann ha escrit:
One more question, will the server part need a fullfeatured card? or will a budget one be enough? or are there any other requirements on the server side?
A full featured card isn't needed if you're not going to watch tv directly on the server. And even in that case you could use softdevice/xine/dxr3 (given enough cpu/hardware acceleration support).
as far as i see it, I have to have a xine working on the server. why?
you need the xine *plugin* on the server, not xine. You'll need xine sources on the server if you're going to compile the plugin there but not a running xine (of course you can run xine on the server to watch tv directly there).
Bye
as far as i see it, I have to have a xine working on the server. why?
you need the xine *plugin* on the server, not xine. You'll need xine sources on the server if you're going to compile the plugin there but not a running xine (of course you can run xine on the server to watch tv directly there).
Bye
ah, now i got it :)
i certainly don't wanto to watch directly on the server, so no ff-card and no X, -> very light-weight linux. exactly what I am looking for!
Again, Many Thanks to you all!
Thomas
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