Roger that mate! I might just take a look at it tonight ;)
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:35:45 -0800, Joshua Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David- > > Yes wrapping the control to the http interface could be done quite easily. > Also there is an rc (text) interface that allows keystrokes to control the > output of VLC. If you're interesting in how the VLC HTTP interface works, > there is full documentation in the Videolan client docs that describes > creating a custom interface. > > I will consider wrapping the interface in MythWeb for security's sake. But > initially my proof of concept probably won't be that way.... (Unless I can > find a really easy way to do it! :) > > Unfortunately my 'real' job is starting to get busy and that leaves less > time for me to play. > > If you can get something working I wouldn't be opposed to adding it to the > project. > > Thanks, > -Joshua Ebel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Whyte > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:37 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV > > I saw the discussion on the sourceforge project page about swapping > the 'I dummy' interface to 'I http' so you can view a VLC web page to > control the stream and it works a damn treat! Great stuff. > > As you said, it would be cool to integrate this control into > MythStream, however, it would require opening another port so your > clients can view that page and you never know if the VLC web server is > secure. > > What I am thinking is, is there a way to wrap this page so that the > control buttons are part of MythWeb but when they are pressed they run > script to wget the relevant page of the VLC server? > > Dave > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:33:11 -0500, Joseph A. Caputo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 14:16, Joshua Ebel wrote: > > > You've assumed correctly. Unfortunately there is no support in > > > Videolan Client for the MPEG-4/RTjpeg Nuppel video files. > > > > To avoid confusion, you might want to stop referring to the files > > produced by PVR-x50, ATSC or DVB cards as "NuppelVideo". They are not > > NuppelVideo, they are standard MPEG-2. The ".nuv" extension is just a > > convenience to simplify the way Myth handles files internally. It > > should be made clear that this solution will *only* work if: > > > > - you record your programs with a hardware MPEG encoder card (PVR-x50, > > M-179, etc) > > OR > > - you receive programming in MPEG-2 a la DVB/ATSC/HD > > > > AND > > - you do not automatically transcode recordings > > > > Actually, I'm starting to wonder if, with the increasing popularity of > > hardware encoders and digital broadcasting, if it wouldn't make sense > > to enable the internal transcoder to output a standard MPEG container. > > That way only files that were originally software-encoded would need to > > be in Myth's Nuppel container; everything else could either remain > > MPEG-2 or be transcoded to MPEG-4 in an MPEG container. I imagine this > > might get a little dicey regarding audio sync if there were cut > > points... actually, it would probably be possible to transcode to > > NuppelVideo if (a) the source is already Nuppel, or (b) there are cut > > points, otherwise, transcode to a standard MPEG container. > > > > ...come to think of it, you could probably do this now by turning off > > auto-transcoding and instead running a custom JobQueue job that runs > > transcode or mencoder to transcode down from MPEG-2... hmmm, I might > > give that a try... no cutpoints, but you'd get the benefit of > > transcoding to a smaller codec while preserving the ability to stream. > > > > Sorry, I realize this is not necessarily your concern in relation to > > mythstreamtv, but I thought it an idea worth "putting out there", as it > > may be of interest to some folks following this thread. > > > > > > -JAC > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > -- > GMAIL is 'da bomb baby....YEAH > > -- GMAIL is 'da bomb baby....YEAH
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