mythstreamtv uses vlc to read directly from the /dev/video# file for the PVR card. if the frequency that the PVR is tuned to changes the streamed video changes without skipping a beat. Kinda funny when I'm watching the sox at work and the stream changes to Mr Ed. (scheduled myth recording for kids)
On 8/4/05, tufkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my research into providing an easy way to stream live TV content from > a Myth box over a network I have come to a few conclusions. > > -Using nuvexport and/or DSmyth (or just transcoding on the backend) it > is very easy to work with recorded programs. There is alot of > documentation on this. None of it is helpful when referring to LiveTV. > > -Using DSmyth you can turn Windows Media Player into a dumb Myth > frontend, that shows a LiveTV stream, but requires a tuner input and > backend power, as it is a frontend connection. It is not efficient to > have a tuner input and CPU cycles per user watching the same thing. > > -If you have a MPEG2 encoding card (PVR-x50) the buffer file is a > standard MPEG2 file not RTJpeg in a Nuppel container and thus, this > entire process is ALOT more academic. (Confirm/Deny?) > > -VLC seems to be the easiest answer with its ability to stream via > mms/http/rtsp whatever it is playing. VLC is the principal tool used in > the hard to configure mythstream plugin. The trick is to get VLC to > play the ringbuf1.nuv file. First you have to get VLC to decode the > video properly, and then handle the buffer changes. At this point, > anyone on the network could tune in and get a stream of whatever that > tuner card is watching (which is what I am aiming for). > > Which leads to the next point. > > -The ability to read the ringbuffer file after a channel change or when > the buffer reaches its size limit, is something I have not been able to > accomplish. mythfrontend has no problem obviously, I guess I just do > not understand the buffer process. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
