Streaming with MythTV - Revision history

imported_>amigadave: wikify slightly

2011-02-08T14:48:36Z

wikify slightly

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	Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the		Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the
	network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)		network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)


	== Requirements ==		== Requirements ==
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	== Instructions ==		== Instructions ==
	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>Run MythTV		<li>Run MythTV</li>
	<li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#		<li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#</li>
	<li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer		<li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "<code>mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s</code>" to the following:<pre>/usr/bin/streamplayer</pre></li>
	<li>Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer		<li>Create the file <code>/usr/bin/streamplayer</code>
	<li>Insert the following code to it:		<li>Insert the following code to it:
	<~~/ol~~>		<source lang="bash">
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &		vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &
	mypid=$!		mypid=$!
	mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"		mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"
	kill -9 $mypid		kill -9 $mypid
	<~~ol start="6"~~>		</source>
	<li>Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)		</li>
	<li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080		<li>Make the file executable:<pre>chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer</pre></li>
	<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)		<li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console:<pre>mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080</pre></li>
			<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>


	~~[[Category:Users]]~~
	[[Category:Connectivity]]		[[Category:Connectivity]]
	[[Category:Media]]		[[Category:Media]]


	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]

imported_>amigadave: /* Requirements */ links

2010-10-21T10:23:27Z

Requirements: links

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	== Requirements ==		== Requirements ==

	A tablet running OS2008 with mplayer is recommended, but it may work with the 770.		A tablet running [[:Category:OS2008\|OS2008]] with [http://maemo.org/packages/view/mplayer/ mplayer] is recommended, but it may work with the [[Nokia 770\|770]].

	=== MythTV box ===		=== MythTV box ===

imported_>ossipena at 12:11, 1 November 2009

2009-11-01T12:11:18Z

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	[[Category:Connectivity]]		[[Category:Connectivity]]
	[[Category:Media]]		[[Category:Media]]


			[[Category:Power users]]

imported_>generalantilles at 23:19, 20 October 2008

2008-10-20T23:19:08Z

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	[[Category:Connectivity]]		[[Category:Connectivity]]
			[[Category:Media]]

imported_>generalantilles at 23:16, 20 October 2008

2008-10-20T23:16:46Z

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	<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)		<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)
	</ol>		</ol>


	[[Category:Users]]		[[Category:Users]]
			[[Category:Connectivity]]

76.74.195.168: Typo fix: Requiresments -> Requirements

2008-09-28T01:09:20Z

Typo fix: Requiresments -> Requirements

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	== ~~Requiresments~~ ==		== Requirements ==

	A tablet running OS2008 with mplayer is recommended, but it may work with the 770.		A tablet running OS2008 with mplayer is recommended, but it may work with the 770.

imported_>generalantilles: /* Instructions */ Please don't hard-wrap

2008-09-25T20:17:53Z

Instructions: Please don't hard-wrap

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	== Instructions ==		== Instructions ==
			<ol>
	# Run MythTV		<li>Run MythTV
	# Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#		<li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#
	# Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer		<li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer
	# Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer		<li>Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer
	# Insert the following code to it:		<li>Insert the following code to it:
			</ol>
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &		vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &
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	mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"		mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"
	kill -9 $mypid		kill -9 $mypid
			<ol start="6">
	# Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)		<li>Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)
	# That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments		<li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080
	from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080		<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)
	# Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)		</ol>


	[[Category:Users]]		[[Category:Users]]

imported_>generalantilles: Cleanup

2008-09-25T20:14:20Z

Cleanup

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	~~== Purpose ==~~		The purpose of this small how-to is to guide you on setting up MythTV video player so that when you play videos with MythTV and watch them on your screen then they will also be streamed over your (wifi) network to your tablet the same time.

	~~The purpose of this small how-to is to guide you on setting up MythTV video player so that when you play~~		Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the
	~~videos with MythTV and watch them on your (LCD?) screen then they will also be streamed over your (wifi)~~		network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)
	~~network to the Nokia Internet Tablet (770/N800/N810) device at the same time.~~

	Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it
	to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the
	network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router
	handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)


	== Requiresments ==		== Requiresments ==

	~~First notice that this has only been tested on the N810~~ but it ~~really just requires mplayer on the tablet~~		A tablet running OS2008 with mplayer is recommended, but it may work with the 770.
	~~so it should~~ work ~~on the N800 for sure and possibly on~~ the 770 ~~though I never had one so I don't know.~~


	~~=== MythTV Box ===~~

	~~1. Any MythTV version should do.~~
	~~2. MythTV is connected to your LAN (the same LAN which the tablet will be connected to via WiFi)~~
	3. ~~VLC software installed (apt-get install vlc on Debian/Ubuntu based distributions)~~

	~~I recommend to get MythBuntu if you haven't already, it's a great dist and is organized quite well.~~		=== MythTV box ===

	~~=== The Tablet~~ (~~770,N800,N810~~) ~~===~~		# Any MythTV version should do.
			# MythTV is connected to your LAN (the same LAN which the tablet will be connected to via WiFi)
	~~1. mplayer~~ installed		# VLC software installed (apt-get install vlc on Debian/Ubuntu based distributions)

			=== Tablet ===

			mplayer installed.

	== Instructions ==		== Instructions ==

	1. Run MythTV		# Run MythTV
	2. Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings		# Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#
	3. Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer		# Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer
			# Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer
	4. Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer		# Insert the following code to it:
	5. Insert the following code to it:


	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
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	kill -9 $mypid		kill -9 $mypid

			# Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)
	6. Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)		# That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments
	7. That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments
	from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080		from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080
	8. Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)		# Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)



	~~==== Contact ====~~

	~~Liran Tal <liran dot tal at gmail dot com>~~

	[[Category:Users]]		[[Category:Users]]

imported_>generalantilles: Streaming played video from mythtv moved to Streaming with MythTV

2008-09-25T20:10:25Z

Streaming played video from mythtv moved to Streaming with MythTV

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(No difference)

77.126.106.156 at 17:41, 25 September 2008

2008-09-25T17:41:04Z

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	1. Run MythTV		1. Run MythTV
	2. Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings		2. Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings
	3. Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s"		3. Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer
	to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer

	4. Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer		4. Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer
	5. Insert the following code to it:		5. Insert the following code to it:

	~~[code]~~

	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
			vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &
			mypid=$!
			mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"
			kill -9 $mypid

	~~vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &~~
	~~mypid=$!~~
	~~mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"~~
	~~kill -9 $mypid~~

	~~[/code]~~

	6. Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)		6. Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)