Nigel, Spot on! Tried Method 1 and worked straight off- only using it locally at the moment but Method 2 would be great if want to access it remotely at some point.
Many Thanks, Alan On 6 March 2011 12:50, Nigel Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/06/11 10:22, Alan Cowie wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> Just started using get_iplayer on an old XP machine and it's working >> perfectly. Only thing I can't figure out is how to access the web PVR >> interface from the browser on another machine- is this possible? >> >> I've got a few other things being served from this machine fine so >> it's not a firewall issue. >> >> Any assistance much appreciated! >> >> Alan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >> > Hi, > > Method 1 - > > the get_iplayer.cgi.cmd in c:\program files\get_iplayer contains the line > > perl.exe get_iplayer.cgi --port 1935 --listen=127.0.0.1 --ffmpeg > .\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe --getiplayer .\get_iplayer.cmd > > This will only listen on the local loopback interface. Change to --listen= to > --listen=0.0.0.0 that should listen on all interfaces. > > You should then be able to connect from a remote machine using > http://xx_ip:1935/ in your browser > > Where xp_ip is the ip address of your XP machine. > > There is no restrictions on who can connect. > > (you may want to take out the .\pvr_manager.url from pvr_manager.cmd to stop > the > startup of the browser on the XP machine). > > You then need to use streaming to play the downloads, rather than the normal > play. > > Method 2 - > > install cygwin ssh on both machines or another SSH sever/client, run the sshd > server on the xp machine, then > ssh -L 1935:127.0.0.1:1935 username@xp_ip > > Then your other machine can use http://127.0.0.1:1935/ the traffic is tunneled > through the ssh connection. > > This is a more secure way, a lot more work to set-up. > > Your find cygwin here -- > http://www.cygwin.com/ > > Regards > > Nigel Taylor > > _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
