On Friday 18 August 2006 08:10, MVallevand wrote: > On 8/18/06, Gert-Jan Bilt, van de <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been trying the dongle 20060806 version that is downloadable from > > sourgeforge, and it seems to do most of what I want (for now). However, I > > have tried to use the emulation mode, and though it connects and works > > nicely with the Hauppauge services on my windoze machine I can't seem to > > get out of this back into the main menu. Is this even possible without > > powering the MVP down? > > Yes hit the Go key and then Back/Exit which emulates the power off key > to the server but returns you to the mvpmc menu. If you need the Go > key in emulation mode, you need to hit Go twice.
My plan was to use mvpmc and my Linux box to serve up all my multimedia needs (except audio, for which I use a Squeezebox with slimserver), I haven't gotten there yet. It works well with MythTV, but I've had a little success with other media. I tried some test XVid files with VLC on the server, but they wouldn't play - apparently some kind of transcoding problem, since they play okay on the server. A test DivX file did play through the MVP, but with a lot of pixellation artifacts. And, it turned out that the JPEG files in my digital photo collection were apparently too big for mvpmc to handle, and it choked on them. So, the compromise was to run the Hauppauge software on my wife's Windoze box, since it handles the JPEGs and video files without any problem. This is a minor nuisance, since, unlike my Linux box, hers is not on 24/7. The mvpmc emulation mode comes in handy, allowing access to both servers from mvpmc. However, it didn't work at first. I put '--emulate 192.168.1.5' (the ip of my wife's system) on the mvpmc command line, but when I selected emulation mode from the menu, it would only display "Connecting to 192.168.1.5' very briefly, and then return to showing the menu. Tracing the ethernet traffic, I found that the MVP was not in fact trying to connect to 192.168.1.5 at all - it was sending a broadcast packet to UDP port 16881, and getting a reply from my Linux box (192.168.1.1), and then not getting any further. To prevent this from happening, I had to kill mvprelay on the Linux box, and then the connection to the other box would proceed, and emulation mode seems to work. :-) But then I have to remember to restart mvprelay if I want to reboot the MVP. So (finally), my question: is there a cleaner way to make mvpmc work with the two servers? Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
