Excellent - thanks for the help. I'll try this out once I have my server box back up and running (motherboard failure unfortunately).
So does mvpmc handle setting vlc parameters appropriately for PAL/NTSC as well as getting the AR right? More generally, how stable do the nightlies tend to be? Is a "last known good" version maintained anywhere? Cheers, James On 28/11/06, Robin Rawson-Tetley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 11:40:12PM +0000, drbob wrote: > > James Lee wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I'm just setting up my MVP to run mvpmc, and am having some trouble > > > with VLC streaming. Mvpmc connects to the remote VLC fine over the > > > telnet interface and plays the file, however the file is appearing > > > squashed. > > > > > > I have a 16:9 PAL CRT TV, and have set the TV-mode to 16:9 and PAL in > > > mvpmc. I'm running vlc on the server as: > > > > > > "vlc -I Telnet --sout-transcode-fps 25.0000 > > > --sout-transcode-canvas-width=720 --sout-transcode-canvas-height=576" > > > > > > The output on the television is squashed, in that people appear too > > > wide (fat). In other words, an image which should be 16:9 and fill > > > the screen, actually has black bars top and bottom. Now I'm guessing > > > I just need to fix my VLC command-line, but I'm not quite sure how. > > Can't say if this will work - I haven't tried vlc yet (I'm still trying > > to get mythtv working properly), but have you tried this option? > > If you use the new VLC integration in the daily builds, it will > automatically set the canvas aspect, quality, subtitling and VLC > options from your mvpmc settings, as well as supporting seeking, pause > and the OSD properly. > > All you need to do on the server end is start VLC with a "vlc -I Telnet" > and mvpmc will take care of the rest. If you have problems with the > timecode, upgrade to one of the VLC nightly builds on the 0.8.6 branch > from http://nightlies.videolan.org where the bug has been fixed. > > Rob > > > -- > ===================================================== > Robin Rawson-Tetley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Yahoo: bobintetley > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GTalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Home: http://www.rawsontetley.org > > I prefer encrypted email. > Download my public key from http://www.rawsontetley.org/rrtpk.asc.gz > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFbGR13cJg3V5whoURAi19AKCjbxCPZKsg8KCGm1vxIp78oUg3fgCglSeN > XVybomEwQcn2ihhesoMxydM= > =+b9y > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
