This is not needed if you patch the mvpmc source to use 30.000 fps for the transcode. With it you can use the current versions of VLC from Jaunty. See my patch to the list.
Brett A. Taylor wrote: > Starting with Ubuntu 8.10, VLC and ffmpeg packages started causing grief > for me and other mvpmc users who stream decoded divx via VLC. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/304887 > > Somehow (I don't remember and can't reproduce it) I managed to build VLC > 0.86e under intrepid with the unstripped libavcodec libraries and > managed to work around this problem. Unfortunately now that I've > upgraded to 9.04, I'm in a worse situation and I can't seem to stream no > matter what I do, and building vlc from source isn't helping this time > around. > > Enter chroot and debootstrap. This makes it incredibly easy to run a > chroot environment for another Debian installation. Since I knew that > the standard VLC package from Hardy worked just fine, I followed the > instructions and chrooted a Hardy (8.04) installation. And voila, it works. > > Hopefully this will solve problems for others running into this > situation with mvpmc. > > Here are the instructions: > > Download debootstrap for hardy: > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.13~hardy1_all.deb > > apt-get install schroot > dpkg -i debootstrap_1.0.13~hardy1_all.deb > > Edit /etc/schroot/schroot.conf to add the following content: > > [hardy] > description=Ubuntu hardy > location=/var/chroot/hardy > priority=3 > users=doko > groups=sbuild > root-groups=root > > (Replace /var/chroot/hardy with the path of your chroot installation.) > > debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch amd64 hardy /var/chroot/hardy > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ > > cp /etc/resolv.conf /var/chroot/hardy/etc/resolv.conf > chroot /var/chroot/hardy > > edit /etc/apt/sources.list to include all the hardy sources (universe, > multiverse, etc.). You can find a standard one by googling "sources.list > hardy" > > apt-get update > apt-get install vlc-nox ffmpeg > apt-get install smbfs > > I got a few errors about locales. You can fix this or ignore them. I > didn't find they caused any issues. Now you just need to mount the same > directory you mount on your mvpmc. This is why you need smbfs. > (Alternatively, you could dchroot.) > > mkdir /mvpmc_media > mount.cifs //<host>/media /mvpmc_media -o pass= > vlc -I telnet > > > And you're done. > > > For convenience, I have two scripts. The first launches the chroot and > calls a second script to mount and start vlc. > > chrootvlc.sh > #!/bin/bash > chroot /var/chroot/hardy /startvlc.sh > > startvlc.sh > #!/bin/bash > if [ ! -d /mvpmc_media/tv ] > then > echo mounting > mount.cifs //<host>/media /mvpmc_media -o pass= > fi > vlc -I telnet --sout-transcode-audio-sync > > > > Good luck. > > Brett > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations > Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of > expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry > leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf > and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
