What I do is nfs mount the directory and then with the file browser select the file to play. VLC is started based on file extension.
Mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: dumbiggie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 12:04:20 PM > Subject: [Mvpmc-users] Problems streaming PVR-500 to MVPMC > > Brief overview: I wish to use a stripped down Xubuntu server to stream > satellite TV to my MediaMVP. > > I've read through the Wikis but am missing something blatantly obvious. My > installation seems to break down at section 3.5 of Martin's HOWTO guide. > > I'm able to boot & run a recent nightly MVPMC build. I can stream music from > a > Squeezebox Server by selecting the Music client option. I can't figure out > how > to make my MVP select either a running HTTP stream served by VLC, or stream > from > /dev/video1 (data source from a PVR-500 encoder card). > > I can easily hand-configure VLC on the server to stream the satellite > video/audio to a known URI (e.g. http://:8080). I can watch this > stream from other computers using VLC or Totem/Gstreamer. I can't figure out > how to select the stream in MVPMC. > > I have also tried starting VLC on the server with the "-I telnet" parameter > and > confirmed that it's running by telnetting into port 4212. My dongle.config > includes the "--vlc " parameter. Still can't figure out how to > invoke the MVPMC VLC client. > > My latest attempt involved setting up a CIFS-share directory (/mediamvp) on > the > server containing a "playlist.m3u" file. This playlist includes two entries: > > 1. http://:8080 > 2. /dev/video1 > > After adding a /server_files share to dongle.config pointed at > IP>/mediamvp, I can successfully select this playlist on the MVP via > filebrowser. However, neither playlist entry does anything. > > Does anybody have any debugging suggestions or additional methods to try? > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
