----- Original Message ----
> From: dumbiggie <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]; Michael Drons <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 4:38:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mvpmc-users] Problems streaming PVR-500 to MVPMC
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Michael Drons wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Thanks for the tip, Mike.
>
> One fly in the ointment is that I don't want to stream video files per se.
> My
> PVR-500 output is mapped to a file system object (/dev/video1) by the Video
> For
> Linux 2 driver.
>
> I think it is dicey to share any part of the /dev hierarchy over the
> network,
> but at this point I'm desperate to make this work without having to install a
> big PVR package just to get a Live TV interface.
>
> I guess my next try will be to mount the server /dev as a CIFS share and
> see
> what happens when MVPMC browses down to video1. No extension on this file
> stream object...
>
> I'm confused that MVPMC can play audio streams from a http: URI but not
> video.
>
> Thanks!
MVPMC is not built to play /dev devices. You need the actual avi file. VLC is
used for NON-MPEG content. MVPMC is expecting some application on the linux
server like mythtv.
Mike
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