OK, I finally got it working! Martin's suggestion to force MIME type did the
trick. Now I'm able to select a HTTP URI as an M3U playlist item, and my MVPMC
plays the PVR-500 stream beautifully.
I prefer the HTTP URI method over VLM control because it is more accessible
to other devices (netbook, laptop).
I still need to work on init scripts to handle post-reboot device permissions
and whatnot, but that's just a matter of robustness. The basic guts are in
place to do what I need.
Synopsis:
[Xubuntu 9.10 server]
- Satellite settop attached to PVR-500 S-video input.
- PVR-500 MPEG-2 accessible via /dev/video1. rc.local script used to configure
device input & MPEG parameters.
- Running Squeezebox Server v7.4.1; music collection contained in USB HDD for
portability.
- VLC invoked as background service:
/usr/bin/vlc -I Telnet /dev/video1 --sout
"#std{access=http{mime=video/mpeg},mux=ts,dst=192.168.80.8:8080}"
- SMB/CIFS share "/mediamvp/" contains playlist.m3u:
EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,Video: Dish Network
http://192.168.80.8:8080
[MVP, H3 wireless]
- Running recent MVPMC nightly build dongle (20100207).
- Config mounts server /mediamvp:
mkdir /mediamvp
mount.cifs //192.168.80.8/mediamvp /mediamvp/ -o pass=guest,rsize=34000;
- Config MVPMC invocation:
mvpmc -f /etc/helvB14.pcf -o composite -c 192.168.80.8 --vlc 192.168.80.8
--startup filebrowser:file:/mediamvp/ &
The startup parameter doesn't seem to work as I expect but I can navigate to
the playlist with remote easily enough. Couldn't have gotten the satellite
feed to work without the mvpmc-users list. Thanks again, all!
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