[vdr] Re: Experimental Live Streaming Patch for VDR 1.0.0

[Rene Bartsch <rene@bartschnet.de>]

Simon Dean wrote:
> I have written a small patch for VDR that allows live multicast UDP
> streaming over a network.  
> 
> The patch is experimental and basically replaces the record mode in VDR
> with live streaming.  IE when you tell VDR to record something it won't
> actually record it, it will instead stream the program over the network.
> The next version should hopefully stream regardless of whether a
> recording is in progress, as well as actually recording programs.   
> 
> Can I stress again that with the current version of the patch VDR will
> NOT actually EVER record anything.  This version is meant solely for
> testing.  
> 
> What you will need: 
> - Multicast networking enabled in your kernel.  
> - A local multicast network route.  This can be achieved by executing
> the following line: 
>     /sbin/route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0
> - A Windows client with Moonlight UDP Streaming Application installed.
> This can be found at: 
>     http://www.moonlight.co.il/products/udpstreaming.shtml
>   The file you need is: 
>     http://www.elecard.com/ftp/pub/mpeg/UDP/UDP.zip
>   The NetPlayer has to be installed in order to view the stream.  
> - DirectShow filters for MPEG2 demultiplexing and decoding.  You can
> find such filters at: 
>     http://www.moonlight.co.il/products/mpeg2decoder.shtml 
> - A vanilla installation of VDR 1.0.0. 
> 
> The patch can be downloaded from: 
> 
>    http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~csuqk/vdr-1.0.0-strm.diff.gz
> 
> To install the patch: 
> 1) go to your vanilla VDR 1.0.0 directory and execute: 
>     zcat vdr-1.0.0-strm.diff.gz | patch -p1
> 2) Install Moonlight UDP Streaming Application (UDP Stream Player).  
> 3) Install MPEG2 demultiplexer and MPEG2 decoder DirectShow filters
> (http://www.elecard.com) 
> 4) Run 
>     ./runvdr 
>    in your vanilla VDR 1.0.0 directory.  
> 5) Start an instant recording in VDR.  
> 6) Open Windows Media Player on your Windows PC and open the following
> location: 
>     moonlight://224.0.0.1:1212n/udp
>    Where "n" is the number of the DVB card being used to instant record
> (with 0 being the first card, 1 being the second card...). 
> 7) Enjoy watching live streamed MPEG2 TV!  
> 
> If you experience any problems then please send them to the VDR mailing
> list.  
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Simon Dean 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Any chance to use it with Mplayer on a linux client?

Rene