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

[Rene Bartsch <rene@bartschnet.de>]

Rene Bartsch wrote:
> 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
> 
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> 
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Just read your statement about the linux client.

But as for Mplayer supports rtp, http and mms (rtsp in work) why isn't 
it possible to use Mplayer without a special client?

Rene