[mythtv-users] Samba for LiveTV?

[Steve Daniels]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Phill Edwards
> Sent: 20 May 2006 04:32
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Samba for LiveTV?
> 
> > This worked so well and was so easy to configure (just one line in one
> > config file and adding one samba share from the samba gui configurator)
> I'd
> > recommend it for RECORDED programs.
> >
> > So I tried it on liveTV.  I switched to the Live TV section in MythWeb
> and
> > clicked on the program I was currently watching.  Windows Media Player
> > launched and played the program from when I started liveTV from
> mythfrontend
> > UP TO THE TIME that I had clicked to launch Windows Media Player.  At
> that
> > point Windows Media Player thought it was done and stopped.
> >
> > Are there any tricks to make Windows Media Player keep going?  I'm not
> sure
> > why it stops.  Possibly samba is sending an end of file (doubtful) or
> Media
> > Player is using the file size obtained at initialization.  Any ideas?
> 
> My guess is that this happens because you're not actually streaming in
> this example. Media Player is opening the file as it is at the point
> in time you start to play it - there's no more contents of that file
> being streamed to it. So if it's 10 mins old when you start to play
> it, then you'll only get 10 minutes of playback. To stream you have to
> have a streaming server, which samba is not.
> 
> Rgeards,
> Phill


Hi Stan,

Try and play LiveTV using either VLC or Media Player Classic. This works for
me perfectly. Though I am using Nova-T produced mpg's.

You can utilise the myth: url with dsmyth http://dsmyth.sourceforge.net/
this allows media players to stream from the backend. Also take a looksie a
winmyth - I haven't checked that out in a while..

Have fun,

HTH,

Steve Daniels

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