[mythtv-users] Mythweb stream recorded video to Windows client

[Rich West]

Chris Petersen wrote:
> Rich West wrote:
>   
>> <..snip..>
>>
>> When I did that with my test case, it worked beautifully.
>>
>> Since mythweb/data/recordings is not accessible (blocked via .htaccess 
>> rules, I believe), I just made my recordings available via a symbolic 
>> link at the top level of the web site and built the asx file by hand.
>>
>> Now, the trick will be to get mythweb to do the detection, write the 
>> appropriate URL to an automatically generated ASX file.  :)
>>     
>
> What did I miss that requires you do this?  the stream URL sends an mpg
> file just fine.  I think your problem is that you're using windows and
> it's sending myth:// URI's that are intended for use with the dsmyth
> filters (which tell the client on the other end to connect directly to
> the backend for data).

Well, Windows is always a problem, but that's a whole different 
conversation. ;-)

What MythWeb doesn't do is stream & play at the same time.  In other 
words, the .mpg file downloads entirely before the Windows client will 
fire off Media Player and play the file.

By downloading the formatted .asx file, Media Player fires up, and 
starts playing the stream as it is being downloaded based upon the 
content of that .asx file.  Hence, you don't have to wait the 2-5 
minutes to download the entire MPG to the Windows client before playing 
the recording.

To clarify, it is not sending a myth URI (myth://) and, yes, it is 
sending the MPG.  It is just that, in its current state, the client 
downloads the entire file before Media Player fires up and starts 
playing the file.

-Rich