[mythtv-users] New IPTV setup

[Jacob Mansfield]

just out of interest, what is the URL?
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer
CyberKing Solutions™
www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk - I do know the database is down

"When Windows™ is opened the bugs come in."



On 21 February 2011 18:00, scott <scott at netaddicted.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 10:47 -0600, Robert Johnston wrote:
>> On February-21-11 9:52:33 AM, Scott Cunningham wrote:
>> > I'm a noob to mythtv.  Just getting that out there up front.  I've
>> > googled and gone through the list archive with not much luck.
>> >
>> > Here is what I'm doing:
>> >
>> > - I've got IPTV service from the Telco (which I also work for) delivered
>> > on my ADSL.
>> > - Channels are udp multicast (currently un-encrypted)
>> > - I'm using a ASRock ION 330HT-BD and connecting eth0 to the TV port on
>> > the modem and the wireless connected to my internal network.
>> > - I am able to pull streams using vlc on the myth box.  Packet captures
>> > show the IGMP traffic.
>> > - After importing the m3u file (which populates the channel list) I
>> > cannot get any channels to play in myth.  Get the error about not
>> > getting lock.  Packet capture doesn't show any IGMP traffic from the
>> > myth box.
>> > - I've looked through the database and cannot find any of the url's in
>> > any of the table fields.
>> >
>> > I'm really getting frustrated with this.  Can anybody maybe prov
>> ide me
>> > with some direction on where to look for the problem?   Is the import
>> > failing?  I've attached my m3u file as well.
>>
>> Usually, I'd say "If VLC can receive, then so should Myth", but to
>> check, try playing back one of the URIs you have given in MPlayer.
>> If you're using multiple network cards (To "Spoof" a set-top-box), I'd
>> also suggest writing some routing rules to ensure multicast traffic is
>> directed to the interface you intend to use to receive. Myth doesn't
>> (currently) have a way of setting which interface to listen for IPTV
>> traffic on.
>> I can't say I've ever gotten a "can't get lock" message, but then I'm
>> not running the latest head version, so things may have changed a
>> little there.
>
>
> I'm using mythbuntu so my /etc/network/interfaces contains this:
> up route add -net 224.0.0.0/4 dev eth0
> There is no spoofing required (thank root).
>
> Mplayer was not installed with the default mythbuntu setup.   After
> installing I was able to pull a stream with it from the command line.
>
> Do you have any idea where the url is (supposed to be) stored in the
> database?  My current line of thought is the url is not there for myth
> to use.
>
> Scott
>
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