[mythtv-users] Mythweb Streaming (.asx) to VLC worked, but now doesn't

[Achim Hofmann]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:53:02 -0500, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:

> Just setup Mythweb, I tried streaming and successfully played a Simpsons
> episode in VLC just fine (this is from my desktop box, acting as FE for
> server BE in basement). However, after the first successful playback, trying
> any recording will load but chop up playback for about 2-3 seconds and then
> just freeze. I checked http error_log and saw this:
> 
> [Mon Jan 03 00:43:16 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> [Mon Jan 03 00:43:20 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> [Mon Jan 03 00:43:25 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> [Mon Jan 03 00:45:05 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] client denied by
> server configuration: /home/httpd
> [Mon Jan 03 00:45:20 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> [Mon Jan 03 00:45:26 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> [Mon Jan 03 00:45:31 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.101] Argument "" isn't
> numeric in numeric lt (<) at modules/stream/stream_raw.pl line 86.
> 
> (The client denied by server config is ignorable as it was just waiting for
> me to input user/pass into VLC)
> 
> Checking the ~/public_html/mythweb/modules/stream/stream_raw.pl file now,
> this is lines 84-88:
> 
>     # Figure out the size of the requested chunk
>         ($start, $end) = $ENV{'HTTP_RANGE'} =~ /bytes\W+(\d*)-(\d*)\W*$/;
>         if ($end < 1 || $end > $size) {
>             $end = $size;
>         }
> 
> I really want to use VLC as a player for recordings through Mythweb so I can
> watch them in a window while using Firefox, writing, etc. Appreciate any
> help to resolve this, thanks folks.
> 
> Bobby

Same problem here using mythweb 0.24_p20110219 with vlc-1.1.9 on Gentoo.
However, watching the same recording with vlc-0.9.8a on my wife's
Windows XP machine works fine.

Is this a problem caused by vlc?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Achim Hofmann