<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Stephen Winiecki <<a href="mailto:stevewin@us.ibm.com">stevewin@us.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a> wrote on 04/03/2008 07:58:41 AM:<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>> Stephen Winiecki wrote:<br>> > I was wondering if there was a mechanism for the backend to process<br>some<br>> > 'canned' transport stream (with multiple program streams) in the form<br>
of a<br>> > file on disk. I am looking into ways to demonstrate some DTV<br>capabilities<br>> > for evaluation hardware relative to processing an input transport<br>stream<br>> > and playing audo/video, changing channels etc. For this demonstration<br>
<br>> > application, it would be ideal to be able to input the stream off disk<br>and<br>> > not have to worry about external providers/streamers etc. - is there a<br>way<br>> > to do this (or is anyone aware of anyone hacking it in)?<br>
><br>> There used to be this capability several years ago for debugging<br>> purposes, but if it's still there I can't find it.<br>><br>> Could you set up an RTSP server, even on the same box, and use the<br>
> HDHomeRun tuner?<br><br></div></div>Well the ideal would be to be able to demonstrate at different sites (and<br>different geographies) and not have a requirement on acquiring a live<br>signal.</blockquote>
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<div>You should be able to use VLC to stream local files via RTSP and use what Myth calls a Freebox recorder tuner configured on the backend. The Freebox recorder takes a simple M3U playlist file to tell it where to find RTSP streams. Point it at your VLC server and you should get a "channel" that is the content that VLC provides.</div>
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<div>I think if you search for Freebox on the wiki you'll find a rudimentary example.</div>
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<div>Kevin</div></div>