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

[Chris Petersen]

Rich West wrote:
> Actually, I think I figured it out.  Rather than having the link for the 
> video be listed as the fancy "mythweb/pl/stream/<streamid>", it would be 
> better if mythweb just sent a small asx file to the client (if the 
> client is a windows machine) like:
> 
> <ASX version = "3.0">
> <TITLE>Mickey Mouse Clubhouse</TITLE>
>     <ENTRY>
>     <TITLE>Micky Mouse Clubhouse - Minnie Red Riding Hood</TITLE>
>     <AUTHOR>MythTV - MythWeb</AUTHOR>
>     <COPYRIGHT>GPL</COPYRIGHT>
>         <REF HREF = 
> "http://192.168.0.42/recordings/1298_20061104110000.mpg" />
>     </ENTRY>
> </ASX>
> 
> 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).

The next version of mythweb will likely make this more easy to turn off,
but for all of those people out there who still use nupplevideo files,
it's necessary.

-Chris

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