[mythtv-users] Flash streaming through a non-standard HTTP port?

seven at seven.dorksville.net seven at seven.dorksville.net
Tue Jul 21 11:35:27 UTC 2009


> * William <william_munson at comcast.net> [2009 Jul 21 05:21 -0500]:
>> Nate Bargmann wrote:
>>> I am using Mythbuntu 8.04 with Myth 0.21 (long in the tooth, I know).
>>> I enabled the experimental Flash server and it works well on my home
>>> network which Apache serves on port 80.  Because my ISP blocks port 80,
>>> I have Apache serving the Internet on a non-standard port (with
>>> authentication).  Everything about MythWeb is working fine except that
>>> I can't play the Flash video. The player loads and the video thumbnail
>>> is displayed, but when the Play button is click the player screen goes
>>> blank and no video appears.
>>>
>>> I find nothing in either syslog or the access log to suggest a kernel
>>> firewall or Apache configuration that is stopping things.  Does the
>>> Flash player use port 80?  If so, that will need to be addressed and a
>>> new port assigned.  Where might I go about addressing that?
>>>
>>> - Nate >>
>>>
>>>
>> Have you tried using your router to redirect the non standard port to
>> port 80 internally? I am not sure if your standard router firmware can
>> handle that task however any router flashed with dd-wrt will do it.
>
> Yes, I have the router forwarding the non standard port to port 80 on
> my Myth box and it works very well except for Flash and ASX streaming,
> neither of which work through the router to the Internet but work on my
> LAN.  Watching on my LAN with Wireshark last night it appears
> everything was using port 80.

I can confirm it works, but depending how much upload bandwidth you've got
it can take some time to buffer, I find it works best leaving it a while
before pressing the play button.

Cheers,

Anthony




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