streaming video as a .ts or .mpg to pc possible?

[hajj_3]

Hi, i use Wingrab Zapit Edition to stream video from my dreambox 600c to my pc and streams it to a .ts file, is there an application available that can do this with the ipbox images? I'd like to stream to .ts, .mpg, .mpeg so that i can edit the adverts out and archive the tv show or football match on my pc.

Hope someone can help.

 

[fortean]

I'd like to stream to .ts, .mpg, .mpeg so that i can edit the adverts out and archive the tv show or football match on my pc.

Hope someone can help.

You can simply copy over the *.trp files. FFplay (based on FFmpeg) will play these, and you can convert them to, for example, *.flv or *.wav etc. Check out http://www.imagineers.nl/hd900#PlayFile for some additional input.

Also, someone wrote a webTV plugin, I haven't tested it yet, but it seems to work allright. Be aware that there are reportedly some errors with the network software or hardware. It seems that choking your bandwithd (e.g. use an old 10 Mb hub instead of a 100Mb switch) provides a workaround.

Hope it helps.

 

[k2k2000]

fortean
can you give some command line examples for converting
mpeg2 trp to xvid ,or h264 to xvid using ffmpeg.
thanks in advance

 

[hajj_3]

forteen, does that mean you have to have an external harddrive to record to, then send those to pc via ftp once recording is done? Is there not a way to stream video as it is playing to either trp, .ts, .mpg etc? If so what application will do this?

 

[Rocknroll]

forteen, does that mean you have to have an external harddrive to record to, then send those to pc via ftp once recording is done? Is there not a way to stream video as it is playing to either trp, .ts, .mpg etc? If so what application will do this?

You can stream live video while it is playing with webtv plugin that still needs hard drive as it reads from .trp file on disk.
VLC can save a stream to mpeg,ts etc. as it is playing it.
But what you actually need is not yet possible. You need to have hard drive to stream.
I assume it is possible to stream without using .trp file on ipbox but I don't know if it just a matter of adapting streamts to do that or if dgstation people need to do something with the firmware to make it possible first.

 

[fortean]

forteen, does that mean you have to have an external harddrive to record to, then send those to pc via ftp once recording is done? Is there not a way to stream video as it is playing to either trp, .ts, .mpg etc? If so what application will do this?

Yes, you need an external harddisk to record to. I don't use ftp much, as I can mount the SMB fs and hence play the files "directly". As said, there is a web-tv plugin, which might do what you require, I simply haven't used it yet.

(BTW: fortean is not a typo, it is a reference to Charles Fort).

 

[fortean]

fortean
can you give some command line examples for converting
mpeg2 trp to xvid ,or h264 to xvid using ffmpeg.
thanks in advance

Not from the top of my head, I'm afraid. My own version of FFmpeg lacks xvid encoders/decoders, so I won't be able to create xvid nor read them. I have converted trp files to flv files, you can read about that on the imagineers page (but I guess you already did). If I get around to it, I may play a bit with xvid and ffmpeg later, but don't hold your breath..

 

[fortean]

fortean
can you give some command line examples for converting
mpeg2 trp to xvid ,or h264 to xvid using ffmpeg.
thanks in advance

Some additional information: AFAICS, ffmpeg can play
xvid "out of the box" using the MPEG4 decoder. However,
_encoding_ divx may not be possible using ffmpeg, you
may need to use (e.g.) mencode to do this. I'll keep
you posted.

 

[hajj_3]

are usb 2.0 hdd's working with latest firmwares, i thought i read in a post that they werent working or something? Is esata working too, deciding which external drive to buy.

 

[fortean]

are usb 2.0 hdd's working with latest firmwares, i thought i read in a post that they werent working or something? Is esata working too, deciding which external drive to buy.

We're going a bit off-topic

Anyway: the changelog I got with my R7927 said:

* doesn´t fixed
 - doesn´t supported USB HDD

(that's a literal quote)..

However, I currently have a Samsung 500 Gb USB disk on my HD900 and it works fairly well, most of the time. You should simply not nag DGstation about it when it does not, I guess.

 

[xxxAxxx]

with new svn image you can mounth over net...,,, can you have look at it.. thx...@fortean

 

[fortean]

@xxxAxxx: there are some issues regarding the network code, which reportedly hangs (see, for example, user experiences regarding the webtv plugin).

I seem to work around that as there is an old 10 Mb hub sitting in between my HD900 and my servers which chokes the available bandwitdh (and hence the amount of interrups on the HD900, I guess).

Anyway, I have been able to mount a harddisk using nfs, but never tried to use it to record files. Will give it a try!