Streaming avi,divx movies to Dreambox
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Posted 28 November 2007 - 14:06
If you correct this the script will work OK.
If you are using wireless or have low bandwith, you can try to change:
vb=3072 to vb=2048 or vb=1024
or scale=1 to scale=0.5
This will of couse lower the quality of the picture.
I have not tested this on DB, so i am not shure if it wil work, but it works ok for streaming between two pc,s.
Here's a handy solution I found on my travels through all things related to recording/streaming from/to dreambox. It's a VLC script which you can drag and drop a movie file onto (all formats accepted avi,divx,etc) and it converts the movie to a transport stream format file in the movies mount folder on your PC. So on your DM box it will show up as a recorded movie & you can view it while it is being converted by VLC. You also, at the end, have a copy of the movie in ts format on your mount folder.
Just create a .bat file with this content:Change C:\db\hdd\movies to your mount folder
"%ProgramFiles%\VideoLan\VLC\vlc" -vvv %1 :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=3072,scale=1,acodec=mp2a,ab=192,fps=25,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=ts,dst="C:\db\hdd\movie\%~n1.ts"}}
Re: Streaming avi,divx movies to Dreambox #23
Posted 28 November 2007 - 15:38
Streaming from Db to PC is another story altogether & there is a wealth of postings on it here. Basically, on a 500 DB it's flawed but the zapstream plugin (in the current PLi image) goes a long way towrds solving these flaws. The new version of zapstream completely solves all the flaws, I believe. When will this be released, is your next question, I know - with the next PLi image relaease I assume.
Hi jornaa,
Thanks for the clarification - was this a mistake in the attached batch file also?
Another option is to convert avi or divx files to widescreen ts files by using the width=704,height=576 (IIRC)
Edit: I have edited the first post to reflect these suggestions/corrections
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Posted 10 December 2007 - 20:54
Try to add: canvas-aspect=16:9,canvas-width=720,canvas-height=576
for 16:9 PAL
I think it'll work also with other resolutions!
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