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[CopyCounsler]

I've been experimenting with the streaming for quite some time now without any success to speak of.

I have a DM500 - na for fyi.

In VLC I have a hard time getting a picture when I connect direct to the dm on port 31344. I will get a frame or two, followed by some clips of audio but no continual feed.

This morning when I opened it up, the VLC player was streaming at full speed (Read @ media 810kb/s, demux 720kb/s stream bitrate 62kb/s, displayed frames 15,000) but the screen is BLACK. So it seems that when there is a picture to send, the streaming spits out video/audio very slowly.

ANY ideas?

Thanks!

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[jonc]

What Pli software are you using?
Is it the same when you use Web-X-TV (the other way around from what you said)
Is it the same when you use the new E1moviePlayer if you are using Jade?
What OS is your VLC running on? What sort of cpu does that box have?

[CopyCounsler]

What Pli software are you using?
Is it the same when you use Web-X-TV (the other way around from what you said)
Is it the same when you use the new E1moviePlayer if you are using Jade?
What OS is your VLC running on? What sort of cpu does that box have?

Pli software: the new Jade

The Web-X-TV acts the same in the browser as the VLC - vlc will just show me the stream kb/s, messages, etc.
when I say the same, I mean that I'll get a spurt of audio, mixed with maybe a frame or two, then after 30 seconds, maybe another spurt of the same.

I don't use the moviePlayer - but I'll try it (I'm looking to stream from the DB, not to)

OS - XP. the CPU is an AMD x2 4400. (dual 2.2ghz)

Network - 100base on wireless (took it off wireless for testing...) now it's on the trusty 100base netgear hub direct.

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[CopyCounsler]

almost forgot, the network will max throughput at about 2.5mb/s on the wireless and around 7mb/s direct when I talk to the DB or XBOXs through ftp...

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[jonc]

almost forgot, the network will max throughput at about 2.5mb/s on the wireless and around 7mb/s direct when I talk to the DB or XBOXs through ftp...

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This really looks like a LAN/PC based issue (Unless you have a problem with your DM box's ethernet), but to confirm can you please look at the VLC info as shown below in one of my wifi streams to confirm please.

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[CopyCounsler]

Wow - the numbers *NEVER* get that high on my VLC...

what now?

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[jonc]

Wow - the numbers *NEVER* get that high on my VLC...

what now?

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Now all you have to do is work out why, and I suspect your problems will be solved.

[CopyCounsler]

could it be because of the cam I use? My network throughput is great from xbox to xbox or from pc to pc - even wireless. I'm getting maximum performance as far as I can see.

Anything you can think of that I can run on the db to troubleshoot?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

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[jonc]

You could try ftp'ing to and from it and see the throughput. Some of the older DM500's and some of the clones have an ethernet issue "might have a dm500 with broken network interface for which the capacitor mod would work" so try google and see if that helps

[CopyCounsler]

got 1.3mb/s on a transfer each time with FTP so it is off to the electronics store for some caps!

Thanks for the direction, I'll report my results. I have an older DB - streaming became an idea for remote viewing on an xbox and an unsuccessful one at that so far...
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[CopyCounsler]

... "might have a dm500 with broken network interface for which the capacitor mod would work" so try google and see if that helps

I did the capacitor mod and....

IT WORKS!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for the direction. Now I need to find a good epg program for the xbox...

THanks again!

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[jonc]

... "might have a dm500 with broken network interface for which the capacitor mod would work" so try google and see if that helps

I did the capacitor mod and....

IT WORKS!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for the direction. Now I need to find a good epg program for the xbox...

THanks again!

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Glad to see that worked. If you like feel free to write a mini howto and I will pop it in the wiki if you like.

On the Xbox front, use the DM boxes webif for the EPG

[updatelee]

you can get 7mb/sec on a 500 ? sure you dont mean 7 megabit/sec ? lol I have a hard time getting anything over 1mb/sec on a 500, the network performance is terrible compared to my 7000 & 7025

[Sjaaky]

Raw performance without doing anything else is 4,5 MByte/sec. Maximum streaming bandwidth (dream to pc) is ~2 MByte/sec with zapstream. Enough for some HD channels.

When 1 mbit/sec is all you get, you'll probably need some extra capacitors.