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[soidog2]

I finally got my wish, I can watch 9xm in Thailand, only one problem , it's broadcast in MPEG-4.

My dreambox= 7020Si, with "Pli Jade" VLC=08.6i, IE7 , Windows XP Professional.

I tried the streaming it to my pc ( 1.9 pentium, 1 Gb ram )

It starts normal , after a 10 seconds or so the image freezes but the sound continues.
Another 10 seconds or so Explorer crashes.

Thank You

[soidog2]

OK, I kind of answered my own question.

I tried the same setup in a more powerful PC, ( 3.5 Pentium with 2GB ram ) on the same wireless LAN , it works flawlessly.
So, it's raw computing power.
If anybody can think of a way to make it work on the slower computer …it would be nice

[pieterg]

If anybody can think of a way to make it work on the slower computer …it would be nice

only if you plug some mp4 decoding hardware into the slower pc.

[soidog2]

The only thing I can think of; would be a video card with built in Mpeg-4 decoder chip. Is that what you mean ? Will it do?

Thanks

[pieterg]

The only thing I can think of; would be a video card with built in Mpeg-4 decoder chip. Is that what you mean ? Will it do?

Yes, that should work, given that you manage to tell the system to use hardware decoding instead of software decoding.

[jonc]

My old vista notebook here does a good job - under ram'ed (1gb) and under powered (Intel M) but great video card .. The HP 32bit (intel) and 64bit (AMD) dual core units here with HDMI out are 100 times better though.

[Sjaaky]

Did you try with just vlc instead of web-x-tv? In my experience the standalone vlc is more stable. Did you disable the h264 loopback filter in vlc? Did you try with a utp cable?

For slower pc's you might try the coreavc codec. It is faster than vlc. You'll have to use a regular mediaplayer instead of vlc.

[soidog2]

Thanks to all, hardware decoding , no problem.

In case other people are interested, disabling the h264 loopfilter in vlc is a must !

The slower PC after disabling the filter is mostly watchable ( a small freeze here and there )
The better PC is flying !!

Regards

I forgot to mention, ( as suggested ) using the VideoLan only is definitely faster !

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[jonc]

out of the box web-x-tv - no changes to vlc 0.8.6i (no disabling of the filters)




and

[soidog2]

Because I can't leave well enough alone, I installed the Coreavc codec together with the Coreplayer.

Now the slower PC plays Mpeg-4 as good as the faster one.
Not much of a contest with Video Lan and no need for any hardware upgrades.

Regards!

[soidog2]

Some interesting shots of my Iphone .
Warning, extreme beta .
Any Iphone user wants to know how to do it , just ask.

Enjoy !

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[Henksat]

Some interesting shots of my Iphone .
Warning, extreme beta .
Any Iphone user wants to know how to do it , just ask.

Enjoy !

Please explain for all users

[soidog2]

You must be on Iphone firmware v2+ unlocked
Add to Cydia this source : http://www.iphone.org.hk/apt/

Refresh sources , look for : vlc4Iphone , install & respring.

Open the program , click on continue , settings , turn on " Fix Drop Frame "
Go back , click on any play list, than add stream = your dreambox ip:31344, click add.
Now you should delete all the other items in the playtists (2)
Restart the program, click continue, click on the playlist with your dreambox than click on the dreambox IP and enjoy.

For channel changing you could run "insomnia" and go back to the wwwif or with the remote .
I was playing with mpeg-4 , it's choppy , if your LAN is good all other channels should be enjoyable.
On my wireless , I can roam around the house & garden ( big ) without any problems.

Hopefully it's clear !