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ttt1892
17-04-2010, 12:01 PM
Does anyone know of a good tutorial to get movies streamed from my pc to my VU+ DUO ? I`m using Open Pli image at the moment.

Thanx in advance.

ttt.

notanotherone
17-04-2010, 01:30 PM
im trying to gather as much information abot this as i can ive not copme accross anything yet but bear with me ,or unless someone else knows feel free to jump in :roflmao:

ttt1892
17-04-2010, 04:42 PM
I`ve tried to do the mount wizard using dream elite image.But I have a problem when I try to input my data,where I put server share directory,I try to put C:\movies.But I don`t have the option to use \ only /.
There has to be another way to stream to my VU.I look forward to your findings NAO.

Thanx m8.
ttt.

notanotherone
19-04-2010, 12:17 PM
try this i dont know it it wil work as i havnt got mine yet ,im just trying to learn myself

Share a folder on your pc
then go over network browser and select your pc and click OK
should see the folder select it and klick ok
after confermation answer, you should see the movie you want to play

ttt1892
19-04-2010, 05:37 PM
Sorry NOA,I`m not the best person to give technical lessons to. lol.
When you say "then go over network browser and select your pc and click OK", where is this?

ttt.

ttt1892
19-04-2010, 05:40 PM
I`ve found it.But I only get the option for my VU+ IP.

ttt.

notanotherone
19-04-2010, 06:51 PM
think thast where you do it form your vu+duo can you se your pc in there somewhere ? the guy who told me said it was easy:lol:little did he know it was me he was talking to :sh:

ttt1892
19-04-2010, 06:55 PM
lol.No, I only see my VU+ IP, when I do a scan.I can add my pc IP in expert mode,but when I press ok the VU+ just hangs and has to be manually rebooted.

ttt.

notanotherone
19-04-2010, 07:01 PM
ok ill look again :roflmao:its hard when i dont ahve one :lol:

ttt1892
19-04-2010, 07:24 PM
I think I may be failing at the pc end of things.Do you know what I have to do at my pc for the box to see my pc?
Sorry to be a pain.I had the very same problems with my dreambox 7025.I never got that to stream either.

Thanx.

ttt.

basilyoung
19-04-2010, 09:36 PM
Think I might be able to help on this one, not directly, but on another forum that I use, there is a lot of info on streaming to the linux units, (I normally stream from my VU, via slingbox)

will have a look, and hope to post back later tonight

baz

ttt1892
19-04-2010, 09:47 PM
Thanx m8.I can stream from my VU to my pc no problem.I can`t do it the other way.

ttt.

basilyoung
19-04-2010, 10:59 PM
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First, we installing vlc 0.9.6. in the pc.
We open the vlc. Tools> Interfaces> Main interfaces....tik the http


close the vlc and open again.....
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In dreambox 800
Open Plugins>VLC Video Player>add server......Server address =ip of your pc








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this was copied from another forum, of which i am a senior member
the piccys cant be copied over,...but this should help i hope...i will post a question regarding this, and fully expect a positive responce

baz

ttt1892
20-04-2010, 05:13 PM
Thanx Baz,but this does not work for me,the VU just hangs.I tried this method with my Dreambox 7025 also, and had the same problem.

ttt.

notanotherone
20-04-2010, 05:34 PM
i think its got something to do with vlc ,i could do it with my dbox np but am the same i had problems with first my 500 then my 600 so i gave up in the end ,i bought an emtec and funnily enuff it finds my dreambox ,mmmmmm wonder if it will stream my movies from that to tv?? need to try

basilyoung
20-04-2010, 07:22 PM
what type of files are you intending to stream??

over the week end, I will if time allows, see if I can get this working, and or an alternitive method,

baz

ttt1892
20-04-2010, 07:36 PM
I want to stream movies from my pc.Preferably AVI files,so I don`t have to do any encoding before I can stream.But any movie file as long as I can stream.When I had my db7025,I tried for months to get it to work,never happened.The best solution I have come up with so far,is to convert avi to mpeg4 then ftp to my recorded files on the VU.

ttt.

basilyoung
20-04-2010, 09:16 PM
not got any avi files on my comp, would it be possible to post a very short avi, or surgest where i can download one (content irrelivent)

baz

ttt1892
20-04-2010, 09:36 PM
http://hotfile.com/dl/38889834/a61efa3/bp-dvdscr.avi.html

Here`s a sample of a movie Baz.Just click on regular downloads,it`s free. I hope you can find a solution.I thought I had an alternative using mpeg4 files but I`ve just encoded another avi and put it in my VU,but the sound is absoluetly terrible.Looks like it`s back to the drawing board.

Thanx m8.
ttt.

basilyoung
20-04-2010, 09:51 PM
just found the simpsons (i-tunes) on my system, but thanks any way

just in the process of getting the VU / comp talking to each other via the vlc plugin

more later, I hope

baz

basilyoung
22-04-2010, 10:21 PM
got streaming to the VU+ from my PC

walk through will follow shortly

baz

basilyoung
22-04-2010, 11:03 PM
OK, cant seem to upload files to the site, but its actually quite easy,

do a google for vlc-0.8.6i-win32.zip

once installed on your comp, open a port 08080 tcp/udp on your router and set it to the ip of your VU+ (or dm 800, or whatever)

start vlc on the comp, go to settings, add interface, then select web interface, and leave it running in the background

then go to the plugin on the VU (vlc vidio player), select add server, server address is that of your computer ie: 192.168.1.56

select the yes option to transcode vidio/audio

file leave @ "\"

and that should be that

baz

ttt1892
23-04-2010, 04:32 PM
My box just hangs. I don`t see this option anywhere in the server setup: file leave @ "\"

Any ideas m8?

Thanx.
ttt.

ttt1892
23-04-2010, 04:42 PM
While we`re talking about this bit: file leave @ "\".Does anyone know how to add this symbol "\" using the VU remote? I can only add this symbol "/". My folder which I want to stream from is C:\, but I can`t add "\" only "/".

Thanx.
ttt.

basilyoung
23-04-2010, 06:34 PM
to get the \ symbol,...press the zero (0) button several times

file leave @ "\" means leave the vlc plugin as is ie: \

once the vlc plugin is correctly set up, with vlc running on your comp as well, when you click on server 1, it will come up with the directory of your comp, you then select the file you want to play (not sure about recording yet, not tried it as yet), and it should just play

will try and post a few screen shots a bit later

baz

ttt1892
23-04-2010, 07:37 PM
"to get the \ symbol,...press the zero (0) button several times"

This is what I do,"\" isn`t in the symbol options.I guess I`m just jinxed.I tried this method with my 7025 and couldn`t get that to work either.

Thanx for your help Baz,it`s really appreciated.

ttt.

basilyoung
23-04-2010, 07:53 PM
sorry my fault...the symbol should be / not \...typo error

baz

ttt1892
23-04-2010, 08:03 PM
Yeah,but the path to my shared folder is C:\ movies.Does this make a difference?

ttt.

basilyoung
23-04-2010, 09:23 PM
re C:/....its irelivent...on the unit you only want / and nothing else

remember port 08080 should be open on the router (might be an idea to turn off the fire wall as well) address to the unit not the comp

also as posted before...make sure vlc is running on the comp as well, with web interface active (settings/interface/web interface)

baz

ttt1892
24-04-2010, 09:10 AM
I give up. I`ve been trying this for months,tried firstly with my 7025 now with VU+. I`ve done everything to detail on all the tutorials I`ve tried and never come close to it working.I always end up with the box hanging.

Thanx for all your help Baz.You`ve been very patient and most helpful.

Thankyou.
ttt.

ns77
27-04-2010, 07:47 PM
Not sure if this will work with vu+ or if you already tried it:-
install vlc media player 1.0.5 golden eye....gcc version 4.4.2,make sure your VU box is on before installing,once installed re boot pc & VU,there should be a "movies from pc" on the plug in menu (make sure buffer size is above 80%) open vlc on pc then go to the movies from pc option this should show your c:\ drive......took me bloody ages to get this to work

ttt1892
27-04-2010, 07:52 PM
Do I install VLC player 1.0.5 to my pc? Where do I get Golden Eye from?

Thanx.
ttt.

ns77
27-04-2010, 08:05 PM
load it to your PC, its built into a program called Play2Dream1.4a... if you cant find it let me know i will try & upload it (not sure how upload to a forum)
this works on a few of the dreamboxes......you got nowt to loose give it a go..

ttt1892
27-04-2010, 08:11 PM
I`m sure I tried this on my 7025,and I couldn`t get it to work.I may be wrong about the programme though.Do I have to load anything in the VU+?

ttt.

ttt1892
27-04-2010, 08:29 PM
Thanx m8,but it is the one I tried on my 7025.I gave it a try anyway and no luck.The option "movies from pc" doesn`t show up anywhere on my vu+.

thanx again.
ttt.