Web TV Streaming problems

[billythepuppet]

Hi guys

I have been battling with this for most of the day and have finally decided to make a thread asking for help, I think I have looked at every thread regarding this on these messageboards and others.

I have edited my WEB.conf file in the default profile to contain a stream for my sopcast and another test stream as follows

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videostream.Web,TV=SopCast,http://127.0.0.1:89002,http://footballequalslife.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/pl2.jpg
videostream.Web,TV=NRK3,mms://straumV.nrk.no/nrk_tv_webvid05_l

and my PMS.conf in the default profile engines (there were none before I modified it)

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engines = pmsencoder,mencoder,avsmencoder,tsmuxer,mplayeraudio,ffmpegaudio,tsmuxeraudio,mencoderwebvideo,vlcvideo,mplayervideodump,mplayerwebaudio,vlcaudio,ffmpegdvrmsremux

I updated to the latest PMS (1.52.1)

I downloaded the latest pmsencoder.jar (1.5.14) and put it into the plugins directory

When I load up my PS3 or my Asus O Play HD2 and go into the media server I can see the streams but just can't get them to play, by default it tries with the PMSEncoder and on PS3 it says 'data corrupted' and on the Asus it tries for quite a while (around 30 seconds) and then just gives up, I think it's a problem with my media server set up because the PS3 plays most movie files straight from the laptop and the Asus plays literally anything I throw at it apart from these streams.

Does anyone have any ideas? I tried with MEncoder and VLC Video Player as well but the same results.

Does it matter how the pmsencoder is named? Initially I had one just called pmsencoder.jar, then I downloaded the update and it had a version number at the end, I've tried with and without this verison number but still nothing.

Thanks for any help that can be given

Chris

extra info: I have tried wired and wireless (normally doesn't make much of a difference)
I have also occasionally got a 'dlna protocol error 2104' but this has only occurred once or twice, not sure if it's related.

[chocolateboy]

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videostream.Web,TV=SopCast,http://127.0.0.1:89002,http://footballequalslife.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/pl2.jpg
videostream.Web,TV=NRK3,mms://straumV.nrk.no/nrk_tv_webvid05_l

Make sure they work in MPlayer first e.g.:

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mplayer -v http://127.0.0.1:89002
mplayer -v mms://straumV.nrk.no/nrk_tv_webvid05_l


I can't test your SopCast stream, of course, but NRK3 doesn't work for me.

[billythepuppet]

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videostream.Web,TV=SopCast,http://127.0.0.1:89002,http://footballequalslife.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/pl2.jpg
videostream.Web,TV=NRK3,mms://straumV.nrk.no/nrk_tv_webvid05_l

Make sure they work in MPlayer first e.g.:

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mplayer -v http://127.0.0.1:89002
mplayer -v mms://straumV.nrk.no/nrk_tv_webvid05_l


I can't test your SopCast stream, of course, but NRK3 doesn't work for me.

Thanks for the information, where do I put the mplayer -v? I tried it before the address in the web.conf file but then that stream no longer appeared.

I've also just tried using this tutorial but still no luck

http://bolt.cd/board/technical-tutorial ... ur-tv.html

Can someone clarify if the sopcast stream should have a /stream at the end or not, some tutorials include it and others don't.

[billythepuppet]

Can anyone help with this? Have tried doing the same thing with xbmc and Tversity and still no luck, ideally want to get it working with PS3 Media Server.

[YannMor]

I am no expert, and I have the same problem with the internet TV streams. The streams show up on the PS3 interface on the TV, but they don't play (corrupted data). But the YouTube channels work.
I did follow chocolateboy's suggestion of trying to play the streams with mplayer. FWIW, I found where I had mplayer on my hard drive, it was "K:\Program Files\Mplayer-svn-33883\mplayer.exe", and I then tried the commands in the Windows command line tool.

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"K:\Program Files\Mplayer-svn-33883\mplayer.exe" -v mms://vipmms9.yacast.net/bfm_bfmtv

It works for me on the PC that way, but the stream doesn't play through the PS3. At least, I have confirmed that the streams are real and alive. I'll keep at it.