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Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the
Obviously, this would mean that for every movie which you will play in MythTV the box will stream it to your network. Last time I checked my router didn't charge me for putting some more load on the
network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)
network so... I don't suppose you're watching movies 24/7, and even then, who cares, let the router handle it. Any MyhTV box should handle it with ease (specifically if it does tv capture card stuff)
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== Requirements ==
== Requirements ==
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== Instructions ==
== Instructions ==
<ol>
<ol>
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<li>Run MythTV</li>
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<li>Run MythTV
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<li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#</li>
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<li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings#
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<li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "<code>mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s</code>" to the following:<pre>/usr/bin/streamplayer</pre></li>
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<li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer
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<li>Create the file <code>/usr/bin/streamplayer</code>
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<li>Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer
<li>Insert the following code to it:
<li>Insert the following code to it:
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<source lang="bash">
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</ol>
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#!/bin/bash
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  #!/bin/bash
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vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &
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  vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' &
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mypid=$!
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  mypid=$!
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mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"
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  mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1"
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kill -9 $mypid
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  kill -9 $mypid
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</source>
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<ol start="6">
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</li>
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<li>Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer)
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<li>Make the file executable:<pre>chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer</pre></li>
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<li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console: mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080
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<li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console:<pre>mplayer -aspect 16:9 http://ip-of-your-mythtv-server-:8080</pre></li>
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<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)
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<li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-)</li>
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</ol>
</ol>
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