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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 == | ||
- | A tablet running | + | A tablet running OS2008 with mplayer is recommended, but it may work with the 770. |
=== MythTV box === | === MythTV box === | ||
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== Instructions == | == Instructions == | ||
<ol> | <ol> | ||
- | <li>Run MythTV | + | <li>Run MythTV |
- | <li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings# | + | <li>Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> Player Settings# |
- | <li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command " | + | <li>Change the default player option from either "Internal" or the mplayer command "mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet %s" to the following: /usr/bin/streamplayer |
- | <li>Create the file | + | <li>Create the file /usr/bin/streamplayer |
<li>Insert the following code to it: | <li>Insert the following code to it: | ||
- | < | + | </ol> |
- | #!/bin/bash | + | #!/bin/bash |
- | 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}' & | + | vlc "$1" --intf dummy --sout '#transcode{fps=25.0,height=320,width=240,vcodec=mp4v,vb=768,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:8080}' & |
- | mypid=$! | + | mypid=$! |
- | mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1" | + | mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet "$1" |
- | kill -9 $mypid | + | kill -9 $mypid |
- | < | + | <ol start="6"> |
- | + | <li>Make the file executable (chmod +x /usr/bin/streamplayer) | |
- | <li>Make the file executable | + | <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 |
- | <li>That's all! Now play a movie in MythTV, go to your tablet and fire up mplayer with the following arguments from console: | + | <li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-) |
- | <li>Watch the movie and enjoy! :-) | + | |
</ol> | </ol> | ||
- | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Users]] |
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