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[Alcahest]

Yaye! I can confirm it works fine AVC with 4/3 ratio!
I didn't have the correct VLC-ENABLE.AVI, that's why!
Thanks jocky :D
Later,

Alcahest

[DocMAX]

another question:

does vlc reencode mp3 files when i play them with pmpvlc 0.0.9 r2? if yes how can i send mp3 without reencoding?

[jockyw2001]

Yes, music files streamed from vlc are transcoded. Use PMP server for playing music untranscoded.

I also like the option to stream audio from vlc without transcoding. It actually works for mp3, but unfortunately it currently doesn't work for aac (iPod) :(

If you think it is worthwhile, I can produce a rev.3 with a "do not transcode mp3 music" option.

[jockyw2001]

I never explicitly mentioned it, but everybody should be aware that you can also use hostnames instead of ip addresses for vlc_server, pmp_server and live_server. Make sure you have set portforwarding rules on your home router for this to work. Be informed that the ports are unsecured tho...

Have fun playing your music, videos and live streams from anywhere in the world!

[Racer]

Just wanted to say thanks for this great program!
I do hope you will compile a linux version in the future ... if you have some time for it tho.

[captaintrip]

@jockyw2001

thank you again, with the 360x272 resolution i can see now the full source screen - aspect ration problem has been gone ;)

cheers
captaintrip

[LazerTag]

[jockyw2001]

[Alcahest]

Hi Jocky, i was wondering how i could make my own "VLC-ENABLE-360x272.AVI" ?
Is the encoding needed the same as with PMP AVC ?
If not, can you tell the audio & video stream specs and which muxer you used?
Thanks,

Alcahest

[jockyw2001]

@Alcahest:

[Alcahest]

oh superb, thanks jocky!
Later,

Alcahest
edit: worked perfect first try ;)

[braids]

This is great program!!! It took me awhile to get it to work because of my con # was 1 instead of 0. I have a little problem. It will stop playing a video while streaming.

I have this problem in both avc and non- avc. I can press square and restart the video, but after a couple of minutes it will stop again. I know it is not locking up or anything since I can go back in the menu and select more videos. What can be the problem and a possible fix.

By the way, I haven't seen VLC use up much power on my computer.

[DocMAX]

just another quick question:

can i watch tv in avc format and switch channels? is that possible?

[captaintrip]

hello jockyw2001,

trying to get vlc with h264 streaming to run under linux. i'm using vlc 0.8.5 and x264 from svn. (btw div3 streaming works without a problem)

sound works a few seconds and i can see some colored pixels in the upper left corner.

psp gives me the following debug messages when trying to stream from linux:

[jockyw2001]

[DocMAX]

i dont have a dreambox... just a normal analog hauppaufe wintv card. (directshow input device)

[cyclone9]

avc eror: scempegavcdecode failed
press square button to stop playback

i hav seen my videos in the video menu..but when i try to run them..it has this error :(

EDIT:
If i wanted to stream internet tv..is this able to do it?

[MrEase]

Hi, you posted, that you have included 4 *.nvo for neutrinoTV in your release - I serached the bin and the source packet but can´t find them. Where do I get them, where do I copy them and what options do I have to set in NeutrinoTV?
I also have the problem, that my PSP won´t play AVC, even after the dummy file. Like someone said before, I have a custom firmware. too. Perhaps this is the problem.
If I try the other (direct) method you describe to watch TV over my Dbox2, I get the error "unknwon format". In the messages window appears the following:

[jockyw2001]

Those .nvo files were in another distro.

Here's a 360x272 avc (you can change width to 480 and play with the videobitrate vb):

[MrEase]

I tried the second one - absolutely great! Many thanks! There remains a little bit of stuttering, but I think that depends on the 10Mbit of DBox. If there is a little offset between video and audio, is there something I can do?
---edit
I don´t know why - but even the AVC .nvo works now, although AVC never worked with videos, stange but nice.
But with AVC enabled my CPU (AMD XP2400, 756 MB) gets up to 80% CPU usage of Neutrino - is there a way to reduce this?
---2nd edit
AVC mode works only, if I don´t switch to 480*272 (AVC error: sceMpegAvcDecode failed; sound is OK), even after I removed my custom Firmware.
If I am using 360*272 and try to switch between the different resolutions with start-buttom, I get 4:3, 4:3 and 16:9 with incorrect ratio- does this depends on the 4:3 source of the DBox?

[jockyw2001]

[MrEase]

[jockyw2001]

[DocMAX]

ok i read the vlc documentation and found the options croptop cropbottom cropleft cropright...

so i finaly watch 4:3 with croped top and bottom. 16:9 stuff now perfectly fits to psp screen. here is my commandline:

:sout=#transcode{croptop=90,cropbottom=80,cropleft=10,cropright=15,vcodec=h264,vb=600,width=480,height=272,fps=25,venc=x264{me=dia,subme=1,analyse=none,bframes=0,b-adapt=none,chroma-me=none,merange=1},acodec=mp3,ab=64,channels=2}:std{access=http,mux=ts,url=0.0.0.0:1234}

[jockyw2001]

@docmax: very nice, thx for posting. I will include the crop options in the next version.

[DocMAX]

no problem. first time i found out something myself...

but can someone fiddle out how to reduce cpu utilization? i have a t2300 core duo processor with 1.66 ghz and its at its limit at AVC mode. is there a way to reduce cpu utilization?

[Porkape]

Ok, I finally got AVC working with Live TV and files on the memory stick, but not for streaming DVDs for that I use non-AVC. AVC with live TV is still very choppy to be watchable. When trying to stream DVDs in AVC mode it crashes VLC running on the PC. I can't for some reason get the network files to show either so I haven't streamed stuff from my PC yet. I have port 8080 (TCP/UDP) and 1234 (TCP) forwarded to my PC. When selecting the music option it freezes every time with the wifi light on, I also have mp3 on the memory stick and can't access those if I have VLC running on the PC. I am attaching a blurry screenshot of the frozen PSP screen that I get when trying to stream music. You can't read any of the error messages as I used a cell phone cam. If anyone can give me tips on how to get any of these issues resolved that would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

Crash Screen

[jockyw2001]

@Porkape: you do use the modified vlc do you? If not, download it from p.1 of this thread and try again. If you do, then probably your pc is too slow or does not have enough memory to encode h264 avc. You can check cpu and memory load in taskmanager. If your pc is good enough, you can try to delete the vlc cache and preference directory before starting vlc.

[Porkape]

Yes, I use the modified VLC from page 1 of this post. When streaming DVD's and Live TV my cpu is only at about 35%-40% and I have other stuff running too. I have an AMD 64 3000+ and 1 GB of RAM. Only thing I haven't tried is is deleting the cache and preference directory manually, I let the installation program do it when I installed the modified VLC. Also, the crash screen doesn't show up anymore for whatever reason when I select music with VLC running on my PC, it does, however, still freezes the PSP. My music directory is almost 30 GB and the directory path has Parenthesis/Brackets. Now, only if I can get my network files to show on the PSP. Thanks for the tips Jocky.

[jockyw2001]

@Porkape: try with a simple directory name for the videodir, e.g. d:\movies\ Put a few files in it, update pmp.ini and try again. It could be that vlc on your pc is having trouble interpreting the directory of your current videodir.