2013-03-04, 16:22
Hi everyone.
Amazing job I must say. My first post and I hate it to be a question. I have searched the whole world over for over a month trying to find an answer to this question but I haven't found it. Perhaps I need to better my search skills but please pardon me if this has already been dealt with.
I stumbled upon Angry Technician's website a few months ago on how to multicast freeview channels unto a LAN. I decided to help a friend do this at their school over their LAN. I followed his instructions and I got it all working using TechnoTrend Tuner cards I had lying somewhere in some dead equipment I had been keeping for years. I used DVBlast as backend on a Dell PC running Ubuntu 12.10. I prepared a Channels .conf file and using udp multicast, the channels are streamed unto the network.(IGMP configured on LAN switch) I use minisapserver to announce the streams to the network and the channels are being viewed using VLC client. Further with upstart configuration, I make it all run with anyone attending to it. All is well.
Except now I want to take it to another level using XBMC as the frontend. No matter what I do, I can't figure it out. I am sorry I am not a programmer and I guess that is why I am being held back. However what I am is someone with ability to follow steps and research where necessary so I will really appreciate if anyone can help me in any way with these questions.
1. Does XBMC need a common backend, frontend architecture to display channels streamed into network?
2. Does XBMC work with udp multicast streams and how do I make the frontend see the streams coming through?
3. I want to stick with udp multicast streaming using primarily DVBlast as the backend because it works, what supporting front ends can I use? Can I use XMBC with any PVR addon to tune to the channels and watch?
4. If this is possible, has it been documented anywhere? Even if just a raw process, with a little more help, I will work hard and try to make it work.
There are about 50 different computers in different classes/hallways/offices so it is essential that I use multicast. Any help will do. Thanks.
Amazing job I must say. My first post and I hate it to be a question. I have searched the whole world over for over a month trying to find an answer to this question but I haven't found it. Perhaps I need to better my search skills but please pardon me if this has already been dealt with.
I stumbled upon Angry Technician's website a few months ago on how to multicast freeview channels unto a LAN. I decided to help a friend do this at their school over their LAN. I followed his instructions and I got it all working using TechnoTrend Tuner cards I had lying somewhere in some dead equipment I had been keeping for years. I used DVBlast as backend on a Dell PC running Ubuntu 12.10. I prepared a Channels .conf file and using udp multicast, the channels are streamed unto the network.(IGMP configured on LAN switch) I use minisapserver to announce the streams to the network and the channels are being viewed using VLC client. Further with upstart configuration, I make it all run with anyone attending to it. All is well.
Except now I want to take it to another level using XBMC as the frontend. No matter what I do, I can't figure it out. I am sorry I am not a programmer and I guess that is why I am being held back. However what I am is someone with ability to follow steps and research where necessary so I will really appreciate if anyone can help me in any way with these questions.
1. Does XBMC need a common backend, frontend architecture to display channels streamed into network?
2. Does XBMC work with udp multicast streams and how do I make the frontend see the streams coming through?
3. I want to stick with udp multicast streaming using primarily DVBlast as the backend because it works, what supporting front ends can I use? Can I use XMBC with any PVR addon to tune to the channels and watch?
4. If this is possible, has it been documented anywhere? Even if just a raw process, with a little more help, I will work hard and try to make it work.
There are about 50 different computers in different classes/hallways/offices so it is essential that I use multicast. Any help will do. Thanks.