Http streaming and the Azbox

putney · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 12:06 AM

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I got this list from another site. You just ftp it into the DISK2 folder of your Az, and it shows up in your channel list!

All are russian feeds. Currently MTV Chillout on HTTP04.

No luck adding my own streams yet.( I must figure out how to find the stream on the other side of the swf first)

What I do know is that the '256, 512' etc = the buffer size.

This is WAY cool!

Code:

#1,HTTP01,64,http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=7&user=1011968&pass=968108
#2,HTTP02,256,http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=8&user=1011968&pass=968108
#3,HTTP03,512,http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=6&user=1011968&pass=968108
#4,HTTP04,1024,http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=39&user=1011968&pass=968108
1,HTTP01,256, http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=7&user=146&pass=641
2,HTTP02,256, http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=8&user=146&pass=641
3,HTTP03,256, http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=6&user=146&pass=641
4,HTTP04,256, http://kartina.pristavka.de/new/stream.php?id=39&user=146&pass=641

brentb636 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 06:45 AM

Cool! First example I've seen of formatting IP channel entries.

putney · #3 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 07:29 AM

For anyone trying this this morning, the streams appear to be down.

I'll post when they come up again.

brentb636 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 07:45 AM

#1 & #2 are working for me, Putney.

B.J. · #5 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 08:26 AM

Thanks. This is interesting and encouraging.
I haven't tried it with the Azbox yet.
I'm curious though, is this file put on the Azbox with that http_streams.txt file-name? Seems like .txt is an unusual extension for a Linux OS.
I do see that it uses LF line termination rather than CR-LF.

I'll have to wait until the rain stops here to try it on the Azbox, but I played with one of the URLs with VLC via dialup, and after a long delay, that MTV stream started playing on my computer. Didn't play real cleanly, but still pretty neat. Supposely VLC is supposed to be able to stream anything it's capable of receiving, so it seems like I should be able to get VLC streaming on one of my LAN's computers, and play that on the Azbox, but I'm at a loss for how to get this to work.

I've tried before to do this via the remote {ie Settings/TV-Channel/IP Channel}, and got an IP_CHANNEL to appear in the channel list. I set this up with the address of one of my LAN's computers, and started VLC streaming in several different formats, using several different buffer sizes, although I THINK that all the buffer sizes I used were MUCH bigger than what I see in this txt file, so maybe that was my problem. In any event, I couldn't get ANYTHING to work.

However, even though I got this IP_CHANNEL thing to show up in the channel list, there is no file on the Azbox with anything like the filename above, but perhaps if I look through the files there I will find something with similar content.

I'd really like to figure out how to do this, because I think it might be a potential way of getting this Azbox to get around the 20,000 bitrate limit for playing back recordings. Ie it might treat a stream differently than a saved transport stream. From experience with other similar devices, it should be capable of handling faster bitrates with a stream than from playing back files.
Ie it might handle a stream over the network just like it handles live streams from the DVB-S/S2 tuner, and thus let us play high bitrate video. What would be really nice is if I could get TSREADER to send a 4.2.2 stream to the Azbox, and have it play it. TSREADER streams in HTTP mode, so you'd think this could work.

Anyway, thanks for the post. I'm glad that some people are starting to address this issue.

putney · #6 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 03:06 PM

Download the txt file and drop it right in.

Someone noted stuttering on the Az Premium. It was suggested to up the buffer for the wireless connection.

I've got nothing right now, but I had http04 playing for two hours last night with only two 'hiccups'. Picture was pretty good too!

Now if I can extract the streams path from justin.tv and enter the channels into the txt file, the wife would be very, very happy. The Az browser doesn't support flash at the moment.

dougbrown · #7 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 04:23 PM

BJ, that was my initial thought also. I had all the streams up and running in VLC in about 10 min. Great stuff, makes me wonder what else is out there? Have you ever played with the Shoutcast streams in VLC?

putney · #8 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 04:31 PM

All 4 up right now THT, russian southpark. etc.

B.J. · #9 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dougbrown

BJ, that was my initial thought also. I had all the streams up and running in VLC in about 10 min. Great stuff, makes me wonder what else is out there? Have you ever played with the Shoutcast streams in VLC?

No, never tried that. I only have WildBlue and a dialup backup, so I don't try too much internet media stuff. The Wildblue might be fast enough, but I have limited bandwidth, so I don't like to use up too much of my limit. I did try the channel 4 thing with dialup, and it seemed to be working and the problems were probably because of my dialup.

I'm mainly interested in streaming across my lan, to and from Azbox.

Babadem · #10 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 08:36 PM

This how I got to watch Karrina IPTV yesterday: Home Button > Settings > TV Channel > IP Channel;

Protocol = HTTP
TV Type = Kartina Tv.
Address= XXXX://kartina.pristavka.de/new/playlist.ph (replace xxxx with http)
Buffer Size =256
Username =146
password = 641

....and save. AZBox will download 4 channels. Reboot and go to channel list by pressing the "OK" key once and press "exit" button once and then select "SATELLITE" and IP_CHANNEL category will be there. Click on it, there should be 4 Russian channels. If you connection is fast enough, you should see video in a short time. I had to reduce my firewall to minimum security to view the channels.