Remote streaming + Transcoding through DLNA - Almost there

[uspino]

Thanks. What is the latest version number? I see 2.5c at the website.
Also, is it possible to run multiple tuners to allow streaming to more than one client at once? If so you guys are your way to selling alot more tuners. The holy grail for xbmc and wdtv is for a way to push live tv over dlna and or compatible direct streaming. only other game in town is HdHomerun tuners, but they do not work with wdtv.

You can already do this in 2 different ways: use Serviio as a DLNA server and add an entry (Library>Online Sources>http://192.168.1.189:7799/stream?channel=600) for each channel you want available in WDTV or XBMC.

And if you use XBMC you don't even need a DLNA server. Just create a folder and fill it up with *.m3u files for each channel you want. For example, CNN.m3u would be a simple text file with this inside:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,CNN
http://192.168.1.189:7799/stream?channel=600

WinTVExtend will provide a direct stream with the video in all its glory, no compression. It looks great in WDTV or XBMC.

The problem is still trying to get a compressed stream if you happen to have a computer running WinTV Extend in a remote location. The folks at Hauppauge have developed a clever way to ask the server for a compressed stream by adding &bitrate=1024&resolution=640x480. So this:

http://192.168.1.189:7799/stream?channel=600&bitrate=512&resolution=320x240

gives you channel 600 at 512 bitrate and 320x240 resolution. Regrettably, it only works ONCE: WinTVExtend Server has to be restarted after every instance of this compressed command-line request.

Once they fix this, you will be able to create playlists with channels at different resolutions depending on your bandwidth.

Hope this helps.

[TruiEnGuy]

I'm writing my custom transcode processor on the streams provided by WInTV extend using FFMPEG, but it can't seem to determine the second stream (identifies the video stream ok, but NOT the audio). As a result, I lose my audio along the way. I CAN just copy the audio stream directly and that works, but i'd prefer to transcode every source to a single format. So could anyone tell me what the audio format identifier used by winTV extend is ? i can select "prefer AC3" in the wintv configuration, but I don't know what it does when it gets something else fed to it...

[proline]

Just noticed another way to allow live TV transcoding through Serviio as well using NextPVR inst4ead of WinTV Extend.
Have not tested but apparently it uses same HTML address style to access it through VLC.
Check link....http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=143785