Dreambox 800hd-Stream me or another good steaming program.

[andy91]

Installed Stream me from downloads last month and all was great but ive a feeling this is a service you have to pay for once you're month is up.
Windows Media Player is unreliable and doesnt stay on for long enough and Stream me worked like a charm.

Is there a way round this or any good alternatives.
All i want is to watch tv on my lappy while my Dreambox 800hd is switched on in another room.

Andy.

[petely]

I use Ubuntu + Firefox and have the VLC plugin installed to view video streams




On top of that I have a piece of PHP that runs on my machine:

<?php
$DM800SE="192.168.0.8";
$url="http://$DM800SE/web/subservices";
$contents=file_get_contents($url);
$line = str_replace("\n", "", $contents);

$service_ref = preg_replace("/\<\/e2servicereference.*/","",$line);
$service_ref = preg_replace("/.*\<e2servicereference\>/","",$service_ref);

$service_name = preg_replace("/\<\/e2servicename.*/","",$line);
$service_name = preg_replace("/.*\<e2servicename\>/","",$service_name);

print "Currently tuned to $service_name\n";

$url="http://$DM800SE/web/epgservice?sRef=$service_ref";
$contents=file_get_contents($url);
$events = explode("<e2event>", $contents);
$on_now = str_replace("\n", "", $events[1]);

#print "EPG is\n".$events[1]."\n";
$start_time = preg_replace("/.*\<e2eventstart\>/", "", $on_now);
$start_time = preg_replace("/\<\/e2eventstart\>.*/", "", $start_time);
$ts = date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A', $start_time);

$duration = preg_replace("/.*\<e2eventduration\>/", "", $on_now);
$duration = preg_replace("/\<\/e2eventduration\>.*/", "", $duration);
$duration = intval($duration/60)." min.";

$title = preg_replace("/.*\<e2eventtitle\>/", "", $on_now);
$title = preg_replace("/\<\/e2eventtitle\>.*/", "", $title);

$desc = preg_replace("/.*\<e2eventdescription\>/", "", $on_now);
$desc = preg_replace("/\<\/e2eventdescription\>.*/", "", $desc);

print "<P>$title started at $ts for $duration\n<br />$desc\n";

print "<P><a href=\"http://$DM800SE/web/stream.m3u?ref=$service_ref\">Click to watch</a>\n";

 ?>

This piece is called dream.php When I click on it, it reports back what my DM is tuned to. Clicking the link ( ...web/stream.m3u ... ) starts the box streaming to my browser which then starts the VLC plugin to view the stream.
It's not pretty and I have specifically NOT inserted code to zap the DM. Plus, it doesn't work outside of my local network (i.e. you can't connect to my DM from the internet). If you want that, you may be able to do something with a VPN - it's not an area I've explored.

[andy91]

With the Stream me you can record but all im bothered about is viewing.
The only thing it doesnt do is stream hd content but it was running flawlessly so hoping for the same thing or something similar.

Andy,

[00360362878]

With the Stream me you can record but all im bothered about is viewing.
The only thing it doesnt do is stream hd content but it was running flawlessly so hoping for the same thing or something similar.

Andy,

Andy
I just use dreambox webControl, bring up bouquets,go to the channel you want to stream click the TV icon. Make sure you have the latest VLC version on your laptop it will stream all night long mate plus you can control the box by closing the stream down, then choose another channel. Also you can record to your laptop hard drive, open VLC go into view, tick advanced controls, that will give you extra control buttons including record, when you click the record button it will turn blue when recording. I use it quite a lot whilest the queer one is watching soaps. I can stream sport from the box upstairs.

[andy91]

Andy
I just use dreambox webControl, bring up bouquets,go to the channel you want to stream click the TV icon. Make sure you have the latest VLC version on your laptop it will stream all night long mate plus you can control the box by closing the stream down, then choose another channel. Also you can record to your laptop hard drive, open VLC go into view, tick advanced controls, that will give you extra control buttons including record, when you click the record button it will turn blue when recording. I use it quite a lot whilest the queer one is watching soaps. I can stream sport from the box upstairs.

Ive used dreambox web control in the past but with Windows Media Player and is unreliable.
Is Vlc vlc media player?

Andy.

[shankill2012]

dreamstream

Great app called dreamstream on dream multimedia website,u can also record to your pc/laptop.

[smokin]

Is Vlc vlc media player?

Andy.

Yes, VLC mentioned is the media player of choice used by dreamers..

[andy91]

Yes, VLC mentioned is the media player of choice used by dreamers..

Had a play with this with not alot of luck.
Im guessing ive got to add my Dreambox ip and my laptop ip in but cant get it to work is there a simple tut somewhere cheers,

Andy.

[Fergal]

Install vlc player 1.1.11 then type the ip of your box in IE (not chrome or ff as not tested) then click bouquets and go to a channel (not HD as its flaky but they do work), then click the tv icon on the far right hand side of the channel vlc player should auto start or you might get a vlc popup click open and start streaming,
you have to stop streaming to change channel.

[sony007]

Is this like dreambox live and works only on your home network?