WMC Live TV Tuner

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

No experience with it ... I have a mini Lenovo Q180 that has wmc on it will test with that. Then I plan on just installing WMC on my Sage Server. All I ever used as extenders were Ceton Echos.

I'm currently using a Latitude E6410 and an Xbox 360. The recorded output between the two looks identical. I just set them up in production. My wife is pretty excited to be able to record FX again.

Something kind of cool about the IPTV encoders is that you can have multiple computers connected to the http URL at the same time and it will stream to all of them. This is nice when you just want to verify things without just hoping that you see it when SageTV is done tuning in. VLC works really well for this purpose.

Eventually I'm going to add some kind of way to tell OpenDCT that two capture devices actually have the same source and have a way to tell it what channels to tune on what device. That way you always get the best possible picture.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

15 bucks?!?! I just grabbed one for $30 bucks.

15 bux, sheesh.

If you think that's a steal, I got my Xbox 360 off Craigslist for $20.

[KryptoNyte]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

If you think that's a steal, I got my Xbox 360 off Craigslist for $20.

Well ... at least your still in one piece after the Craigslist transaction.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

Well ... at least your still in one piece after the Craigslist transaction.

The exchange was in a Wendy's parking lot near a highway; plenty of witnesses. The reason it was so cheap was because it doesn't last more than a few hours of actual gameplay. Fortunately that's not what I was buying it for.

[trk2]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

Thank you for that suggestion, BTW! I swear that I looked for those things a year or two ago and couldn't find one for less than a couple hundred dollars.

You're welcome. I'm hoping this setup works reliably since it would save me a box rental fee.

[nyplayer]

Just got my device thought for a second I had to learn Chinese. The web page came up in Chinese. had to figure what to click on to get in English.


Edit
Do I have a headache!!!
this is what my property looks like. I cannot get the tuner plugin to be recognized.

sagetv.device.-782839283.channel_padding=0
sagetv.device.-782839283.consumer=opendct.consumer.DynamicConsumerImpl
sagetv.device.-782839283.custom_channels=
sagetv.device.-782839283.delay_to_wait_after_tuning=0
sagetv.device.-782839283.device_name=Encoder 1
sagetv.device.-782839283.encoder_listen_port=9000
sagetv.device.-782839283.encoder_merit=0
sagetv.device.-782839283.encoder_pool=generic_http
sagetv.device.-782839283.exclusive_server_address=
sagetv.device.-782839283.fast_network_encoder_switch=true
sagetv.device.-782839283.last_channel=-1
sagetv.device.-782839283.pretuning_executable=
sagetv.device.-782839283.stopping_executable=PowerShell.exe -Command Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http\://10.0.0.23\:40510/button-stop
sagetv.device.-782839283.streaming_url=http\://10.0.0.23/hdmi
sagetv.device.-782839283.streaming_url2=
sagetv.device.-782839283.streaming_url2_channels=
sagetv.device.-782839283.transcode_profile=
sagetv.device.-782839283.tuning_delay_ms=0
sagetv.device.-782839283.tuning_executable=PowerShell.exe -Command Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http\://10.0.0.23\:40510/tune%20%c%

[nyplayer]

Even though I have not setup the tuning to work I still should be able to preview it on sagetv.

logs attached.

[EnterNoEscape]

The IP address of the HDMI capture device is going to be different from the IP address of the computer with WMC installed on it.

From what I'm seeing in your logging, it looks like you have the HDMI encoder address correct, but the IP address of the WMC computer wrong.

[EnterNoEscape]

I got my DMA2200 today. The power consumption is great. 10 watts idle and 12 watts during HD playback. Also it defaults to powered on when plugged in.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

The IP address of the HDMI capture device is going to be different from the IP address of the computer with WMC installed on it.

From what I'm seeing in your logging, it looks like you have the HDMI encoder address correct, but the IP address of the WMC computer wrong.

Yeah I see that now starting over

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Even though I have not setup the tuning to work I still should be able to preview it on sagetv.

logs attached.

If you change the IP address for the PowerShell command and it's still not working, you might need to change the account that the OpenDCT service is running under to an account that has network access. Or as an alternative if you can get a copy of wget.exe or curl.exe, those would work too without needing Internet Explorer to be functional. (It's such a strange requirement) I just chose PowerShell because anyone will likely already have it.

[EnterNoEscape]

I did some more testing on my HD200 now that I have an encoder that can do 1080p60 and I noticed that it seems to have a really hard time keeping up. The HD300 and the Windows Client don't have any issues that I noticed. I had to bump it down to 1080p30 so the A/V sync wasn't off. The bitrate didn't seem to make any difference. I'm not sure if this is already a known limitation.

[nyplayer]

Channel change is working great I can preview in the device web browser and see the channel change ... but I am getting no signal in SageTV. Preview in unit webrowser has a great picture and sound.

It also plays in vlc .... http://10.0.0.168/0.ts

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Channel change is working great I can preview in the device web browser and see the channel change ... but I am getting no signal in SageTV. Preview in unit webrowser has a great picture and sound.

I see Explorer engine is not available, or Internet Explorer's first-launch in your log. That's what I was hoping you would not get. It's chewing up so much time that SageTV sends a second tuning request. The only fix that I know for this issue is to change the OpenDCT service to use an account that can log in or to find a copy of wget.exe or curl.exe.

Also since remuxing isn't really needed, I would change DynamicConsumerImpl to RawSageTVConsumerImpl. The channels will come in a little faster.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

I see Explorer engine is not available, or Internet Explorer's first-launch in your log. That's what I was hoping you would not get. It's chewing up so much time that SageTV sends a second tuning request. The only fix that I know for this issue is to change the OpenDCT service to use an account that can log in or to find a copy of wget.exe or curl.exe.

Also since remuxing isn't really needed, I would change DynamicConsumerImpl to RawSageTVConsumerImpl. The channels will come in a little faster.

The RawSageTVConsumerImpl plays but in slow motion ... sound and video both play in slow motion. .... do you have the wget syntax I am putting it in system32 so path is not necessary.

Once again everything plays fine in VLC.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

The RawSageTVConsumerImpl plays but in slow motion ... sound and video both play in slow motion. .... do you have the wget syntax I am putting it in system32 so path is not necessary.

Once again everything plays fine in VLC.

wget -O - http://<WMC_address>:40510/tune%20%c%

If you have cranked the bitrate all the way up, try dropping it down for now just in case your hard drive is having a hard time keeping up. Also what are you playing the video on? HD300, HD200 or Windows Client? If you're using the Android miniclient, you may need to use a much lower bitrate unfortunately.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

wget -O - http://<WMC_address>:40510/tune%20%c%

If you have cranked the bitrate all the way up, try dropping it down for now just in case your hard drive is having a hard time keeping up.

It is only set to 1800 ... encoded size same as input.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

It is only set to 1800 ... encoded size same as input.

Try dropping the frame-rate to 30. I recently discovered that the HD200 can't do 1080p60.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Try dropping the frame-rate to 30. I recently discovered that the HD200 can't do 1080p60.

Ok this is really weird it works on my shield plays perfectly ... but it plays in slow motion on my PC only in SageTV.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Ok this is really weird it works on my shield plays perfectly ... but it plays in slow motion on my PC only in SageTV.

Did you check your CPU usage? Maybe the codec you're using doesn't work well with the H.264 that's being encoded.