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Gigi · 05-28-05, 05:05 PM

Thanks again, OddbOd! Yes, it was definitely the firewall and after giving VLC permission, I got it to work without a hassle. :approve:

However, I am now having some buffering issues. When played on my Axim, it will play flawlessly for a few minutes and then I'd see the spinning circle and will have to manually soft reset. When streamed to my desktop, VLC media player will play a few seconds and then totally freeze. I have used the settings you have outlined in post #19. How else can I tweak them? Is it all just trial and error?

Also, when streaming from the tv tuner card, I have found that VLC cannot handle MPEG2. My card is the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 which uses hardware compression. The only way I am able to watch tv is to use my PVR software to record the program, and then stream that recording using VLC while it is being recorded. Is there a way around this?

One more question: When using HTTP streaming, is it possible to view the stream OUTSIDE of my own network? I tried to test this using GPRS via my cell phone but it would not connect. However, I am not sure if this is due to the speed and bandwidth limitations of this kind of connection.

Thanks again! This is really quite cool!

05-28-05, 05:05 PM	#26 (permalink)
Gigi Aximsite Legend Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,629 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 10	Thanks again, OddbOd! Yes, it was definitely the firewall and after giving VLC permission, I got it to work without a hassle. :approve: However, I am now having some buffering issues. When played on my Axim, it will play flawlessly for a few minutes and then I'd see the spinning circle and will have to manually soft reset. When streamed to my desktop, VLC media player will play a few seconds and then totally freeze. I have used the settings you have outlined in post #19. How else can I tweak them? Is it all just trial and error? Also, when streaming from the tv tuner card, I have found that VLC cannot handle MPEG2. My card is the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 which uses hardware compression. The only way I am able to watch tv is to use my PVR software to record the program, and then stream that recording using VLC while it is being recorded. Is there a way around this? One more question: When using HTTP streaming, is it possible to view the stream OUTSIDE of my own network? I tried to test this using GPRS via my cell phone but it would not connect. However, I am not sure if this is due to the speed and bandwidth limitations of this kind of connection. Thanks again! This is really quite cool!