Streaming from dreambox

Oakey22

I would like to stream my dreambox to the internet so i can get it on my iphone, but i want it to stream from the card sharing server, it is running linux ubuntu and is on 24/7 so would be ideal. How do i do it from a putty as i dont know too much about linux.

Is it possible to have the stream from the current channel that is on, so when i log into the web interface and change channel it changes the stream at the same time?

Sharkadder

the current channel that is streamed will be on, since you are just wanting to stream the source to what is being shown then you will get whatever the channel is on. You then change channel via the remote on the web interface, similar to how slingboxes work. To do it i was told you use VLC, you get VLC to stream from box to pc, then you allow your iphone to log into your external ip address and watch the video from a specific port on the pc. There's loads of examples out there but i don't have a decent enough mobile to try it out on.

Basically it's box->pc with vlc on pc, then port forward the streaming port to pc and connect via iphone witha media player installed. You might be able to do it direct from box now but hey that is the way i've always known.

Search the 500-s forum, everybody used to ask this question.

Oakey22

500-s forum? i know how to do it with windows but not with linux through putty.

Sharkadder

ah, not tried linux but would be a good adventure for you. I may look into it in a few weeks, me and a mate are thinking of using an old pc as a server with ubuntu on to try it. If i get any findings before you then i'll let you know. Not sure i'll be using putty though.

mhku

500 forum section

From memory, putty is a remote desktop client?

Oakey22

putty is a remote command line prompt.

B16MCC

I doubt you can do it using putty. From what you explain, its no different in linux , windows or OSX as VLC exists for all 3 platforms. Simply run VLC on your linux box and stream as normal. My tutorial will be 99% applicable.

Oakey22

It needs to be automated when i boot the machine up like newcs and cccam, as i have the server in the garage tucked away in a corner with nothing connected to it other than the wifi and the card reader.

I will have a look into remote desktop and see if i can do it that way.

B16MCC

yes I think thats your best bet mate.

Oakey22

been searching around the net and found a post on this site about it,

Streaming Dreambox over the net?

will look into it further and try and make it work.

compufunk

You might find that VNC server and VNC viewer would be very helpful in your situation.

Installing VNCServer on the PC in the garage will allow you to access its desktop GUI on any PC/Laptop on your network using a VNC viewer .

On the Ubuntu machine in your garage, type...
... to install a VNCServer.
(For some reason, I've had more success with vnc4server than vncserver)

Once you've started vnc4server, you can access the desktop on your garage PC using TightVNC.

TightVNC can be downloaded here.
_http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

Oakey22

thanks for that info compufunk, i will take a look at it

shumifan50

Complete guide and software for doing it:
_http://theyosh.nl/projects/dreambox-restream/setting-it-all-up