I've had lots of fun trying to get this one to work. I've reached a set of instructions that work for me and I hope they will work for you.
I am using a DreamBox 500S with Gemini Release 3.6 I believe.
You have to have VLC 0.8.6.c, that's the one that worked for me, the later version wouldn't work, or I just didn't have the patience to see it work.
Anyhow here is what I do:
-Logon to the Dreambox from your browser, so if your dreambox's IP is 10.0.0.25
then put that in the browser and put root for username and dreambox for password.
- Select Stream from the left column buttons
- Select Settings at the bottom of the screen
- A new window should pop up with a title of "Streaming Server Settings"
Click on Edit underneath the top header section "Server Settings"
- Enter your network PC's IP in the Server IP field ( thats the computer on the network with all your videos )
- Click Change
- Exit out of the Server Settings Window
- NOTE YOU SHOULD BE DOING THIS FROM THE NETWORK PC YOU WANT TO PLAY MOVIES OFF OF
- On the Stream page, hit the BROWSE button that is on the same line with the FILE button and select the file you want to play from that pc
- Click the FILE Button and when an m3u file is downloaded to your pc make sure you open it with VLC
- on my pc it takes about 20 seconds for the streaming to show up on the Dreambox and so TV, it might take longer or less depending on your PC I believe. Anyhow hope this helps.
