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<blockquote data-quote="RedDevil_UK" data-source="post: 100695" data-attributes="member: 184030"><p>for anyone wanting to try it heres a brief guide...</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Tools needed</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">VLC media player <a href="http://www.videolan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black">http://www.videolan.org/</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Neutrino DREAM image (best image due to a good movie player it has)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Multiboot menu on Dreambox</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Using your favourite software install the Neutrino DREAM image onto your multiboot menu of the Dreambox as per usual</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Boot the new image and press <strong>MENU</strong> on the remote control</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Choose option <strong>4 SETTINGS</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Then choose <strong>NETWORK SETTINGS</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Enter the following…</span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">IP address</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> this is the address of the Dreambox ie 192.168.0.10</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Netmask</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 255.255.255.0</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Broadcast</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 192.168.0.255</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Default Gateway</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> this is the address of your PC ie 192.168.0.1</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Go back a screen by pressing <strong>EXIT</strong> on your remote</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Go into <strong>MOVIE PLAYER</strong> and then <strong>SETTINGS </strong>set this up as follows</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Streaming server IP this is the address of your PC ie 192.168.0.1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Streaming server port = 8080</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">DVD drive this is the drive letter of your DVD-Rom ie D:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Directory (VLC) this is the place where your files are ie C:\Movies</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Go back a menu again and press the <strong>RED</strong> button to save the settings (I didn’t first time and had to type it all in again Doh!!)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now onto the PC side of things…</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Install VLC then even if you already have a shortcut on the desktop, create a new shortcut and call it <strong>DB Stream</strong> or whatever you like.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now right click the icon and choose <strong>properties</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In the <strong>target</strong> box enter</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --extraintf=http</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">making sure that’s the path to your VLC program (you may have installed it somewhere else)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">apply</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> that and then click <strong>OK</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">run VLC from that new icon..</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">click on <strong>file </strong>then <strong>streaming wizard</strong>.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Step 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Click <strong>open</strong> then <strong>browse</strong> and choose a movie file (any, you don’t have to play only this file, you can choose a different one from the DB remote later)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Choose a file and <strong>open</strong> it then click <strong>OK</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Step 2</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Click <strong>choose</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Click the tick box next to <strong>HTTP </strong>and enter</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">IP address</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> (the IP address of your Dreambox) ie 192.168.0.10 </span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Port </span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">8080</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Click <strong>OK</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Step 3</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Click <strong>start</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If your wanting to play a DVD on the dreambox put one in your DVD-Rom now…</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">That’s the PC side of things sorted…. Back to the dreambox</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With the Neutrino DREAM image loaded press <strong>menu</strong> and goto </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">the movie player.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">To play a DVD press the <strong>yellow</strong> button (DVD)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">To play DivX, Xvid, Avi etc etc choose the <strong>RED</strong> button (play via VLC)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When you press a button you will be given the chance to explore your pc</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">For a file, you can play any file from here.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">With a bit of luck when you do choose a file you will see the message buffering and then the movie will play <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Good luck</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedDevil_UK, post: 100695, member: 184030"] for anyone wanting to try it heres a brief guide... [b][color=black][font=Arial]Tools needed[/font][/color][/b] [color=black][font=Arial]VLC media player [url="http://www.videolan.org/"][color=black]http://www.videolan.org/[/color][/url][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Neutrino DREAM image (best image due to a good movie player it has)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Multiboot menu on Dreambox[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Using your favourite software install the Neutrino DREAM image onto your multiboot menu of the Dreambox as per usual[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Boot the new image and press [b]MENU[/b] on the remote control[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Choose option [b]4 SETTINGS[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Then choose [b]NETWORK SETTINGS[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Enter the following…[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]IP address[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] this is the address of the Dreambox ie 192.168.0.10[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]Netmask[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] 255.255.255.0[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]Broadcast[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] 192.168.0.255[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]Default Gateway[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] this is the address of your PC ie 192.168.0.1[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Go back a screen by pressing [b]EXIT[/b] on your remote[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Go into [b]MOVIE PLAYER[/b] and then [b]SETTINGS [/b]set this up as follows[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Streaming server IP this is the address of your PC ie 192.168.0.1[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Streaming server port = 8080[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]DVD drive this is the drive letter of your DVD-Rom ie D:[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Directory (VLC) this is the place where your files are ie C:\Movies[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Go back a menu again and press the [b]RED[/b] button to save the settings (I didn’t first time and had to type it all in again Doh!!)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Now onto the PC side of things…[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Install VLC then even if you already have a shortcut on the desktop, create a new shortcut and call it [b]DB Stream[/b] or whatever you like.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Now right click the icon and choose [b]properties[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]In the [b]target[/b] box enter[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --extraintf=http[/font][/color][/b] [color=black][font=Arial]making sure that’s the path to your VLC program (you may have installed it somewhere else)[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]apply[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] that and then click [b]OK[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]run VLC from that new icon..[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]click on [b]file [/b]then [b]streaming wizard[/b].[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Step 1[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Click [b]open[/b] then [b]browse[/b] and choose a movie file (any, you don’t have to play only this file, you can choose a different one from the DB remote later)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Choose a file and [b]open[/b] it then click [b]OK[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Step 2[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Click [b]choose[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Click the tick box next to [b]HTTP [/b]and enter[/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]IP address[/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial] (the IP address of your Dreambox) ie 192.168.0.10 [/font][/color] [b][color=black][font=Arial]Port [/font][/color][/b][color=black][font=Arial]8080[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Click [b]OK[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Step 3[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Click [b]start[/b][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]If your wanting to play a DVD on the dreambox put one in your DVD-Rom now…[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]That’s the PC side of things sorted…. Back to the dreambox[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]With the Neutrino DREAM image loaded press [b]menu[/b] and goto [/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]the movie player.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]To play a DVD press the [b]yellow[/b] button (DVD)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]To play DivX, Xvid, Avi etc etc choose the [b]RED[/b] button (play via VLC)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]When you press a button you will be given the chance to explore your pc[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]For a file, you can play any file from here.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]With a bit of luck when you do choose a file you will see the message buffering and then the movie will play :)[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Good luck[/font][/color] [/QUOTE]
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