Vlc player on vu+ -- solved!!

[Cha0s]

Ok maybe I'm doing something wrong but vlc on vu+duo plays the movies absolutely horribly regardless of what resolution I'm using when I setup the server. It plays mkv movies with 2-3 frames per second and most of them don't even start and I see only black screen for 3-4 seconds. I'm running vix image 1.2 and vlc that I've found in the plugins menu.

 

[charliesen]

What version of vlc are you using on the pc mate ?

 

[skysat]

Hello,
from where to install the VLC Player,from Plugin menu can not be installed.
I try to manually install (enigma2-plugin-extensions-vlcplayer_experimental-cvs20100329-r0_mipsel.ipk), but and so can not be installed
I am with Gigant image.

 

[harryoz]

I am talking about a REAL operating system. Your method is for the microsloth program loader AKA windoze - it doesn't apply to OSX.

No the REAL operating system LINUX and if you think you that smart you should be using LINUX, but windoze is good enough for most of our feeble minds!!

 

[irishchris]

hi sorry have not tried to install it on gigant image mate. will try root out the mipsel file for you later when i get home. alternatively the correct version is in the plugin server in vix images

 

[jgm]

No the REAL operating system LINUX and if you think you that smart you should be using LINUX, but windoze is good enough for most of our feeble minds!!

You're really exhibiting how feeble it is - OSX IS Unix; just a different variation (as is linux).

 

[corinadeva]

I have this working on my vu-duo but the quality of playback on the tv is rubbish can this be improved via some settings somewhere?

 

[skysat]

finally solved how to get vlc working on my vu+ and was able to watch all the avi files on my laptop last night on my vu+. i tried all versions backwards from present and none worked till i went back to the 1.0.5 version. something seems to have changed after that version. but any from 1.0.5 version back work great.

1. install vlc 1.0.5 on pc
2.install vlc plugin on vu+
3.setup ip of pc on the vu+ vlc plugin
4.open vlc on pc click view tab then add interface - then web interface
5.now open vlc on vu+ and you should be able to browse files on pc and stream no problem.


if of any use to you click thanks button. if not thanks for viewing

Hi,i try this with last version Blackhole 142B,but dont work!
shows me an error connecting.
Where I might be wrong, do everything according to instructions?

Regards!

 

[skysat]

Already made contact with the computer, but after play film receiver restarts.
Some idea?

Regards!

 

[makz]

Hi,
Is it possible to stream from a Vu+ Duo tuner to the PC?
If yes, how? Is it possible to stream from the second tuner while the first one is watched on the TV?
Regards!

 

[plonky]

Hi,
Is it possible to stream from a Vu+ Duo tuner to the PC?
If yes, how? Is it possible to stream from the second tuner while the first one is watched on the TV?
Regards!

Just go into the Webcontrol page by entering your box's IP address into your web browser. Click the "Television" Menu then click on Bouquets. Within each bouquet each channel should have 2 little TV screen icons on the right. Click the second one to start streaming.

On my google Chrome the streaming did not start automatically so I just clicked on the m3u file that it downloaded and told it to always open. On the odd occaision I have had to click "play" again on vlc because the streaming stopped but in general it was pretty solid

And yes you can stream from the second tuner while the first is tuned to something else on the TV

 

[makz]

Just go into the Webcontrol page by entering your box's IP address into your web browser. Click the "Television" Menu then click on Bouquets. Within each bouquet each channel should have 2 little TV screen icons on the right. Click the second one to start streaming.

On my google Chrome the streaming did not start automatically so I just clicked on the m3u file that it downloaded and told it to always open. On the odd occaision I have had to click "play" again on vlc because the streaming stopped but in general it was pretty solid

And yes you can stream from the second tuner while the first is tuned to something else on the TV

Thank you very much, I’ll test that.
Have a Happy New Year!

 

[Sav]

I tested this method with Vu+ duo with enigma2-plugin-extensions-vlcplayer_experimental-cvs20101031, connected to my mac (powered with a quad-core cpu).
I can confirm that any VLC versions newer than the 1.0.5 has connection issues.
By the way, I can only use the basic resolution provided by the VLC plugin, wich is pretty low. If I try higher resolutions I get freezes. I have tested many mkv 720p movies. I think that the problem is somewhat related to the lan, because my cpu has enough power to transcode my movies.
Is there a way to setup a buffer?

 

[madmanuk]

i give up on this the pic is rubish,there should be an easyer way this is the only thing that let this box down

 

[charliesen]

Yeah i have to agree with madmanuk. The quality is poor, i've reverted to my media player.
It would be great if we could get this working properly though

 

[rob76]

Why would you want to use vlc over the media player? is it for the added features it provides because as a basic streaming method the media player works fine?

 

[squig007]

how do you stream to hre ordinary media player then ?

 

[silverfox0786]

this wont stream to media player but at present the only way to play avi

 

[fraser70]

http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/6966/

get it here

 

[Dell_XPS]

Works with the very latest VLC running on my Imac i7, streams no problemo, picture quality is fantastic