Guide to stream your VU+ Duo over the WEB using VLC

[hifial]

This guide aims to show you how to stream your VU+ Duo over the web

This is my first guide so be gentle!!

If someone knows a better way or wants to improve this quide feel free


I am using VLC version 0.8.6i as I have tried later versions and they don't seem to work


1 Access you VU+ WEB control http://yourbox ip: (port number) usually 80

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture1.jpg

2 Right click on TV icon (top right of screen) picture and Select copy shortcut

3 This is the URL to the for the channel currently selected

4 Open VLC Select FILE & OPEN NETWORK STREAM

5 Select HTTP and paste your link & Click Settings

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture2.jpg

6 Fill in the boxes as shown below & click OK

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture3.jpg

You can adjust the Bitrate/Codecs to see what works best for your connection speed

You should now see a RE-Encoded (lower quality) file playing on VLC


8 Check that this can be accessed from your internal network first
to access the stream type http://YourPC'sIP:1234 into VLC on another machine

9 Providing that has worked next go into your router setup (this procedure varies on you Router type)and make sure port 1234 is forwarded to the address of the machine running VLC doing the re-encoding

(You can change this to another port if you prefer in VLC Stream setting)

10 To access from the web you need to know your Broadband IP if it is fixed (if not regisiter youself with http://www.dyndns.com) where you can get a fixed address even if you have a dynamic IP

11 To Acess the stream over the net enter you address & port number
some thing like http://myname.dyndns.org:1234
or http://MY.ADSL.IP:1234

The only limatation of this method is that if you want to change channel you need to copy the new channel address into VLC and start the stream again.

So you should set up remote desktop to access the PC from over the Net also

Hope this makes sense any questions just ask

[silverfox0786]

Worked brilliantly thanks

although mine i did not have to go on to step 6 i just pressed ok instead of settings in step 5 and it started streaming

[hifial]

Excellent glad it was a help

You only need to go into settings if you want to adjust the quality setting bitrate of the video and audio etc Also the TTL can need changed to 12 depending the amount of hops over the net before it reaches your remote pc

[hifial]

Ok I've got a bit of an update I found a better way to do this using the latest VLC, instead of using the .m3u link from the web interface. Use the Webinterface to pick your channel but use the actual channel address eg.
http://your.boxIP:8001/1:0:1:125f:7ee:2:11a0000:0:0:0 this is SKY1 the complete list of channel address are stored in etc/enigma2 on your box in the bouquets files for each sat.

Thanks to Ojustaboo for this info!!

[Richy-G]

hi guys,

I get the stream playing from box to vlc on my pc and have my port forwarded , when I go to mydyndns.org:port in a browser(on another pc) I get the openwith / save box when I choose open with on mediaplayer or vlc it just downloads non stop and nothing opens

[Der_Andy_C]

could be a codec issue - does the secondary PC have the right codec on for what you are re-streaming?

Also try going to VLC and opening a network stream with the address rather than your browser - might not make any difference but worth a try :)

[jfk]

This guide aims to show you how to stream your VU+ Duo over the web

This is my first guide so be gentle!!

If someone knows a better way or wants to improve this quide feel free


I am using VLC version 0.8.6i as I have tried later versions and they don't seem to work


1 Access you VU+ WEB control http://yourbox ip: (port number) usually 80

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture1.jpg

2 Right click on TV icon (top right of screen) picture and Select copy shortcut

3 This is the URL to the for the channel currently selected

4 Open VLC Select FILE & OPEN NETWORK STREAM

5 Select HTTP and paste your link & Click Settings

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture2.jpg

6 Fill in the boxes as shown below & click OK

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/hifial/Picture3.jpg

You can adjust the Bitrate/Codecs to see what works best for your connection speed

You should now see a RE-Encoded (lower quality) file playing on VLC


8 Check that this can be accessed from your internal network first
to access the stream type http://YourPC'sIP:1234 into VLC on another machine

9 Providing that has worked next go into your router setup (this procedure varies on you Router type)and make sure port 1234 is forwarded to the address of the machine running VLC doing the re-encoding

(You can change this to another port if you prefer in VLC Stream setting)

10 To access from the web you need to know your Broadband IP if it is fixed (if not regisiter youself with http://www.dyndns.com) where you can get a fixed address even if you have a dynamic IP

11 To Acess the stream over the net enter you address & port number
some thing like http://myname.dyndns.org:1234
or http://MY.ADSL.IP:1234

The only limatation of this method is that if you want to change channel you need to copy the new channel address into VLC and start the stream again.

So you should set up remote desktop to access the PC from over the Net also

Hope this makes sense any questions just ask

Thanks for the above but i will like to stream on my laptop when am away from home for example in a friend place or office..can you explain how i can do this?
thanks

[mcquaim]

Thanks for the guide hifial, works well..

Anyone come up with a method for changing the channels yet?

I am using AirVideo server to stream to my iPhone and I'm able to switch channels on it so I'm thinking it's possible!

Anyone know is there an AirVideo client for pc or some software that can talk to the server?

[mcquaim]

Hi there,

Has anyone had any trouble streaming over the Internet since the VLC update to revision 1.1.7?

My remote PC will not open the stream, attempts for 3-4 seconds and then stops!

I've also noticed that the CPU on the pc that is streaming the signal is running really high since the update, up in the 90's. I am using the quality settings listed above. Do these need to be lowered to help reduce the CPU usage?

Thanks,
mcquaim

[mcquaim]

Hi All,

I have an answer to this problem and it works really well except for one little issue that I'll talk about later.

Anyway, to create a playlist of streams and be able to change the channels then follow these steps. This is based on VLC revision 1.1.7 and I'm running Win7 Home Premium.

1. Firstly, save the Channels.txt file I have attached to a location on your local machine as Channels.xspf. You can add whatever channels you want but for this example I have only included BBC1, BBC2, UTV and C4. To get the channel ref's you can find them in the channel bouquets on your VuDuo. If your VuDuo is password protexted then you will need to add the username and pasword to the url as follows:

http://username:password@vuDuo-ip:8001:channel ref.....

2. Secondly, save the VLC_Server.txt file to you local machine, desktop most likely place as VLC_Server.bat. Right click on this file and then click Edit. You need to change the path to where you saved Channels.xspf above. You might also want to change the quality settings, mine are set quite low as my broadband is rubbish.

3. Ensure that your router has ports 8080 and 12345 opened and forwarded to the machine you are currently working on. If you don't know how to do this then read some of the sticky's on how to do this.

4. Set yourself up with a dyndns.com account to keep your router's WAN ip address in sync with your new dyndns URL. Download the dyndns update client to automatically keep this updated.

5. Double click on the VLC_Server.bat file saved on your desktop. This will launch VLC player and start streaming the first item in your playlist. I have it set not to play locally but you can do what you wish.

6. On a remote pc (On LAN or Internet) open VLC and click Media -> Open Network Stream and type your new dyndns url and port number into the text box and click play:

http://xxxxx.dyndns.tv:12345 (xxxxx is whatever you specify on dyndns.com)

7. On your browser enter the url http://xxxxx.dyndns.tv:8080 and this will connect you to the VLC Web Interface of the PC currently streaming above at step 5. From here you can change the channels by navigating through the playlist by clicking on the Next and Previous buttons. This will switch the stream on the PC at step 5.

And that is it, remotely change your streaming TV from your VuDuo. A problem that I have noticed however is the the VLC Web Interface does not manage to take across the <title></title> tag from the Channels.xspf file. All you are left with is the actual stream reference for some reason. It is a bug that I have noticed has already been raised with the VideoLAN team.

If anyone has a better approach then please keep me posted.

Enjoy,
mcquaim

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[willie]

hi guys ,im having a problem with the streaming,iv had it up and running for last couple of weeks but yesterday my channels went off ,it was a network failure so i swapped ports on my bb router and it worked,but since doin dat i cant connect with the ip address on computer ,or connect to the control center...wud really apprevieate any help or advice to resolve my problem,thanks,miltown man

[punisher]

have a look in menu/plugins/webinterface and see what HTTP port is on there and make sure that is the port that you have forwarded in your router for the ip address of your box

[willie]

guys iv a little problem,i cant even connect to my web control...i.e my ip address,therefor cannot connect to vucc.i was workin for 3 weeks den just stoppoed workin,iv tried every network setting on box,no gud ,please help,i cannot take much more mickey mouse or masterchef,,thanks willire


iv only just this minute seen punishers reply,thanks mate

[punisher]

lol what do you type in the browser to access your webcontrol?

[willie]

k just checked web interface,everything is on yes,except autowrite timer,http port is 80,think dats right,https port is 00443.now if im honest i havent a clue wat dat is,but it aint workin ne way,,,a very complex bit of technology to say da least,not for da computer illiturate like myself im thinkin.

[punisher]

ok so when u type in ur browser it should look something like this http://192.168.x.x:80 ... is that what you do?

[willie]

my ip address,well actually the no. 9 cause it remembers from first time and da web control comes up and bobs ur uncle.but now just comes up as connection timed out

[willie]

pretty much cept my final 2 digits are1.5 but ya dats wat i do

[punisher]

that should get u in, unless your router needs the port forwarding to that ip. just check that and all should be working

[willie]

hey hey,i got it goin .i changed the ip address in the lee hudson control center ,just tried changing the last digit and off she went and connected like a gud little girl,and now wer streaming,my only question is why wud the ip address change..thanks for ur help punisher,

[punisher]

have you manually assigned the ip in the vu network? i use a static ip address so it doesnt change and effect my streaming. thats probably why. if you have DHCP enabled, your ip will change whenever you reboot or switch off

[willie]

well **** me.bloody thing has me drove mad,stopped workn again,dis time the ip address is changed again,i can connect to the vucc but wen i try connect to web control it looks for authentication user name and password,,wats dat all about,,my brains fried wit dis thinh

[willie]

jesus christ,bloody thing has gone mad again,managed to connect to vucc by changin last digit of ip add again,but its lookin for username and password for the web control,,wats dat al about.

[willie]

ya in set up/network/adapter settings use interface is on yes .so too is the dhcp,wen i turn off dhcp i get an ip address but also ders a gateway which is almost identical except for the last digit

[ynwa]

Havent tried this over the internet yet, but it worked over my local network with latest vlc. Think it would work over the internet with latest version too?

[ynwa]

Havent tried this over the internet yet, but it worked over my local network with latest vlc. Think it would work over the internet with latest version too?

Oh and my stream is coming over with other audio, even though i have selected english as preferred audio. Can this be changed?

[punisher]

hmmm try menu/setup/auto language selection/ and preffered audio chose English hopefully that should do it, and just make sure VLC default is english. Is the audio in english on the duo?

[ynwa]

hmmm try menu/setup/auto language selection/ and preffered audio chose English hopefully that should do it, and just make sure VLC default is english. Is the audio in english on the duo?

Yeah the audio is english, and i set it to english for auto selection and rebooted. Ill have another go at it.

[ynwa]

Cant find a way to get the audio to stream in english. Does it work for anyone else?

[willie]

sorry to but in der ,just a quick question kinda on da same topic,wen i put in da ip address into netbrowser for streamin via vlc it looks for a user name and password,iv not set up a name or password,any ideas how id figure dat out,

[Stanman]

username is root and leave password blank

[birdman99]

im a bit confused on the router setting,i have a dlink dir 615 and its got theat many settings i dont really know how to do it correctly,ive set a dyndns account up so must be nearly there.please expand for me

[silky]

ok guys,

ive tried to set this up firstly on my home network using vlc version recommended, ive got it to work to a degree, sound is perfect but picture is freezing and only changes about every 20 seconds and then instantly freezes again.

Ive tried changing bitrate etc but to be honest dont really know what to change for the best.

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

silky.

[silky]

see above, computer crashed after first submission of post.

[silky]

update!

all sorted now, works perfectly with non HD channels so that will do for me :p

thanks

[silky]

Hi Everyone,

further developments.

This works perfectly over my home local LAN but Im getting freeze when I try and watch from a remote location.

It looks like I will need to lower the quality of the picture by somehow reducing the bitrate, anyone any idea how to achieve this and stop the freeze?

Cheers

ps: im using latest VIX version and latest VLC player.

[BRAVEHEART]

The guide and all that seem great and I am confident I can easily do that in my own home network, but if I want to stream some stuff to say my fathers computer, what does he need installed, please remember this is me a person who does not have great experience at this apart from doing it at home, but for it to get to say my dads house on his computer is what I need to know because he is totally computer Ilitrate, would be good if there was a guide like the first guide that tells you what and how to set up viewing on another pc that is miles away, both his computer and mines are ethernet connected to the internet, sorry this sounds totally noobie, but I have to hold my hands up to that and say that I dont know that much about it, I know I should, but I dont, hope someone or some people have the time and patience to understand where I am coming from. Thank you :)

[BRAVEHEART]

ohh well, guess I'm bombed out, lol :(

[ynwa]

I did have this working over the network, but not over the internet. However now i cant get it to work locally. Im getting sound only, no picture.

Also, i still cant get the sound in English. Any ideas?

[BRAVEHEART]

hmmm, didnt get an email telling me someone else had posted, strange ???? (even though I subscribed with instant email etc).

[birdman99]

is this instruction to set up at home on your home pc or at the office/work/friends/family/neighbours ?
been trying to set this thing up for 3 months,i want to watch my box at work,i have set up dyndns up ive got vlc streaming at home ive got my works pc picking up webxtv and able to change the channels back at the box,but i cant get the stream to work.

[hiohaa]

please could someone re-write this guide but for version 1.1.11 vlc - the latest version.
would be much appreciated!

[silverfox0786]

It's pretty much the same

I use vlc 1.11 and it worked fine

[silverfox0786]

It's pretty much the same

I use vlc 1.11 and it worked fine

[hiohaa]

please could someone re-write this guide but for version 1.1.11 vlc - the latest version.
would be much appreciated!

[Alias1]

please could someone re-write this guide but for version 1.1.11 vlc - the latest version.
would be much appreciated!
Why dont you read the first post properly :)

[Alias1]

please could someone re-write this guide but for version 1.1.11 vlc - the latest version.
would be much appreciated!
opps double post

[acev]

Nice tut, I steam it directly to my motorola xoom 3g using a simlar method and works great, good stuff!

[BRAVEHEART]

Like in that gameshow, whats it called, the cube I think, lol, can I use my "simplify" option to make it easier, lol :eek:

Me and my mate have been trying to get this to work now obviously at each others houses and computers and yet still no joy, we just cant work out what we are doing wrong :(

You guys make it all sound so simple etc but it obviously isnt for some people.

Maybe a totally simplified guide would be good if someone has the time to do it as we are at our wits end with it and theres just no way we can get it going, driving us crazy, we know it should work but just cant get it to work :(

I appreciate the first persons guide in the thread, but we just cant figure it out, maybe a dummys guide tutorial would be good, lol, we dont mind being the dummies, I am sure there is plenty of other people who have tried and failed but just dont have the nerve to stand up and say what I have just said.

Hoping for some big time help here please, either that or a new tut for dummies.

Thanks guys :)

[BRAVEHEART]

Like in that gameshow, whats it called, the cube I think, lol, can I use my "simplify" option to make it easier, lol :eek:

Me and my mate have been trying to get this to work now obviously at each others houses and computers and yet still no joy, we just cant work out what we are doing wrong :(

You guys make it all sound so simple etc but it obviously isnt for some people.

Maybe a totally simplified guide would be good if someone has the time to do it as we are at our wits end with it and theres just no way we can get it going, driving us crazy, we know it should work but just cant get it to work :(

I appreciate the first persons guide in the thread, but we just cant figure it out, maybe a dummys guide tutorial would be good, lol, we dont mind being the dummies, I am sure there is plenty of other people who have tried and failed but just dont have the nerve to stand up and say what I have just said.

Hoping for some big time help here please, either that or a new tut for dummies.

Thanks guys :)

[BRAVEHEART]

Sorry for the double post there, it wouldnt post the first time so I click to post it again as anyone would do and its posted it twice, can and admin or mod please remove one of the duplicates, thanks.

[grantsmith82]

is there a way to stream without using a pc ie if i went on holiday i wouldnt mind leaveing my Vu+ box on but wouldnt want to leave my pc on running
i have a ipad VU+player works ok on my home network but want to be able to use to outside of my home network

would it be a case of just forwarding a port on my router and as mentioned about getting a fixed IP address ( i dont think bt infinity give you static ip)

any help would be great. esp if you have a BT HH3 for the port fwd

[hiohaa]

is there a way to stream without using a pc ie if i went on holiday i wouldnt mind leaveing my Vu+ box on but wouldnt want to leave my pc on running
i have a ipad VU+player works ok on my home network but want to be able to use to outside of my home network

would it be a case of just forwarding a port on my router and as mentioned about getting a fixed IP address ( i dont think bt infinity give you static ip)

any help would be great. esp if you have a BT HH3 for the port fwd

yup i got the exact same question.
i dont want to leave my computer on to access the vuduo - which is connected to the same router. So please can anyone help or point us to a guide showing how to access the vuduo (for changing channel, streaming, or checking the timers, epg) remotely?

[hiohaa]

Like in that gameshow, whats it called, the cube I think, lol, can I use my "simplify" option to make it easier, lol :eek:

Me and my mate have been trying to get this to work now obviously at each others houses and computers and yet still no joy, we just cant work out what we are doing wrong :(

You guys make it all sound so simple etc but it obviously isnt for some people.

Maybe a totally simplified guide would be good if someone has the time to do it as we are at our wits end with it and theres just no way we can get it going, driving us crazy, we know it should work but just cant get it to work :(

I appreciate the first persons guide in the thread, but we just cant figure it out, maybe a dummys guide tutorial would be good, lol, we dont mind being the dummies, I am sure there is plenty of other people who have tried and failed but just dont have the nerve to stand up and say what I have just said.

Hoping for some big time help here please, either that or a new tut for dummies.

Thanks guys :)

yup i concur - these set top boxes aren't easy to get to grips with, im looking as well for a very clear, step by step (as in, literally each button press) guide. A lot of these guides skip past a load of steps, or assume prior knowledge.

please please can someone do a guide thats literally step by step (button press by button press), for accessing the vu duo remotely, directly? thanks

[Stanman]

grea

NO LIVE LINKS

we can offer you more information about vu duo:rolleyes:

No linkt to other retailers as per the rules you signed up to.

[esloch]

I can do the same thing with VU+ UNO ???

[shanethegooner]

I can do the same thing with VU+ UNO ???
Yes you can.

[Hotchef]

Is this the same process for a solo2?
I am looking of a guide as I can not get a smooth stream

thanks

[ynwa]

This still the best way to Stream from VU+ Duo to a friends PC? Had a bit of trouble getting this to work well.

Have heard that i could do it directly from web interface as i have a 12mb upload, but im having trouble getting the stream to play.

[manikm]

If u want to pay for a system where u can stream and change channels and play recordings via an internet connection to ur stb then google enigma web tv. Works very well and costs just the same as a few beers

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[duoduo]

I reckon that sites going to get alot of attention now lol.. Please can you give some more info on this, how it works in more detail etc etc..

[hifial]

I'm now using muuta streaming server on my pc to stream my box. You can change channels and stream in a browser. Takes a bit to setup but a good job

[Rob van der Does]

I'm now using muuta streaming server on my pc to stream my box. You can change channels and stream in a browser. Takes a bit to setup but a good job
Maybe you can make a how-to including the needed files?

[NoneEvo]

Ok,so i managed to see my VU+UNO content in VLC player on my PC,now how do i stream this over the internet? my router is using UPNP so ports aint a problem,i just dunno how to do this.

[smithy330]

I've been usig idreamx for the mac. Can change channel and stream from a remote location also.

[duoduo]

Thanks guys for sharing the programmes with us all, Can either of you please share how you set these up.

[jd58]

Works a treat thanks for the info.

[bsmith1]

So if I am external and try to access the web interface on my vu duo , I get access denied.

I cannot for the life of me remeber how to enable