Transcoding not working

[OldSkulRide]

Hi,

i just did fresh flash of OpenViX (previously I was using OpenATV) and I manually set up all settings - no backup involved.

Transcoding is enabled and with default settings but when I try to open stream via OpenWebIf, stream does not open. I also noticed that sound from current channel that is rolling on TV disappears when stream is (not) working.

Any clues what is going on? The same problem was with OpenATV.

[Larry-G]

yes as was mentioned in the ViX image release notes transcoding is currently not working on none OE based images, it's a driver issue as far as i'm aware and were waiting on Vu as usual to fix it.

[OldSkulRide]

Oh ok, havent noticed that. I have only noticed that blindscan is not working (see below). Apperantly its another Vu+ drivers story all over again And instead of fixing important things in drivers they are fiddling with not-so-important WOL function.


Known bugs (all driver related):
Blindscan not currently working.

[Larry-G]

Oh ok, havent noticed that. I have only noticed that blindscan is not working (see below). Apperantly its another Vu+ drivers story all over again And instead of fixing important things in drivers they are fiddling with not-so-important WOL function.


Known bugs (all driver related):
Blindscan not currently working.

my bad i meant blindscan, sorry for the confusion, im sat at work feeling miserable for my self with a nice bout of hayfever coming on.

[OldSkulRide]

What is wrong with transcoding then? Maybe ViX lead developer Andy can shed a light upon this problem?

[Rob van der Does]

Not sure what went wrong in your case, but transcoding does work.
There is only the restriction that current live channel can't be transcoded.

[andyblac]

just double checked transcode working fine here, on iPad2, open webif, open TV channel list, click on RIGHT stream icon, and wait for stream to open (can take 20 seconds),

also remember you can't transcode current live channel, ie if your duo2 is on BBC One HD, you can transcode that channel, bug in driver told vu when solo2 came out.

[OldSkulRide]

Strangely it does not work for me. I have tested on FTA and encrypted channels and streams simply dont start!?! I can see that second or third tuner is in use when I start transcoded stream. Tried on two PCs btw. Ordinary streams work normally.

[andyblac]

Strangely it does not work for me. I have tested on FTA and encrypted channels and streams simply dont start!?! I can see that second or third tuner is in use when I start transcoded stream. Tried on two PCs btw. Ordinary streams work normally.

irc, transcode does NOT work on pc's only mobile, for example VLC does not understand the codec.

[OldSkulRide]

ohh didnt know that, need to try it on my crappy mobile then

[Rob van der Does]

Or use 'BlueStacks' on your PC.

[Trial]

Hi,
at least with the Solo2 the Windows Media Player plays the stream quite good you only have to wait for a minute and then press play of the WMP again. VLC really has problems with the codec.

I cannot check the DUO2.

ciao

[nicoj24]

Hi guys I'm a bit new to e2 what is transcoding as looking at getting a duo 2 are they easy to use etc.

[Larry-G]

transcoding basically means that the receiver can take live tv and recode it into a lower quality on the fly allowing you to stream it to mobile devices using substantially less bandwidth.

[zoro25]

Do you have you have to open (forward) the port on the router even when transcoding on Local Network or is this only for transcoding over external network (Internet)?