Streaming Dreambox in OSX 10.4.3

[ssenss]

Hello, I'm trying to watch te stream of my dreambox 500 on my Macmini.
It works now pretty good with DreamXMan 0.6.

The problem now is that the channel that's on right now, works pretty good.
In DreamXMan I choose "Grab Now", and VLC Player starts streaming.

When I try to watch another channel, I get the following error message:
main: cannot pre fill buffer

So I first have to quit StreamXman and VLC, enter the new channel and than I have to start DreamXMan again and choosing "Grab Now" to watch the other channel.

Does anybody knows how I can "reapair" this problem?

[The DJ]

Sorry, we do not have dreambox equipment, so we cannot test against it...

[snoopy]

A lot of users have this problem. I think since the new version.

It is the same when you try to stream from a DBOX, I tried that with different programms (DboxTV or Dbox-Commander) but one they have all together they use VLC for streaming.


It is a german board.

http://www.macuser.de/forum/showthread. ... ost1398311

Regards,
snoopy

[The DJ]

Well at the very LEAST, you should provide some debugging information from the Messages window. Otherwise it's totally impossible to say anything useful about the situation.

[???]

dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav
main debug: creating access '' path='/dev/stdin'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 4 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: /dev/stdin.cue
access_file debug: opening file `/dev/stdin'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main error: cannot pre fill buffer
main warning: cannot create a stream_t from access
main debug: unlocking module "access_file"
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
main debug: thread 43231744 joined (src/input/input.c:386)
main: nothing to play

[The DJ]

More. much more please.
This is just a fraction of the debug information. Just copy past it all.

[snoopy]

This I get for example with Dbox-Commander:

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main debug: CPU has capabilities AltiVec FPU main debug: looking for memcpy module: 2 candidates main debug: using memcpy module "memcpyaltivec" main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 42086912 (playlist) created at priority -47 (src/playlist/playlist.c:183) main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 42158080 (preparser) created at priority -47 (src/playlist/playlist.c:205) main debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate main debug: using interface module "hotkeys" main debug: interface initialized main debug: thread 42743296 (interface) created at priority -47 (src/interface/interface.c:178) main debug: adding playlist item `0' ( 0 ) main debug: adding playlist item `/dev/stdin' ( /dev/stdin ) main debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates main debug: using interface module "macosx" main debug: interface initialized main debug: thread 42751488 (manager) created at priority -47 (src/interface/interface.c:152) main debug: nothing requested, starting main debug: creating new input thread main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 42955264 (input) created at priority 37 (src/input/input.c:230) main debug: `/dev/stdin' gives access `' demux `' path `/dev/stdin' main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/dev/stdin' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface main debug: adding playlist item `stdin' ( /dev/stdin ) dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav main debug: creating access '' path='/dev/stdin' main debug: looking for access2 module: 4 candidates vcd debug: trying .cue file: /dev/stdin.cue access_file debug: opening file `/dev/stdin' main debug: using access2 module "access_file" main debug: pre buffering macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface main error: cannot pre fill buffer main warning: cannot create a stream_t from access main debug: unlocking module "access_file" main debug: thread 42955264 joined (src/input/input.c:386) main debug: creating new input thread main debug: waiting for thread completion main debug: thread 42885120 (input) created at priority 37 (src/input/input.c:230) main debug: `/dev/stdin' gives access `' demux `' path `/dev/stdin' main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/dev/stdin' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate dvdnav warning: cannot open dvdnav main debug: creating access '' path='/dev/stdin' main debug: looking for access2 module: 4 candidates vcd debug: trying .cue file: /dev/stdin.cue access_file debug: opening file `/dev/stdin' main debug: using access2 module "access_file" main debug: pre buffering main error: cannot pre fill buffer main warning: cannot create a stream_t from access main debug: unlocking module "access_file" macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface main debug: thread 42885120 joined (src/input/input.c:386) main: nothing to play

[The DJ]

I'm not sure what options dbox commander is passing to VLC, but they are not correct...

for one, it's opening "/dev/stdin"

That should be "-" in case something gets piped into VLC, or "stream:///dev/stdin"

DJ

[snoopy23]

Hi DJ,
I wrote to the Dbox Commande your answer in hope to get help.

But while this I have another question to this issue.

It is possible to get the binary from the VLC Webbrowser Plugin for OSX (IE or Safari or Firefox).

I ask that, becuase on the Dbox2 is a nice Webbrowser installed, which also can use VLC for streaming in combination with the VLC Browser Plugin. On my Windows mashine it works very nice. Maybe that is a way to fix that issue.

Regards

Snoopy23

[The DJ]

the VLC webbrowser plugin for OSX is unfinished, highly unstable and only works on the machine it is compiled on.

[zarquon]

Same situation here. Playing a stream from my dbox2 works in Firefox and IE in Windows, but not inside Safari and Firefox in OS X. Getting the "no picture" message. Videos from the VLC-Demo Site work well!
Looking foreward to a completely working 0.8.6

Zarquon