DVBViewer Server not sending anything?

[Lostinstreaming]

OK, I have spent almost 24 hours trying to get DVB Streaming to work. Apparently something is not working properly, or perhaps I have found tutorials that are old? There are so many versions with different solutions, some with VLC and some done before the Netstreaming plugin was included in DVBViewer...

 

I thought it would be best to use the original software on both computers, so I installed the latest version of DVBViever Pro on both computers. They are both connected to a gigabit LAN router. The server is a Vista machine and the client is a XP Pro. And yes, I have given Windows firewall an exception on the server computer.

 

I then tried following the guide on http://blog.paelli.org/?p=4 because I thought it looked pretty detailed. But no luck. I can follow it down to the Client configuration, but the client computer cannot find "Unicast Network Device" and no "Multicast Network Device" either.

 

I tried following the guide on http://www.DVBViewer.com/en/index.php?page...ter=g⊂=g5 but no luck. Here I am instructed to set in the "options dialogue (DirectX) and set multicast or unicast network device as current device:". But I cannot find any such options under DirectX in my client computer.

 

I tried both Unicast and Multicast. I tried to use the "easier" way of streaming, the one mentioned in the end of that last webpage: "In the options - network dialogue you find an input mask similar to the DVBServer. " But I cannot find any network dialogue under options.

 

If I go to the Netstreaming plugin and try to send with Unicast, it doesen´t send anything. I know, I have a Vista Gadget that shows network activity. It stays completely flat. Also when I try to activate DVBViewer Server the network activity stays completely flat. However, if I try to send with Multicast it appears to be sending since the Gadget can see a stream being constantly sent out into the network, but my client computer cannot find and connect to the stream. I can see no device at all in my client computer under SETTINGS-OPTIONS-HARDWARE.

 

What is my next step? I don´t know how to get this freaking thing to work. Is it a Vista-thing, is it me or what is it??? Are there any official or unofficial guides that are accurate and updated?

[AdamSlim]

+1 for streaming problems. I seem to be close, but not there yet! My status:

 

Server is set up with the Plugin for NetStream, set to Unicast, stream whole transponder.

 

Client sees the Server, via the discover. If I change things on the Server, the Client setting also change, so that seems to work.

 

In the Client Hardware Options, I have the Unicast Network Device set as preferred (no others there), set to Terrestrial and with the same setting (no CI module etc) as on the Server.

 

I have copied the Channel List from the Server to the Client, and the Europe.ini as my rubbish TV card needed an offset applied to the standard transponder freqs.

 

BUT

 

Whenever I try to select a channel, I get the 'No Hardware Available' fail. If I try to scan channels, no device is present (Current Device is blank).

 

Any help much appreciated! Using V4.1.1.1, Win XP both machines, Firewall disabling makes no difference.

[Lars_MQ]

Server is set up with the Plugin for NetStream,

Please explain. Do you use the netstreaming plugin or the dvbserver?

The DVBViewer does not accept a netstreaming plugin stream anymore, this has been removed in favor to more control over the network devices in concert with the dvbserver/recording service.

[Dozzy]

As first , sorry for responding to an old thread, but i cant get streaming to work either.

 

Here I am instructed to set in the "options dialogue (DirectX) and set multicast or unicast network device as current device:". But I cannot find any such options under DirectX in my client computer.

 

At this part i also got lost , i though it was supposed to be "Hardware" , and click "Settings" but for my devices , that unable to do (greyed out). I tried to make an Unicast device, that worked , but encrypted channels dont work , and the device doesnt show up in DVBServer.

 

Any idea how i can still get streaming to work?