Media center and IPTV

Hello!

My ISP besides internet and IPphone also provide me IPTV. VDSL modem splits
internet traffic in tcp/ip etc traffic and Multicast UDP. One port is
specialy configured for TV. This port receive multicast UDP mpeg-ts stream
according to my request for specific channel. This stream then go to STB
Amino110 via UTP cable and STB convert this stream into analog signal for TV.

I can allso receive same stream on computer over network interface card
without any need for TV tuner. VideoLanClient is capable to handle multicast
UDP mpeg-ts and show it on monitor. Channel select is done by VLC-s playlist.
Entry's in playlist looks like that:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,1 - RTV SLO 1
udp://@239.1.1.115:5000

#EXTINF:0,2 - RTV SLO 2
udp://@239.1.1.116:5000

#EXTINF:0,3 - Kanal A
udp://@239.1.1.8:5000

#EXTINF:0,4 - POP TV
udp://@239.1.1.9:5000
....and so on for 150+ channels

I was able to make WMP to play this with some tweaks and extra codecs.
Now I'm assembling HTPC and I would like to use WMC as frontend, but I
can't. WMC is not capable to play this kind of TV.
My question:
1. Is there any piece of software that would convert NIC in fake TV tuner?
Elecard have some, it works with MediaPortal, configuration must be done
according to this post:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/c...nally-working-ip-tv-solution-tv-server-44158/
Is there any other, becouse elecard does not work with WMC.
2. Does MS have any plans to integrate this kind of TV into WMC? I mean,
half of Europe have TV based on IP. And it's not too complicated either. If
WMP can do it, so should WMC.
Regards

 

Hi Ziggy,

According to Microsoft, even what you did with WMP is not supposed t
happen...
There is a project by some Dutch people that is a plugin to WMC an
allow VLC integration and control.
Check it out here:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Use_in_Media_Center
Another way is to use VLC to transcode on the fly the streams t
Windows Media streams and play them via Media Center but it's not
solution


Can you please tell me the process used to enable WMP to pla
Unicast/Multicast streams?

Thank you

 

Well, I installed HDTV pump
http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemID=770
and Elecard plugin http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemID=1068

in WMP - file - open url I wrote path according to this:

elecard://mcast_grouport[[:s=server_address][:i=interface]
[:t=payload_type]]/type
where:
mcast_group – multicast IP address (e.g. 234.5.5.5).
port –unsigned integer value from 1 to 65535.
server_address – data source server IP or DNS name.
interface – local interface IP.
payload_type – stream payload type (m2p, m2t, m1s).
type – type of stream transport (udp or rtp).
For example:
elecard://234.5.5.5:10201:s=192.168.57.14:i=192.168.57.23:t=m2p/udp
or
elecard://234.5.5.5:10201/udp

and it woked.
But I could not make it work in WMC

 

Sorry, I forgot. Currently I do not have chance to try this at home, but I
have some recordings from TV unchanged, so codec is the same. I streamed one
of recordings in multicast UDP via VLC on one computer and watch stream on
the other, so I think at home it would be the same, I only don't know if
playlist would work, that I didn't try.
I hope this helps.