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[Lachlan87]

Is is possible to use the Library Server Plugin to stream videos to another machine?

I had thought I had heard of others doing this, but when I tried it, but nothing would come up, and the host machine showed no network activity to indicate that somthing was being served. It did understand the request, though:

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08/15/05 16:36:29 - Received request for a file: C:\Documents and Settings\Lachlan\My Documents\My Videos\Cadie Juggling 1.wmv
08/15/05 16:36:29 - Received request for cover art: C:/Documents and Settings/Lachlan/My Documents/My Videos/Cadie Juggling 1.wmv
08/15/05 16:36:29 - Unable to serve cover art, file not found
Am I doing somthing wrong, or something impossible?

Thanks,

Lachlan

(Who has been enjoying MC 11 as his primary music player).

[JimH]

Lachlan,
John Gateley was checking this today.  He'll post tomorrow.

Jim

[Lachlan87]

Ok, sounds good!

In case I didn't give enough information, here's some more. . . I know I was rather brief in my first post. I'll try to guess the questions you might ask me.

The movies I tried were in WMV format. I already can use the library server for music, so I don't think it's a matter of me totally not knowing how to use library server. One of the movies I tried was about 124 MB, the other was about 8.5 MB, so I think I tested a decent range.

I'm using MC 11.0.309. (Both the server and the client have the same version.)

If it will help, I might be able to try serving them to a different machine tomorrow, just to make sure it wasn't the fault of the client machine.

I'm not sure what the spec's of the Client machine are, but here's the server's:

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Media Center Registered 11.0.309 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2991 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 628 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1552 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1556 (xpsp2_gdr.040517-1325) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D: JLMS    DVD-ROM XJ-HD166  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive E: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive E: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-252S    Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to make troubleshooting easier for you.


Lachlan

[John Gateley]

Some formats require downloading the whole video first

But, WMV should work and it's not. I'm looking at it...

j

[Lachlan87]

Ok! I'm glad it's being handled. I eagerly await your solution!

Lachlan

[Lachlan87]

Hmmm. I was just looking at the release notes for MC 11.0.312 and I noticed that it said it fixed a problem with library server and non-mpg movies. It sounds like I need to upgrade. Do you know if I need to upgrade on both machines, or just the server?

Thanks,

Lachlan

[JimH]

The version should always be the same on both PC's.

[Lachlan87]

Took me a while to get around to upgrading, but it does indeed work now! I greatly appreatiate your help.

Is there any known way to get MC to accept *.MOV files? Like a plugin, or somthing?

If not, I would appreatiate this in future versions, although I realize there may be legal issues that might make it impossible.

[JimH]

MC11 can play mov files by using the QuickTime playback engine.

[Lachlan87]

Ok, I feel a little silly having to ask. . . but what exactly is the Quicktime playback engine and how do I find it?

I looked through the plugins page, and didn't see it there. I did a search for it on these forums and didn't find it. I did a very brief Google search and didn't see anything that looked promising. I feel like I must be missing the obvious place to look. 

I have Quicktime 7 if that makes any difference.

[JimH]

Installing Quicktime should allow MC to play MOV files.  Update if needed.  I'm sorry, but I don't remember the latest version of QT.

Try playing the MOV file in QT.

You can't use this to stream to another PC though.

[Lachlan87]

Quicktime 7 is the latest. The movies will play fine in quicktime. I'll just have to convert them before streaming. A little inconvientent, but no big deal.

Thank you for your help!

Lachlan