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Networksupport, Howto use Sundtek MediaTV in a homenetwork

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Sundtek:
The Driver softwarepackage also includes networking support. The TV tuner can also be used on other PCs in your homenetwork.

DVB-C via W-Lan:




Acer Aspire One Netbook (DVB-C via W-LAN):



In order to activate the network feature you have to enable network support in the driver:

1. Activating networksupport (on the server)

--- Zitat ---# /opt/bin/mediaclient --enablenetwork=on

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2. determining the deviceid of the device which you want to connect to (by default the deviceid will be 0)

--- Zitat ---# /opt/bin/mediaclient -e
**** List of Media Hardware Devices ****
device 0: [ Sundtek MediaTV Pro]  DVB-C, DVB-T, ANALOG-TV, FM-RADIO, OSS-AUDIO, RDS
  [DVB-C]:
     FRONTEND: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
     DVR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
     DMX: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
  [DVB-T]:
     FRONTEND: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
     DVR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
     DMX: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
  [ANALOG-TV]:
     VIDEO0: /dev/video1
     VBI0: /dev/vbi0
  [FM-RADIO]:
     RADIO0: /dev/radio0
     RDS: /dev/rds0
  [REMOTECONTROL]:
     INPUT0: /dev/mediainput0
  [OSS]:
     OSS0: /dev/dsp0

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3. determine the IP address of the PC which the device is connected to:

--- Zitat ---# /sbin/ifconfig | grep "inet addr"
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet addr:192.168.1.15  Mask:255.255.255.0

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The networksupport binds itself to all available network interfaces on port 9234

or run /opt/bin/mediaclient --scan-network on the client.


4. Connect the device on a remote PC:


--- Zitat ---# /opt/bin/mediaclient --mount=192.168.1.15

# /opt/bin/mediaclient -e
**** List of Media Hardware Devices ****
device 0: [Sundtek MediaTV Pro (192.168.1.15)]  DVB-C, DVB-T
  [DVB-C]:
     FRONTEND: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
     DVR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
     DMX: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
  [DVB-T]:
     FRONTEND: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
     DVR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
     DMX: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0

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When no deviceid is given the driver tries to bind to deviceid 0 by default, in order to connect to other deviceids you have to use following syntax --mount=IP:DEVICEID

After this you can use your Sundtek MediaTV device remotely just as if it would be connected locally, this feature is currently only available for DVB-C and DVB-T. The driver only submits the requested Channel PIDs to the network in order to keep the bandwidth requirement low.

In order to lower the required USB bandwidth you can also enable hardware PID filtering. This can be done with following command:


--- Zitat ---# /opt/bin/mediaclient -P on

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To unload the device:


--- Zitat ---# /opt/bin/mediaclient --unmount=0

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Network PCs:

http://i.gizmodo.com/5126038/pogoplug-turns-any-hard-drive-into-a-network-share-for-79

http://www.sheevaplug.de

please note at this time this requires the latest driver version:
http://www.sundtek.de/media/sundtek_installer_development.sh

willem2:
I connected the Sundtek to my Bubba Two server: http://www.excito.com/
On the server side everything seems to be OK, but I can't connect on client side.

Which software/commands can I use to check what's wrong or am I doing wrong?

Sundtek:
Maybe you missed enabling the Server?
Although we have some updates pending for the streaming feature which will be available around mid next week.

please use http://www.sundtek.de/media/sundtek_installer_development.sh it contains the latest network implementation.

willem2:
After trying several "development" releases I finally had success with the latest stable driver (16 September 2010).
The Sundtek is now connected to the Bubba Two server and everything works as described in this thread  :)

Someone thinking of the same solution, consider the following:

* network traffic (measured with nload) - between 8000 and 9000 kbit/sec*
* CPU time on the Bubba Two server - 75 %  >:(* DVB-C - Belgian Telenet Cable - VRT1 LD 16/9

My conclusion: the Bubba Two hasn't enough CPU power to realize this, but the Sundtek works like a charm  :)

Sundtek:
What kind of server is this 'bubba server'?

ARM, MIPS, X86?

There are 2 ways to lower the CPU requirement

1. enable hardware pid filter (/opt/bin/mediaclient -P on)
2. there's an acceleration kernel module available, this can be compiled in order to optimize the speed on the used architecture
http://www.sundtek.de/support/khelper.tar.gz

Another option would be:
3. You can buy a Seagate Dockstar (1.3 Ghz 128 MB ram for 25$ or 25 EUR, it's available nearly everywhere right now).

The easiest way would be #3 followed by #1 and #2 would probably be most difficult since you need to compile the driver for it

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