Streaming

MythStream

• standard stream play (add the url and start the stream)
• RSS feed support (e.g. podcasts)
• interactive content browsing (for e.g. Shoutcast, BBC, wwiTV, Uitzendinggemist.nl)
• custom searches using user input from MythTv's virtual keyboard
• play and/or download media files (e.g. YouTube and Dailymotion video's)
• run playlists - create your personal music tv channel
• stream-url discovery in html only lists

Cluster ABS Bluescast playing, song and station info visible	Gimped picture showing an interactive menu "workflow"	Available, downloading and downloaded podcast content	Playing a music video from a video sharing site.
Editing the properties of a movie trailer during play.	Querying a Video sharing site using MythTV's virtual keyboard.

MythStream FAQ

• The streams in MythStream are old/lame/not working/European(!)/not my taste/other
  The stream repository included in MythStream is just a demo. Some items in the demo might be useful to you (e.g. Shoutcast, WWMP), but most of the items are really only examples of how MythStream can work with parsers. To enjoy MythStream, you should tell MythStream to access your own favorite streams, index site searches, YouTube tags, etc.
  
• How do I add my favorite stream?
  Press E, a popup window appears. Put a stream name in the second editbox, put the stream url in the third edit box. Make sure the last editbox is empty. Use button "Add new". See Configuring streams in the howto for more ways of editing streams.
  
• Do I need a parser for my stream?
  Not if the URL "points to a stream", e.g. (and not limited to): mms and rtsp streams, URL's ending on pls or m3u. URL's pointing to a site that lists streams or media files (e.g. Youtube, Podcast feed, Shoutcast) do require a parser to format the data in the index for display in MythStream.
  
• Can I reuse a parser for my own URL?
  Yes, most of the parsers can be reused. The podcast and rdfcast parsers work for every podcast I tested. The rss parser works with rss feeds, not tested much though. The YouTube and Dailymotion parsers accept your own search URL's or tag feeds. However, parsers that provide an "interactive menu" (as labeled here) are tailored for a specific source (URL).
• So I want to use an existing parser. How?
  Just put the parser name (e.g. podcast) into the last editbox in the window brought up by pressing E.
• Do I need to write a parser for my stream index URL?
  Some sites already have parsers, like Youtube, Shoutcast, Dailymotion, WWMP etc. See a list of parsers provided with MythStream. Some indexes that do not "hide" the stream URLs will work without parsers, but then the resulting stream list in MythStream will be mixed with non-stream URL's. For other sources you will need to write a parser, or ask someone to write one for you. Please share parsers you create. E.g. announce links to them on the mythtv users list, or ask me to include them in the tarball.
• Why is MythStream this complex? I just want to listen to [insert stream here]
  If you just want to listen to [insert stream here], one line of Perl will do the trick. No MythStream needed. But if you want to play more streams, try out new streams or online media files or want to check for new additions in index sites, the investment in understanding MythStream will pay you back.
  
• I don't see the new parser in the newest MythStream version
  The parser is available, but not used in your active stream storage (a place the stream items are stored). There is a demo storage that includes demo stream items for all parsers. To activate press 0, and then 9 to load it. An online storage (with possibly newer streams) is available by pressing 0, 8. To revert back to your own storage, press 0, 0.
• Can you use some help with MythStream?
  Yes, I can use your help. To explain how to use MythStream in less words I needed here. To make it easier to use MythStream (people who don't want to offend me call my GUI's "expert interfaces"). To write and update parsers. To write lastfm and pandora interfaces (0.18_2 GUI is ready for it, I can't access Pandora from Europe due to copyright insanity). To test and debug MythStream on different platforms, to test compatibility with MythTV SVN. And last but not least: to do the things I didn't realize were begging to be done.

StreamTuned

playing stream	recording stream
podcast feed	item details

StreamSniff

ICY : http://212.92.28.98:2002/
    : http://real1.radio.hu/BartokG2.ram

RTSP: rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk:554/farm/*/ev7/live24/6music/live/6music_dsat_g2.ra
    : http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ram/dsatg2.ram

MMS : mms://wm05.nm.cbc.ca/cbcr2-toronto
    : http://origin.www.cbc.ca/mrl2/livemedia/cbcr2-toronto.asx 
        

MythStream changes

Downloads

mythstream 0.18_1 upgraders
Move your parsers, player.xml and stream-ui.xml to a safe location if you changed them for whatever reason. After installing, Press 0, 9 to load the v0.18 demo stream storage showing off new features. Press 0, 0 to reload your default MythStream storage. Look here for more information.

date	category	version	download	comment
2009 aug 30	apple parser	release 3	apple3.pl	Patched by Paul Bender, MiniMyth. Place this file as apple.pl in your parser dir. Note that apple trailer site now requires a QuickTime user agent string. See comment in file for a workaround.
2009 aug 30	youtube parser	release 5	youtube5.tar.gz	Unpack in parser dir and see README for usage
2008 sept 15	shoutcast parser	release 2	shoutcast2.tar.gz	Old parser stopped working after site changes. Now using XML API
2008 aug 26	streamsniff	0.05	streamsniff-v0.05.tar.gz	Sniffs network traffic for mms, rtsp, icy, http stream url's. Detects x-shockwave-flash and FLV payload in http. Performs http backtrace for every url found. Runs on Linux Intel/AMD, might run on Windows
2008 july 13	parser	release 3	omroep3.tar.gz (Dutch public television)	Voor als je graag TV wilt kijken op je TV ipv je PC. Jammer dat de publieke omroepen niet al hun programma's beschikbaar stellen via een standaard interface. De site wijzigt nog al eens...
2008 may 12	streamsniff	0.04	streamsniff-v0.04.tar.gz	Sniffs network traffic for mms, rtsp, icy, http stream url's. Detects flv files in http. Performs http backtrace for every url found. Runs on Linux Intel/AMD, might run on Windows
2008 apr 07	mythstream	0.18_qt4	mythstream-0.18_qt4.tar.gz	Compiles with MythTV svn, QT4. Use: qmake-qt4 mythstream.pro; make install. Note: doesn't work properly, still issues, help is appreciated
2008 feb 11	parser	release 2	dailymotion2.tar.gz	Parser for dailymotion.com. Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 jan 13	parser	release 1	google.tar.gz	Parser for Google Video - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 apr 06	parser	release 4	youtube4.tar.gz	Parser for Youtube. Includes video search feed by Nemanja Stefanovic - Unpack in parser dir and see README for usage
2008 feb 11	parser	release 3	youtube3.tar.gz	Parser for Youtube. Includes video search feed by Nemanja Stefanovic - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 jan 13	parser	release 1	yahoo.tar.gz	Parser for Yahoo Video - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 jan 13	parser	release 1	zoomin.tar.gz	Parser for Zoomin.TV by Wauter - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 jan 13	parser	release 1	belegger.tar.gz	Parser for Belegger.TV (Dutch) by Wauter - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 apr 06	parser	release 2	retrovision2.tar.gz	Parser for http://retrovision.tv - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2008 jan 08	parser	release 1	retrovision.tar.gz	Parser for http://retrovision.tv - Unpack in parser dir and see REAME for usage
2007 nov 23	patch	For MythTV svn 23 nov	mythstream.cpp.patch svn20071123	compilation error: protected MythPopupBox destructor
2007 oct 1	patch	binary parsers	harvester.cpp.diff	Only needed when using binary parsers (and that's a non-default compile time option)
2007 sept 25	mythstream	0.18_1	mythstream-v0.18_1.tar.gz	Speech synthesizer, playlists, Youtube, Dailymotion, Downloads, Video play issues resolved. See changes for more.
2006 oct 13	mythstream	0.17_2	mythstream-v0.17_2.tar.gz	Interactive menu support, non-PERL parser support, parsers for WorldWideMediaProject, wwiTV, BBC, improved http support.
2006 sept 09	BBC parser	-	bbc_parser.tar.gz	Two-stage BBC parser by Robin Gilks. Includes SQL-script to add 4 folders with BBC media links to your stream item repository. Works with mythstream v0.17_1, included in 0.17_2. Download, unpackand read INSTALL
2006 aug 07	mythstream patch mythtv v0.19	-	mythstream mythtv v0.19 patch	patch for mythstream 0.17_1, enables compilation for mythtv v0.19 (patch by jaKa). Not tested.
2006 july 10	mythstream	0.17_1	mythstream-v0.17_1.tar.gz	v0.17 with widescreen support (Mike Dean)
2006 june 08	mythstream	0.17	mythstream-v0.17.tar.gz	compiles with MythTV svn (last checked june 08 2006), song/artist/station info in GUI, uses myth virtual keyboard widget, mythweb module, see changelog on this page for more.
2006 june 06	patch	-	mythstream svn patch	0.16_5 to 06062006-svn patch by Navaho Gunleg (thanks). Most of it is used in v0.17 ("fft shown in video display"-bug solved differently in 0.17 but if you still have problems check this patch)
2005 sept 24	streamsniff	0.03	streamsniff-v0.03.tar.gz	Sniffs network traffic for mms, rtsp, icy, http stream url's. Performs http backtrace for every url found. Runs on Linux Intel/AMD and Windows XP SP2
2005 sept 24	streamsniff	0.03	streamsniff.exe	Streamsniff Windows executable compiled with MinGW. Runs on XP SP2, might run on W2K. No special precautions are taken to guarantee the integrity of this executable. Use at your own risk.
2005 aug 24	mythstream	0.16_5	mythstream-v0.16_5.tar.gz	Compiles with MythTV 0.19 release. Stream url in parser call, optionally skipping url fetch. Mythweb addition by jK. iTunes movie trailer parser by Michael Knoll
2005 may 14	mythstream	0.16_4	mythstream-v0.16_4.tar.gz	for mythtv 0.18, R. de Vos shoutcast parser included
2004 jan 10	parsers	0.16_2	shoutcast.pl	shoutcast parser, by R. de Vos. Example urls in script comments, included in v0.16_4
2004 dec 24	streamtuned	0.16_2	streamtuned-v0.16_2.tar.gz	xml parsing, podcasts
2004 apr 18	streamtuned	0.13	streamtuned-v0.13.tar.gz
2004 apr 12	streamtuned	0.12	streamtuned-v0.12.tar.gz
2004 dec 27	mythstream	0.16_3	mythstream-v0.16_3.tar.gz	for mythtv 0.16 and 0.17
2004 dec 27	mythstream patch	0.16_2	stream-cursorleft.png	missing image (tab cursor) from v0.16_2 tarball. Place in /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default
2004 dec 24	mythstream	0.16_2	mythstream-v0.16_2.tar.gz	xml parsing, podcasts
2004 nov 30	mythstream	0.16	mythstream-v0.16.tar.gz	external parsers, gui changes
2004 mar 21	mythstream	0.14	mythstream-v0.14.tar.gz

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