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7.
8.
9.
10. FEATURE TV via Internet
Streaming
In this issue of TELE-satellite we are
once again introducing a solution that
requires nothing more than a PC that
most users already have anyway. For
TV via the
our report we used an Intel Core2Duo
PC, not really used anymore today but
perfect for our purposes. Microsoft Win-
dows was already installed.
Internet -
But wait! We forgot to mention one
little thing: To be able to process the
video signal and transmit it via the
Quick Setup
Internet, our PC would have to be always
turned on and connected to the Inter-
net. In the end we wouldn’t really know
when we would need access to this PC
and keeping this PC running 24/7 would
and Free!
have quite an ugly affect on our next
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of our game, we need a different solu-
tion.
WOL - Wake On LAN
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AMD and Hewlett Packard decided to
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agree on the WOL (Wake on LAN) stan-
������������������������������������������������������� dard back in 1995 with which PCs can
be turned on through a network con-
�������������������������������������������������������� nection. Since this standard has found
numerous uses, nearly every modern PC
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The necessary settings, however, are
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� Darwin Streaming Server Interface
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and Power Interface). It is the central
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for power saving.
Now you need to be able to get past
the Login screen. For Windows XP,
Microsoft with its XP Powertoys offers
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automatically logon for you. For Win-
dows Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft
has already integrated this capability
in its operating system. If, for secu-
� A Host name is selected using the free dyndns.org service rity reasons, you can’t use automatic
How WOL works is quickly explained: address. This host address is set only �������������������������������������
First you have to understand that every once and could, for example, be tele- that it will start before the Login screen
network card, every WLAN stick, every satellite.dyndns.org. appears so that you can login remotely
router, in other words, any device that just as you would if you were sitting in
in some way can be connected to a net- Once everything is correctly set up, front of your PC at home.
work operates using a so-called MAC you can use this address from any
(Media Access Control) address. This Internet access point around the world
MAC address is a 48-bit hexadecimal to connect to those IP addresses that Capture Card
����������������������������������������� are linked with your Internet access at ������� ��� ����� ���� ����� ������� ����
each individual network device. home. Here’s a little tip for you: if you been jumped letting you remotely start
connect to the Internet using a router or your PC at home. The next step involves
For the WOL feature this address is a DSL modem, you should check to see �������� ���� ���� ���� ������ ���� ������
especially important since we really only if the dyndns.org service isn’t already data will get from the receiver to your
want to remotely turn on one particu- directly supported. In such a case, the PC. This can be done with an inexpen-
lar PC and not, for example, the PC in necessary data would be forwarded by sive video capture card available from a
the work room or the Playstation in the the modem to the provider; maybe you PC shop starting at around 25€.
living room. To turn on only one PC, you don’t even need that little Windows tool.
would need both its IP address and its This is the case with most routers and Installing and connecting the card
MAC address. DSL modems. should typically not be a problem; every
well-known manufacturer provides the
Finding the MAC address is relatively If you know the IP address and the necessary drivers and setup tools that
����� ������ ���� �������� ��������������� MAC address of your PC at home, the should make installation a snap. Most
The IP address on the other hand is a WOL inquiry can be sent via the Inter- capture cards come with not only an
���������������������������������� net. It consists of the hexadecimal analog or even digital terrestrial tuner,
value FF six times followed by the MAC but also provide CVBS and S-Video
address of the desired PC. If the PC at jacks. The S-Video jack can be used but
A Host Address home receives this data and if the MAC it isn’t necessary since although it does
from One IP Address address is correct, the PC is turned on deliver a better video signal, compared
If you happen to have a dedicated
Internet connection, you merely have
to identify the IP address in use to get
things going. If, like most users, your
Internet provider gives you a dynamic
IP address, it doesn’t help to know the
IP address since it will change the next
time the Internet is accessed.
Fortunately, there are free services,
such as www.dyndns.org, that can
tackle this problem. It’s a small tool that
operates in the background and moni-
tors the current IP address. It sends this
information to the dyndns.org server
������ ��� ��� ��������� ����� �� ����� ����� � The MAC address can easily be found using Windows built-in resources
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12. to CVBS you can’t really tell the differ- For that we want to set up pass-through
ence when transmitted via the Internet. of the corresponding ports for the WOL
signal, for streaming, for receiver con-
trol and for the remote access of our PC.
Choosing All incoming data from the Internet will
the Right Receiver now be forwarded by the router or DSL
Thanks to the capture card, we can modem directly to the PC. The ports are
view audio/video signals from an exter- freely selectable so you should make
nal receiver on a PC but at the moment ����� ����� ������ ���� ��� ��������� �����
it’s not possible to control the receiver ports that are already in use. For that
via the Internet. When selecting the set- reason ports between 4000 and 4100
top box to be used, you should choose can be used.
a model that comes with an integrated
web server that will at a minimum let
you control the basic functions of the
The Matching
box through an Internet browser. Such Software
a receiver could, for example, be the If you search for “video streaming”
AzBox Premium HD Plus that we just using one of the larger Internet soft-
� Multiple streaming protocols are
available in the VLC Player recently introduced in TELE-satellite ware portals, you’ll be bombarded with
issue 04-05/2010. hundreds of entries with corresponding
software. But, thanks to Microsoft, it
will also work with their Windows Media
Ports Encoder. If for some reason it isn’t
Our test PC is just about ready to go; already installed on your PC, you can
the only thing missing is the necessary download it from Microsoft’s website
software to compress and process the http://download.microsoft.com.
audio/video data. And let’s not forget
this: if your PC is not directly connected Once started, you simply identify the
to the Internet and instead connects desired A/V source (in our case the
using a router or DSL modem, these video capture card), enter the selected
����������������������������������������� router port and select the operating
wall and block all incoming connections bandwidth. This of course would depend
including the WOL packet as well as the on your Internet upload speed which in
access to the receiver’s web interface most cases is slower than your down-
and the ports with the streaming audio/ load speed. You can start off small by
video content. selecting 50 or 100 kb/s. You can always
increase this value at a later time if your
Before we use the necessary software Internet connection can support it.
� Even the compression is user to process the audio/video content, we
selectable
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� Once all the settings are correct,
� Some additional streaming parameters � The VLC Player streams live and also receives
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� Either a direct connection is created or the
stream is sent to a server
� The desired port is user selectable � It’s ready to go!
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15.
16. view on your laptop the desktop, key- of the engineering school École Central it’s possible in both cases to easily gen-
board and mouse entries of your PC at Paris has exactly what you need to solve erate a stream that can then via RTP
home via the Internet. In this way you this problem. Some of you probably are Protocol be compressed using various
could, for example, be in a hotel room already familiar with the VLC Player; techniques (for example MPEG-4). Using
in Thailand and control all of the func- it can play back all of the well-known the detailed documentation, all of the
tions of your PC at home as if you were audio/video formats on your PC. But required settings are quickly taken care
sitting in your living room right in front it’s this same video player that comes of thus making the system ready to use
of it. This will let you not only correct integrated with a streaming server that in just a very short time.
any problems that might pop up with the can easily be activated and then, simi-
streaming software but with just a few lar to the Windows Media Encoder, can Conclusion
mouse clicks you can also put your PC at transmit all of your desired content via
It doesn’t matter if it’s Windows or
home in standby mode or shut it down the Internet. Setting it up is a piece of
Mac, the transmission of A/V streams
completely. he software to do this could cake; it’s almost impossible to do any-
via the Internet has for the most part
be, for example, RealVNC http://www. thing wrong. You can download the VLC
realvnc.com or LogMeIn http://www. become part of our everyday lives
Player for free from www.videolan.org
logmein.com. Please note that a cor- ������� ��� ������� ��������� ���� ��������
and it’s compatible with numerous oper-
responding port in your router or DSL available Internet access. Older PCs
ating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux
������ ������������� ����� ��� �������� � can be converted to a streaming server
to name a few).
More information on which port or ports with just a few mouse clicks and you
should be opened can be found in the Mac won’t have to shell out a single dime for
user manual of the software you use. any new software. You only need to get
What about video streaming using a
Mac computer? Not a problem. If you a video capture card if you don’t already
Why Not Use the use the Mac OSX Server, you already have one.
Streaming Function have the Quicktime Streaming Server
of a Digital Receiver? installed and it can be used in much ���� ����� ����� ���������� ����������
the same way as the Windows Media every open port with a direct link to your
Most modern PVR receivers come
Encoder. If you’re only using the work- PC poses a security risk. If possible, set
with not only the ability to remotely
station version of Mac OSX, don’t worry, up password protection and choose a
operate it using the web interface, but
the Darwin Streaming Server is an secure password. If the streaming ser-
they also offer direct A/V streaming. It
excellent open source software alter- vice won’t be used for a period of time,
sounds like this would be a much better
native that can be downloaded from it might be a good idea to close the port
solution than using a PC and video cap-
http://dss.macosforge.org. Even here �����������������������������
ture card, don’t you think? Well, our
response to that is this: in a PC the
compression of the video signal can be
Software to Stream Via PC or Mac
set to your requirements and above all Windows Media Encoder - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?disp
laylang=en&FamilyID=5691ba02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f1182cdf24
should be based on the speed of your
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com
Internet connection. This isn’t possible
LogMein - http://www.logmein.com
with the receivers integrated streaming
VLC Player - http://www.videolan.org
��������� ���� ������ ����� ��� ����������� Darwin Streaming Server - http://dss.macosforge.org
problems with a slow Internet connec-
tion. While the bandwidth can simply be
reduced in the PC solution resulting in
lower resolution and higher compres-
sion, you’d still receive an uninterrupt-
ible signal; digital receivers stream
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be easy to transmit via a typical DSL
connection that isn’t all too fast to
begin with. This is especially true if it
involves high-resolution content.
Playing Back Videos
on a Hard Drive
In addition to the ability to playback
audio/video from external devices,
wouldn’t it be nice to also be able to
stream video clips stored on a receiver’s
hard drive via the Internet? The Win-
dows Media Encoder is not really meant
for that purpose; The VideoLan Project � The stream is received using the Windows Media Player
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