Hello everyone,

I've been searching to find any sort of solution to the issue I've been running into. I'm running 30.2--although I saw a similar problem in 26.

When I go into the Mythweb interface->Recorded Programs:
I see all of my recorded programs & all of the file sizes are correctly listed.
When I click on the thumbnail of a recorded program, it tries to download the file.

Here's the problem.
If the file is small (say a half hour show ~1.1GB, things work fine and it downloads just fine).
If the file is larger (say a 1 hour show ~2.2GB) the download works, but it is reporting an unknown file size during the download.
If the file is really big (2 hr show ~4.3GB) then what I get when I try and download is a much smaller file (354.0MB).
I have a larger one (~5.4GB) that gives me a 1463MB download.

I think it's important to note that ~5.4GB - ~4.3GB is ~1.1GB. This is also the difference between the file sizes I download (1463 & 354) for each of the shows.
~5.4GB => 1463MB
~4.3GB => 354MB
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~1.1GB ~= 1109MB

If I use VLC, I can play the truncated file just fine up until the spot where it was truncated. I also know the files are there and are the correct size--if I sftp in, I can grab the entire file just fine although at a much lower rate.

Is anyone else seeing this--or am I just lucky?


thanks,

This doesn't answer your question, but...

Why download the files at all? VLC can stream them directly off the mythbackend. You can either set up file association/mime types in Apache (which I have not done) or copy/paste the link into VLC's "open network stream" dialog box. This is what I do.

I don't have 30.2 yet, but isn't mythstream going to be fixed to do this automatically?

Sounds to me like somebody with a 2G file size limit, there.

I wrote up an approach to using mythweb with vlc that enables you to play the recording without downloading it first. Also doesn't require you to "cut and paste" the link. Check out http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... hlight=vlc

Marc

Unfortunately, I don't think it is a limit of the file system.

As I said before, the files are there and of the correct size. If I use ftp to push them onto another machine--or sft to pull them, it works just fine (and I get the whole file). It's just a pain to have to push the file to my file server and then grab it from there. Even at LAN speeds, copying the data twice is paifully slow..

The main reason is that it is handy to have this feature so I can take the files on the road with me. Mythstream isn't agood option with the kind of upstream I get from Comcast around here...

I am using a very lightly modified 30.2 install (had to tweak it for the remote). I've got 10 gig files in th e. My laptop that I travel with is running XP and handles the files just fine.

Has anyone running 30.2 or 26 even tried this?

thanks for the suggestions,

Are you using a proxy server? If so, disable it for local addresses. Also what is your cache size set to?

no proxy server... This is just a home LAN with 4 PC's on it.

This happens in IE, Mozilla, and Firefox so I don't think it is a browser issue.

Does this version of Apache have any sort of file size limitations?

thanks,

Hi Guys

tried your settings, to click a recorded program and get it streaming with vlc, but just tries to download it still.....

If I explore through my samba share to /myth/tv, I can right click and say
open with vlc player and it streams fine, the video is great, no jumps etc, BUT NO SOUND !!!!!!

I am running R5A16, any ideas ????

Cheers
Matt Shaw
matt@shagshaw.com

I had nearly this same problem a while back, only I was trying to do it in the videos portion of mythweb:

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... highlight=

The workaround I mentioned is still working, although currently no browser that I've tried (firefox, ie, opera) will ftp it properly. I use GetRight (no endorsement) to handle the ftp downloads easier.

I think the problem lies with http, not tcp/ip. I don't know if the specifications for http imply a 4GiB limit, or if all the implementations do.

About pushing things to a fileserver to ftp... Can you set up an nfs mount between your fileserver and backend (where I assume the recordings live) so the first transaction would be transparent? My backend is my ftp server, so that's not a problem for me...