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Version 1.1 – 21/12/2012 International House Network TV Instructions Requirements VideoLAN (VLC) http://www.videolan.org o Other clients exist – see the advanced section below. Direct Connection to the International House student network via a network cable (Ethernet). How to use Switch to the playlist window of VLC (Window>Playlist on Mac OS X, Tools>Playlist on Windows) From the left hand sidebar, select “Network Streams (SAP)” from under “Local Network” A list of TV channels should start appearing (this may take a few seconds from a cold start). These are grouped under ABC,7,9,TEN,SBS etc.

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Instructions for watching free TV over the IH network

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International  House  Network  TV  Instructions  

 

Requirements  • VideoLAN  (VLC)  -­‐  http://www.videolan.org  

o Other  clients  exist  –  see  the  advanced  section  below.  • Direct  Connection  to  the  International  House  student  network  via  a  

network  cable  (Ethernet).      

 

How  to  use  • Switch  to  the  playlist  window  of  VLC  (Window-­‐>Playlist  on  Mac  OS  X,  

Tools-­‐>Playlist  on  Windows)  • From  the  left  hand  sidebar,  select  “Network  Streams  (SAP)”  from  under  

“Local  Network”  • A  list  of  TV  channels  should  start  appearing  (this  may  take  a  few  seconds  

from  a  cold  start).  These  are  grouped  under  ABC,7,9,TEN,SBS  etc.  

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 To  start  watching  a  channel,  click  the  entry  in  the  playlist.  You  can  change  channels  by  switching  back  to  the  playlist.    Hint:  To  quickly  switch  to  the  playlist,  click  the  button  in  the  bottom  toolbar  (next  to  the  play  controls).  

On  Windows:  

 

OS  X:  

   

Advanced  technical  details  

Recording  TV  VideoLAN  

This  can  be  done  by  manually  entering  the  URL  for  the  relevant  channel  (as  noted  in  the  table  above)  and  enabling  the  stream/save  feature  of  VLC.    

The  methods  to  do  this  are  slightly  different  depending  on  the  operating  system  you  are  on.    

Ensure  you  save  the  file  as  “MPEG  TS”  format.  Disable  transcoding  as  this  will  take  up  processor  resources  and  may  deliver  a  file  which  does  not  play.  

NOTE:  Recording  a  TV  program  takes  up  a  substantial  amount  of  disk  space  –  i.e  around  2GB  for  an  hour  of  standard-­‐definition  recording.    

Recording  TV  under  Windows  1. Right  click  the  TV  station  you  wish  to  save  in  the  channel  list  and  click  

‘save’.  

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2. Enter  a  filename  to  save  the  recording  to  –  using  the  extension  “.ts”  is  recommended  

3. If  this  is  the  first  time  you  have  attempted  to  record  TV,  you  need  to  create  a  new  profile.    

a. Under  “Settings  –  Profile”,  press  the  create  new  profile  button  –  the  furthest  on  the  right  (see  picture  below)  

 b. Name  the  profile  –  i.e  “Network  TV  Record”  c. In  the  encapsulation  tab,  select  MPEG-­‐TS  d. In  the  video  codec  tab,  tick  the  “video”  checkbox  and  select  “keep  

original  video  track”  (as  seen  below)  e. In  the  audio  codec  tab,  tick  the  “audio”  checkbox,  and  select  “keep  

original  audio  track”  

 f. Save  the  profile  g. Select  this  new  profile  from  the  drop  down  h. If  you  wish  to  view  the  program  as  it  is  being  recorded,  tick  the  

“Display  the  output”  checkbox  WARNING:  The  volume  mute  function  of  VLC  will  not  work  while  simultaneously  viewing  and  recording  using  this  option.  i. Click  “Start”  to  start  the  recording  j. To  stop  recording,  simply  hit  the  stop  button.  You  can  now  open  

the  file  in  VLC  to  play  it  back  

 

Recording  TV  under  Mac  OS  X    The  process  with  the  Mac  version  is  a  bit  different:  

1. From  the  File  menu  in  VLC,  select  “Open  Network”  (or  use  the  Command-­‐N  shortcut  keys)  

2. Enter  the  URL  of  the  TV  channel  you  wish  to  record  (from  the  list  below)  Ensure  the  URL  has  ‘@’  added  after  udp://,  i.e  ‘udp://@224.2.0.2:1234’  for  ABC1  

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3. On  the  bottom  of  the  open  stream,  tick  ‘Streaming/Saving’  and  click  ‘Settings’  to  open  the  settings  menu  

4. Enter/Select  a  file  to  save  to  (using  the  file  extension  “.ts”  is  recommended)  

5. Select  the  MPEG-­‐TS  encapsulation  method  If  you  wish  to  view  the  program  at  the  same  time,  tick  “Display  the  stream  locally”    WARNING:  The  volume  mute  function  of  VLC  will  not  work  while  simultaneously  viewing  and  recording  using  this  option.  

6. Press  ‘OK’  to  close  the  streaming  options  stream,  and  ‘Open’  to  start  the  recording  

7. To  stop  the  recording,  simple  press  the  stop  button  

DVBLink  (Windows  Media  Center,  iOS,  Android,  others)  

 

Using  the  DVBLink  server  and  the  IPTV  addon  (paid  addon,  €  21.01  with  20  day  free  trial),  it  is  possible  to  stream  TV  into  various  clients  –  such  as  Windows  Media  Center  (included  with  Windows  7)  and  clients  on  Android  and  iOS  phones/tablets.  DVBLink  also  makes  it  possible  to  schedule  recordings.  

• DVBLink  does  not  use  the  Electronic  Program  Guide  (EPG)  data  provided  over  the  air.  To  use  this  data,  a  separate  data  feed  (XMLTV)  needs  to  be  obtained.  One  source  of  this  data  is  the  XMLTV  feed  from  www.oztivo.net,  and  using  XMLTV:Download  (  http://epgstream.net/xmltv-­‐download/  ),  configuring  XMLTV:Download  to  save  the  XMLTV  data  to  C:\ProgramData\DVBLogic\DVBLink\XMLTV\XMLTV.xml  .  Then,  create  a  XMLTV  Program  Source  in  DVBLink  and  link  them  together  in  the  channels  screen  (under  ‘EPG  Sources’)  

• Use  the  m3u  playlist  file  on  Nexus  to  initialize  the  channel  list.    

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ProgDVB  (Windows)  

 

ProgDVB  (http://www.progdvb.com/download_progdvb.html)  is  another  client  that  is  capable  of  accessing  network  TV.  A  free  basic  version  is  available,  as  well  as  a  paid  version  with  recording  and  other  features.  

To  use  network  TV  with  ProgDVB,  enter  the  URL  of  the  playlist  file  from  Nexus  as  a  new  “IPTV  Service”  and  press  ‘Update’.  The  channels  will  appear  in  the  “IPTV  client”  tab  in  the  left  hand  pane  of  ProgDVB.  

• AC3Filter  (http://ac3filter.net/wiki/Download_AC3Filter)  is  required  to  obtain  audio  on  high  definition  (News24,  7mate,  GEM,  ONE,  SBS  HD)  channels.  

 

Manually  accessing  TV  channels  

The  SAP  announcement  mechanism  provides  a  way  for  the  list  of  TV  channels  to  be  provided  on  demand.  However,  should  you  need  to  enter  in  the  URL  of  the  TV  channel  manually,  here  is  the  list  of  TV  channels  on  the  network:  

ABC    ABC  News  24   udp://@224.2.0.1:1234/  ABC  1   udp://@224.2.0.2:1234/  ABC  2  (also  ‘ABC  4  kids’)   udp://@224.2.0.3:1234/  ABC  3   udp://@224.2.0.4:1234/  Dig  Music  (Radio)   udp://@224.2.0.5:1234/  Jazz  (Radio)   udp://@224.2.0.6:1234/  Seven    7   udp://@224.2.0.7:1234/  

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7TWO   udp://@224.2.0.8:1234/  7mate   udp://@224.2.0.9:1234/  TV4ME   udp://@224.2.0.10:1234/  Nine    9   udp://@224.2.0.11:1234/  GEM   udp://@224.2.0.12:1234/  EXTRA   udp://@224.2.0.13:1234/  GO!   udp://@224.2.0.14:1234/  TEN    TEN   udp://@224.2.0.15:1234/  11   udp://@224.2.0.16:1234/  ONE   udp://@224.2.0.17:1234/  TVSN   udp://@224.2.0.18:1234/  SBS    SBS  ONE   udp://@224.2.0.19:1234/  SBS  HD   udp://@224.2.0.20:1234/  SBS  TWO   udp://@224.2.0.21:1234/  SBS  3   udp://@224.2.0.22:1234/  NITV   udp://@224.2.0.23:1234/  SBS  Radio  1   udp://@224.2.0.24:1234/  SBS  Radio  2   udp://@224.2.0.25:1234/  Channel  31  Melbourne   udp://@224.2.0.26:1234/  This  list  will  also  be  provided  as  a  playlist  file  (.m3u)  on  Nexus.  

All  TV  channels  are  delivered  through  UDP  multicast  –  additional  configuration  may  be  required  if  you  have  connected  a  router  between  your  computer  and  the  IH  network