[200] Airplay server for C200 and A100

[infinite.recursion]

(01-11-2011 11:32 PM)SmashD Wrote:  I am now seriously considering upgrading my 3GS 4.1 to the latest 4.2.1(?) just because of this awesome feature addition packaged for the C200. Keep up!

I have been thinking the same myself, but I really want to wait for the untethered jailbreak and unlock so I don't lose the ability to unlock my old 3GS should I choose to do so. I might go ahead and pull the trigger and put 4.2.1 on my iPad since I don't need to worry about unlocking.

[hurricane59]

sorry I deleted the file, but I use Xilisoft Video Converter To encode my divx, mkv to iPhone format 4 is mpeg4 or h264.

Anyway, even on youtube, I did not have the option and not even on Air home video.

[dc11ab]

Just a minor detail: I noticed the stock stop script for the Bonjour service on the NMT is this:

Code:

echo -n "Stop mDNSrespd   : "
killall -SIGINT mDNSrespd-mips 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null

if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
        echo "[  OK  ]";
else
        echo "[FAILED]";
fi

[popcornmix]

I've updated the version on CSI (to r7).

Photo playback should now switch from browser photo mode and back automatically.
Support for Airplay from iTunes has been added. This has required a proxy to sit between iTunes and popcorn and massage the messages.
Improved memory usage when not in use (should be pretty negligable now).

The proxy could be used for other purposes. It listens on port 7000. I've added useragent spoofing, so for example you could play an Apple trailer with:

http://<popcorn ip>:8008/playback?arg0=start_vod&arg1=AirPlayVideo&arg2=http://127.0.0.1:7000/proxy%3Furl=http://trailers.apple.com/movies/wb/redridinghood/redridinghood-tlr1_h480p.mov%26useragent=Quicktime&arg3=show

(normally Apple's site rejects the useragent that popcorn provides).

Have fun.

[-Coco-]

Nice, thanks for the update. So with the use of that proxy, one could probably create a new Apple trailer project?

[popcornmix]

Yes, I believe streaming links to Apple trailers worked long ago, and were available to some YAMJ skins. This could be used to resurrect that.

The more interesting use of the proxy is A100/A110 doesn't talk nicely to Airplay.
Using the proxy to replace http HEAD messages with GET messages means airplay is running on my A110....
(still a fair bit of work to support pause/resume/seeking/photos which is all a bit different on A110, but it is promising)

[mgrobins]

Hi,
this looks like a great addition.

I am looking at a way to stream from a device at home (NAS preferably but c-200 would be next best choice). Will this act as an airplay server allowing me to use iphone control app to stream to an airport express via airplay?

Other than running a nettop or a crappy old WHS with itunes on all of the time I'm not sure how to achieve this .

[carda]

Sorry to ask probably a dumb question, but does the sound in the video get played as well? I tried this tonight and the video works flawlessly, just without sound

Thanks

[dc11ab]

(01-20-2011 08:05 PM)carda Wrote:  Sorry to ask probably a dumb question, but does the sound in the video get played as well? I tried this tonight and the video works flawlessly, just without sound

Thanks

Please supply a mediainfo report of the video file you attempted to play so we can see what kind of audio it has.

You can use this free tool: http://mediainfo.sf.net

[carda]

(01-20-2011 09:48 PM)dc11ab Wrote:  Please supply a mediainfo report of the video file you attempted to play so we can see what kind of audio it has.

You can use this free tool: http://mediainfo.sf.net

here is the first....

Code:

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Custom
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 39mn 24s
Bit rate                         : 3 425 Kbps
Width                            : 624 pixels
Height                           : 464 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 4:3
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.473
Stream size                      : 965 MiB (97%)
Writing library                  : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : 55
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 39mn 24s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 110 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : 48ms
Stream size                      : 31.0 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration     : 664 ms
Writing library                  : LAME3.98r
Encoding settings                : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128

here is a second...

Code:

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Custom
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 29mn 22s
Bit rate                         : 4 644 Kbps
Width                            : 704 pixels
Height                           : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 4:3
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.500
Stream size                      : 975 MiB (98%)
Writing library                  : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG Audio
Format version                   : Version 1
Format profile                   : Layer 3
Mode                             : Joint stereo
Mode extension                   : MS Stereo
Codec ID                         : 55
Codec ID/Hint                    : MP3
Duration                         : 29mn 22s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 104 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : 48ms
Stream size                      : 21.8 MiB (2%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration     : 695 ms
Writing library                  : LAME3.98r
Encoding settings                : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128

i didn't have much else to test with on the iPhone/iPad

[DAVE1971]

Hello everyone
Got the Airplay setup. When it first starts up it works perfectly but when I next change the song or video, the NMT jus does nothing and then reboots.
Does anyone else have this issue too?

Many thanks

DAVE1971

[popcornmix]

(01-20-2011 11:46 PM)carda Wrote:  here is the first....

...

i didn't have much else to test with on the iPhone/iPad

Can you put the original file on the NMT and see if it plays?
The "MS Stereo" may be a problem.

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(01-21-2011 02:01 AM)DAVE1971 Wrote:  Hello everyone
Got the Airplay setup. When it first starts up it works perfectly but when I next change the song or video, the NMT jus does nothing and then reboots.
Does anyone else have this issue too?

Many thanks

DAVE1971

I've seen occasional reboots but it's quite rare for me.
Normally it is syb_framework that dies and restarts, with the airplayer-nmt still running. Is it repeatable? Is it always the second file that does it? Is airplayer-nmt still running?

[narkoman.]

My iPhone 4 says:
"MTN" does not allow to play video.

PCH A-210, firmware newest, Airplay-nmt too, iPhone@ iOS 4.3b2

[infinite.recursion]

Having trouble getting iTunes 10.1 to stream using rc7. The NMT option show up in the airplay menu, but selecting it does nothing and it stays on whatever device was previously selected. Anybody else getting this?

[popcornmix]

(01-21-2011 03:29 AM)infinite.recursion Wrote:  Having trouble getting iTunes 10.1 to stream using rc7. The NMT option show up in the airplay menu, but selecting it does nothing and it stays on whatever device was previously selected. Anybody else getting this?

Try r8. There was a bug in r7.

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(01-21-2011 02:44 AM)narkoman. Wrote:  My iPhone 4 says:
"MTN" does not allow to play video.

PCH A-210, firmware newest, Airplay-nmt too, iPhone@ iOS 4.3b2

I wonder if iOS 4.3 has added addition checks that the device is really an Apple TV. I'll see if I can find any info (I don't have 4.3 installed yet).
If you can get a log it may be helpful. "run airplay-nmt -v > logfile" and try to connect. Send me the log.