Access Web PVR Manager from another computer?

[Alan Cowie]

Nigel,

Spot on! Tried Method 1 and worked straight off- only using it locally
at the moment but Method 2 would be great if want to access it
remotely at some point.

Many Thanks,

Alan

On 6 March 2011 12:50, Nigel Taylor <njtaylor at asterisk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 03/06/11 10:22, Alan Cowie wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Just started using get_iplayer on an old XP machine and it's working
>> perfectly. Only thing I can't figure out is how to access the web PVR
>> interface from the browser on another machine- is this possible?
>>
>> I've got a few other things being served from this machine fine so
>> it's not a firewall issue.
>>
>> Any assistance much appreciated!
>>
>> Alan
>>
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> Hi,
>
> Method 1 -
>
> the get_iplayer.cgi.cmd in c:\program files\get_iplayer contains the line
>
> perl.exe get_iplayer.cgi --port 1935 --listen=127.0.0.1 --ffmpeg
> .\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe --getiplayer .\get_iplayer.cmd
>
> This will only listen on the local loopback interface. Change to --listen= to
> --listen=0.0.0.0 that should listen on all interfaces.
>
> You should then be able to connect from a remote machine using
> http://xx_ip:1935/ in your browser
>
> Where xp_ip is the ip address of your XP machine.
>
> There is no restrictions on who can connect.
>
> (you may want to take out the .\pvr_manager.url from pvr_manager.cmd to stop the
> startup of the browser on the XP machine).
>
> You then need to use streaming to play the downloads, rather than the normal play.
>
> Method 2 -
>
> install cygwin ssh on both machines or another SSH sever/client, run the sshd
> server on the xp machine, then
> ssh -L 1935:127.0.0.1:1935 username at xp_ip
>
> Then your other machine can use http://127.0.0.1:1935/ the traffic is tunneled
> through the ssh connection.
>
> This is a more secure way, a lot more work to set-up.
>
> Your find cygwin here --
> http://www.cygwin.com/
>
> Regards
>
> Nigel Taylor
>
>