Thread: So, how to get Orb working...
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dskeeles is offline dskeeles
2006-06-04 , 23:27
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Originally Posted by captcaveman
I was having the same problem with "connection lost" then realized I didn't have Realplayer installed on my pc. Orb had nothing on the pc to convert the stream to Realplay for my 770 to play. Orb worked fine on other remote pc's but that's because they were using windows media player to play the stream. Hope this helps.
CaptCaveman, you just revolutionised my life! Yep, it was the missing codec.

I did test by comparing to RM playing on my laptop, but remember some tests I did with Internet TV, where host encoding wouldn't have been tested.

What I still don't get:
- I installed RealAlternative 1.48, which is apparently a player only. However, it must surely have encoding too to be useful here?
- Where should RSTP ports 554 and 13398-13401 be opened from/to? Into the host/server? Surely the stream coming IN wants to be directed to the client, not the server? Everyone (including Orb) seems to say this is correct (direct to server), but why is this the case?

Currently I do have these ports opened inbound towards the server, but it's possibly streaming direct within my LAN, so the firewall isn't being tested.


Damian